Review of Sex Tape (2014) by Rhynal R — 11 Nov 2014

Sex tape has its moments but ultimately fails to deliver on a whole because its bogged down by a terrible script. As always, Jason Siegel has incredible comedic potential; he has this natural charisma that just makes anything funny if he puts enough effort into it. However, he was a bit stiff in a lot of scenes in this movie; i'm not sure why. Diaz on the other hand, plays the same role in almost every movie she's in; neurotic, talks really fast and doesn't really have the comedic stature that Jason has; she does deliver in some scenes though but its largely due to the fact that they both have good chemistry which makes the movie watchable. While 'Bad Teacher' was a decent movie, it served to highlight that Jason and Diaz do in fact have chemistry and can be funny together on screen as a leading duo.

Sadly, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie. I hate when that happens. The plot's nothing at all and barely pushes the movie forward but then again, you don't expect a plot in this type of movie. It does however give the movie chances to go hilarious places, and for all the unfunny moments there are, there are some pretty good ones as well. From Jason asking Siri how to resuscitate a dog and siri responding with Starbucks locations; to the various positions that they do on the tape and Jason Siegel's face is just golden. Forgettable secondary characters, and no real heart just serve to highlight some of the flaws of the movie. The sad thing is that it's a funny premise and I feel they could have done so much more with this movie but it just manages to fall flat, whether because of them trying too hard or the comedic scene being too over the top; or just being completely unfunny.

A serviceable comedy that just manages to show that even with a terrible script and plot, Siegel can still make you laugh. My gosh though; talk about blowing smoke up Apple's ass. The product placement and mentions were ridiculous. Passable movie. 4.5/10.