Sex Tape (film)

Sex Tape

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Produced by
Screenplay by
Story by Kate Angelo
Starring
Music by Michael Andrews
Cinematography Tim Suhrstedt
Edited by
  • Steve Edwards
  • Tara Timpone
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
  • July 18, 2014 (2014-07-18)
Running time
 94 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $40 million[2]
Box office $126.1 million[2]

Sex Tape is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Kate Angelo, Jason Segel, and Nicholas Stoller. Starring Segel, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper, and Rob Lowe, the film was released on July 18, 2014, by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Jay and Annie Hargrove are a married couple, which, after having two kids, have sex at every opportunity. After Jay struggles to get an erection, Annie suggests making a sex tape. They film themselves having sex in every position listed in The Joy of Sex. When done, Annie asks Jay to delete the recording, but he ends up instead inadvertently synchronizing the video to several iPads the couple had given away over time. After failing to get it out of the cloud, they set out to get back all of the gifted iPads, leading to a series of awkward encounters and close calls.

After collecting the iPads and deleting the videos, their friend's son threatens to upload a copy of their sex tape to YouPorn unless they give him $25,000. After failing to get the money, they break into the YouPorn headquarters and begin to destroy their web servers. Their plan is quickly thwarted when an alarm sounds. The owner and his cronies confront them and threaten to call the police, but agree not to do so in exchange for $15,000 to cover the damage. He also removes their video and explains that all they had to do to have a video removed was send him an e-mail request for such removal. After they have deleted all but one copy of the video, Jay and Annie decide to watch the video once themselves. Afterwards, they take the USB flash drive containing the video and go outside to smash it with a hammer, blend it, burn it with fire, and bury the remains.

Cast

Production

Development

Sony Pictures acquired the script in June 2011.[3] Nicholas Stoller was in early talks to direct but eventually backed out with Jake Kasdan instead directing the picture.[4] Before Diaz signed on, Reese Witherspoon, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Rose Byrne, and Jennifer Garner were all considered for the female lead.[5]

Principal photography began on September 12, 2013 in Newton, Massachusetts.[6][7][8] Hank's house is situated in the western Greater Boston suburb of Weston.[9]

Release

Diaz and Segel at the Berlin premiere of the film

On March 17, 2014, the first poster and some photos from the film were released,[10] followed by a red band trailer on April 2, 2014[11] and a green band trailer on April 24, 2014.[12] On June 5, Sony UK released an international trailer of the film.[13]

On May 30, 2014, the film's release date was pushed up from July 25, 2014 to July 18.[14]

On June 19, a final red band trailer was released,[15] which was attached theatrically with the Melissa McCarthy comedy Tammy.

Indian censorship

The Examining Committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in India rejected its first version of the film.[16] After some changes, they accepted the film and it was released in the country on August 29, 2014.[17][18]

Box office

At the end of its box office run, Sex Tape earned a gross of $38.5 million in North America and $87.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $126.1 million, against a budget of $40 million.[2]

The film was released in 2,457 theaters in North America and earned $1.1 million in its opening Thursday evening showings.[19] In its opening weekend, the film grossed $16.4 million, finishing in 4th behind Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ($36.2 million), as well as fellow newcomers The Purge: Anarchy ($29.8 million) and Planes: Fire & Rescue ($17.5 million).[20]

The film topped the UK box office in its opening weekend with a gross of £1.43 million.[21] It dropped to number 4 in its second week grossing £673,478.[22] The film opened at #1 in markets like Bulgaria, Netherlands, Slovenia in their respective opening weekend.[23] The biggest market in other territories being Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, where the film earned a gross of $12.14 million, $7.14 million and $6.9 million respectively.[24]

Critical response

Sex Tape received generally negative reviews from critics. It holds a 17% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 138 reviews with a rating average of 4.1/10. The consensus states: "With neither the conviction to embrace its smutty premise nor enough laughs to function as a worthwhile rom-com, the flaccid Sex Tape suffers from cinematic impotence."[25] On Metacritic, based on 36 critics, the film has a 36 out of 100 rating, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[26]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called the film "a timely naughty-but-nice romcom with too few laughs", giving it 2/5 stars.[27]

Accolades

Award Date of Ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Golden Raspberry Awards February 21, 2015 Worst Actress Cameron Diaz Won

(also for The Other Woman)

 [28]
Worst Screen Combo Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel Nominated
Worst Screenplay Kate Angelo, Jason Segel, and Nicholas Stoller Nominated

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SEX TAPE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sex Tape". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Fleming, Mike (June 3, 2011). "Sony Pictures Pays Big Bucks To Buy 'Sex Tape'". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kit, Borys (March 21, 2012). "Jake Kasdan to Direct Sony Comedy 'Sex Tape'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (October 27, 2011). "'Sex Tape' lures Segel, Stoller". Variety. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ Shanahan, Mark; Meredith Goldstein (11 September 2013). "Cameron Diaz shooting ‘Sex Tape’ in Newton". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel to shoot ‘Sex Tape’ in Newton". wickedlocal.com. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "'Sex Tape', starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, is filming in Newton, MA this week". onlocationvacations.com. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "SEX TAPE - Movie Production Note s". Cinemareview.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ "A New Poster Has Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel Trying to Hide Their Sex Tape". comingsoon.net. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Pirrello, Phil (31 March 2014). "Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel Get Busy in First ‘Sex Tape’ Red-Band Trailer". thewrap.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Anderton, Ethan (24 April 2014). "Green Band Trailer for Jason Segel & Cameron Diaz's New 'Sex Tape'". firstshowing.net. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Anderton, Ethan (5 June 2014). "Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel Are Just Goofy in UK 'Sex Tape' Trailer". firstshowing.net. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sony Shifts ‘Sex Tape’ Release To July 18". deadline.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Anderton, Ethan (19 June 2014). "Jason Segel & Cameron Diaz in One Final 'Sex Tape' Red Band Trailer". firstshowing.net. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  16. ↑ Lalwani, Vickey (August 6, 2014). "CBFC rejects 'Sex Tape' starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in India". Times of India. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Sex Tape (2014) Release Info". http://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home. August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  18. ↑ "No sex in 'Sex Tape'!". Mid-day. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  19. ↑ Lang, Brent (July 18, 2014). "‘Sex Tape’ Attracts $1.1 Mil, ‘Purge: Anarchy’ Scares Up $2.6 Mil at Thursday Box Office". variety.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  20. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=29&p=.htm
  21. ↑ Sex Tape caper crowns UK box office. BBC News
  22. ↑ The Boxtrolls stop-motion 3D animation tops UK box office. BBC News
  23. ↑ "Sex Tape International Box office". boxofficemojo.com. IMDB. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Sex Tape International Box office". boxofficemojo.com. IMDB. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Sex Tape". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Sex Tape Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  27. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/04/sex-tape-review-cameron-diaz
  28. ↑ "RAZZIES Celebrate 35 Years of Worst Achievements in Film with Inclusive Nominees List ...and New "Redeemer" Award". Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Retrieved January 15, 2015.

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