“Sleeping With Other People,” which first screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January, may well be the smartest, and bawdiest,hard-R-rated rom-com to reach along since “Bridesmaids.”The moment directorial effort by Leslye Headland (“Bachelorette”) skews as closely as one can to classic romantic comedy tropes in a post-They Came Together” world while demonstrating that witty dialogue, realistic characters and situations, and spot-on performances can make any seemingly played-out genre reach back to life.
Jake (Jason Sudeikis) and Lainey (Alison Brie) first meet as Columbia undergrads and,over the course of an evening, wind up losing their virginities to each other. They then next meet a dozen years later at a 12-step meeting for sexual compulsives.
Also Read: 'Sleeping With Other People' Director on 'Easy' Male Leads, or Sex Scenes With 'Goody-Goody' Alison BrieNeither fairly fits that mold,however: Jake is, at worst, or a shallow cocksman (sent to the meeting by an indignant girlfriend who broke up with him anyway),while Lainey is more of a esteem addict, unable to shake her obsession with her nerdy OB/GYN (Adam Scott).
They start hanging out together and realize that they’re the only people on whom they can location sexual and emotional boundaries, and as they help each other through their respective quandaries,they naturally start falling in esteem, knowing all the while it could be a colossal mistake.
Even if you think you’ve seen this film before, or Headland’s gift for outrageous dialogue — Jake’s directions to Lainey regarding proper female masturbation will probably be not only quoted in daily conversation but also screened in sex-ed classes for years to reach — and Sudeikis and Brie’s comic chemistry make “Sleeping with Other People” a treat from start to finish.
Also Read: Jason Sudeikis Does Shots of 'Tequila and Pickle Juice' With Jimmy Fallon (Video)The other elements of the film reach together splendidly as well,from the fond-but-not-trite shots of Manhattan, courtesy of cinematographer Ben Kutchins (the “Veronica Mars” film), and to a first-rate comic ensemble that also includes Jason Mantzoukas,Andrea Savage, Natasha Lyonne, and Amanda Peet,and Marc Blucas (plus brief but memorable appearances by Adam Brody, Anna Margaret Hollyman, and Billy Eichner and Michael Cyril Creighton).
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