Sleeping with Other People

2015 "A romantic comedy with commitment issues."
6.5| 1h40m| R| en
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Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

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SunnyHello Nice effects though.
FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
sarahmurphy-987-679729 The first half of the movie fit the typical romantic comedy shtick however the second half was a bit deeper and fun to watch. The characters had good development throughout the movie and you found yourself rooting for them by the end. It wasn't a masterpiece, but if you have the time give it a watch!
achilleslink First I will say that in my opinion this movie was worth the watch. It had some moments that had me laughing out loud. Jason's disposition is inherently funny and he knows how to deliver a line. I like Alison, so that was another plus. But that's where the really good things about this movie end. The story line was very flawed and incredibly unrealistic, in my opinion. There is no way that Elaine and Jake wouldn't be together after spending so much time with each other and being in love the whole time, especially considering they lost their virginity to each other. Elaine ends up fucking some random guy that was at a kid's birthday party (which by the way, why would she do is she's in love with Jake?) and Jake is not even that mad about it. Regardless of the title of the movie, I don't like how they perpetuate how it's "okay" to fuck other people even when you know you're in love with someone else. It's not something that's morally sound and no one should do that. In a later scene, they are then cuddling in bed, consoling each other, and nothing happens even then. There was a totally lack of sexual and romantic chemistry with these two. They had matching vibes that could've certainly resulted in sexual and romantic chemistry, but the story line never allowed it to develop or show. They really dropped the ball on some crucial elements that could've made the movie truly great. It needed more romance and it needed more passion.
blaberma Someone had the not so bright idea of remaking When Harry Met Sally except in this movie the boy and girl play oingo-boingo in the beginning of the movie and then meet cute years later and the movie goes on and on and on from there.Before watching this movie I liked Jason Sudaekis and now I hope I never meet him in real life or in another movie. Alison Brie starts out gorgeous becomes unappealing and ends up repellent.It is impossible to understand either of the main characters motivation for their actions and their actions and interactions are lewd,crude and ultimately uninteresting. About 45 minutes into the movie I realized I could not hear what the characters were saying to each other but I decided not to turn the sound up because I was not missing anything.Scene after scene made me scratch my head and ask what kind of people act like this and what kind of people write a movie where people act like this.I always allow for poetic license but none of this behavior was interesting or funny or made any sense.If you are getting the idea that I did not like this movie you are 200% correct.In a movie where 90% of the time is spent talking about sex or showing people having sex there is not one moment in the movie that is sexy.I have watched animals mating on the National Geographic channel that was more interesting and compelling and I cared more about than I did the people in this movie.Not recommended.With extreme prejudice.
BlueFairyBlog The subject of sex addiction is a new one, at least in indie filmmaking, and it was terribly explored in the 2012 film "Thanks for Sharing." With a much funnier cast assembled, and a solid screenplay to boot, the romantic coupling of Jason Suidekis and Alison Brie is one of the best in recent years. Much of the film's success is owed to writer and director Leslye Headland, who also helmed the 2012 comedy "Bachelorette." The film is produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, who have been taking more chances on obscure indie comedies. Though this isn't the best rom-com of last year it has flawless chemistry between its leads and includes bawdy humor that impresses and intrigues.The film starts in much the same way as "When Harry Met Sally," with Lainey (Brie) meeting Jake (Sudeikis) in a dorm hallway, where Lainey is pounding on someone's door. It turns out that she is trying to find her TA (Scott) to lose her virginity to. Jake and Lainey end up having one night stand, and don't see each other until they meet at a Love Addicts group in New York. Not wanting to risk any new relationships on having a sexual fling, they become platonic friends who give each other advice on their dating lives. Lainey apparently did meet up with that TA, and he is now a married man with a baby on the way. Jake is newly obsessed with his current boss, played by Amanda Peet. The problems of the characters aren't anything new, but their chemistry and constant support of one another make the film both introspective and endearingly funny.Like in "Thanks for Sharing," sex addiction doesn't actually get explored as well as it could. In that film we follow three different couples all grappling with sex addiction, and each story isn't given enough time to be explored, which makes the film meandering and needless. This film kind of peters out on its main theme (though it's about love addiction not sex addiction) immediately, in order to explore the characters and really focus on their relationship rather than making this a social issue film. Love addiction doesn't seem like it makes sense as the film's major theme, because Jake doesn't seem to love anyone but himself, and Lainey cheats on her only love interest.The film stresses that these two people have not had any healthy relationships since their one night stand thirteen years prior. While it's admirable to include love, or sex addiction, as your theme, it's not needed here. These two people are complex and funny without the need for adding contemporary themes and complicating the plot.