Sleeping with Other People (2015)

I don't usually write reviews unless I feel compelled... and I almost missed out on this film because of so many bad reviews criticizing the screenplay, claiming that it just 'meanders' about. Absolutely not! The screenplay is simply perfection... it is capturing how the characters are 'meandering' in their own lives while being drawn to something of real VALUE, something that makes life WORTH LIVING, and this the film captures with majestic beauty.

Sure, this film might not be everyone's cup of tea, especially for those who have emotional issues create a distaste for anything that isn't sexual monogamy... but this film is REAL in the way it captures the sexual issues of the modern age.

The dialogues are incredibly witty, spirited, and never out-of-place... the story is original - and originality is a rare thing to come by these days. This is not a regular-fare movie, not mediocre in any sense, not a usual rom-com... the characters are treated with great respect, and space is given for them to discover themselves on their own terms. Very few films do that.

If you are looking for the usual kind of plot-line, the usual kind of screenplay, then you won't understand this film. But if you open up, suspend all personal judgements, and just feel what the characters are going through, the way the story develops will be truly moving and breathtaking to behold.

Fmovies: This movie first snatched my attention as an obscure trailer, something that popped up while I was habitually browsing the web. From that moment I absolutely fell in love with it, it's light humour and perfect chemistry between all of the cast. It still remains to this day one of my favourite trailers of all time, and one I would routinely check in on every now and then leading up to the movie's release, so that I could remind myself why I was excited to see the actual film, and not a two minute summary. Yet I obviously had reservations. Too many of us have been betrayed by trailers, advertising movies that don't exist or are completely different to the one actually presented (and payed for). "Don't get your hopes up", I would say to myself. "There's every chance this movie will be one of the worst of the year." Then I heard reports of standing ovations at Sundance and as the generally favourable reviews began to trickle in my hopes defiantly rose. And I'm so immensely happy they did, because this movie, and it's subsequent trailer, absolutely nailed it.

The humour was refreshingly real and hilarious, as were the relationships, with the two leads Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie absolutely deserving a mention for being particularly amazing together. A shout out to Jason Mantzoukas and Andrea Savage also - thanks to them, if you turn this movie off the moment you see the credits you're missing one of its funniest and most heartwarming parts.

However, as my title probably suggested, this movie is still a pretty by-the-numbers romcom, and is semi-predictable plot-wise (wow, I used a lot of dashes in that sentence, please forgive me). That cliché that just ran through your head when I mentioned the word romcom - yeah, it is probably in this movie. Except for kissing in the rain, surprisingly. Actually, now that I think about it, the only scene (that comes to mind) with rain even in it is the one where Sudeikis is pushed in front of and hit by a car. Okay let me revise that; only *most* of the normal romcom clichés are in this movie. But there's a reason that movie genres can become so formulaic - sometimes the formula truly does work.

With the fantastic writing and directing, the brilliant acting and helpful injection of fresh ideas into a generally stale formula, this movie manages to be truly entertaining from start to finish. I found myself intoxicated by the relationship of two wholly fictional people, engrossed in their journey both towards and away from one another. I thought the ending could have been a little more poignant and in theme with the rest of the movie, but it was still a supremely satisfying conclusion to a story I'm amazed managed to exceed my hopes and expectations. Truly, a fantastic film.

There's nothing that bugs me more than a self-satisfied, smug, hipster comedy that thinks it's the funniest person in the room. Sleeping with Other People is that comedy. It's laughing at it's own jokes, and you're stuck blowing in the wind. I didn't care for these commitment deficient, NY socialites who are bemoaning the fact that they are attractive and can sleep with virtually anyone. Jason Sudeikis is almost anti-funny here, which is unusual, because his dorky facade isn't known to come off as phony or unlikable. He charms the crap out of every film he is in. Alison Brie is perhaps the only person to keep watching the film for. She's completely genuine, despite being casted in a largely one-dimensional character. Adam Scott is half-way intriguing as a mustachioed, soft-spoken doctor who cranks the freak volume to Kevin Spacey levels. Just skip it, skip it, skip it.

Sleeping with Other People fmovies. Sometimes you can make a movie title into a funny sentence – if you word it just right. For example, I could tell you that… I spent good money to check out Lily Tomlin's "Grandma" (her September 2015 movie), and I was very disappointed with what I saw. The previous spring, I decided to go to "Get Hard" (the Will Farrell – Kevin Hart comedy). A couple months before that, I watched "The Boy Next Door" for about an hour and a half… and I'd do it again. But I'm fickle. Even after looking online and finding "The Perfect Guy", I still found myself looking forward to "Sleeping with Other People". Unfortunately, my significant other was not amused when I texted that that was what I was doing when I didn't come home on time one evening. Equally unfortunate is that this paragraph is about as funny and clever as the movie "Sleeping with Other People" (R, 1:41) is able to manage in nearly two hours of screen time.

Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) met in college and ended up losing their virginity to each other. About a dozen years later, they run into each other after attending a meeting for sex addicts. They each had people in their lives who suggested the group as a way of dealing with their respective obsession with sex and proclivity to cheat. After catching up and discussing their lives over dinner, they both hint that they're still attracted to each other, so they agree to just be friends – with a safe word for times when one says or does something that the other thinks could result in things getting sexual between them. This way, they can enjoy each other's company while still… sleeping with other people.

This arrangement works pretty well… for a while. Lainey and Jake treat each other as best friends, but carry on with their own romantic relationships, and even discuss details with each other. Lainey is trying to get past a long-term obsession with her college boyfriend – turned gynecologist (Adam Scott) who is about to get married – to someone other than her. Jake is pursuing his new boss (Amanda Peet), but his friend and co-worker (Jason Mantzoukas) and his wife (Andrea Savage) are convinced that Jake wants to sleep with Lainey. Lainey's friend, Kara (Natasha Lyonne), is concerned that she's spending too much time with (or obsessing over) unavailable men. Soon, even Lainey and Jake have to admit to each other that they're acting like a couple and they need to figure out what to do about that mutual realization.

You've likely seen this story before. It has elements of the very similar 2011 romantic comedies "No Strings Attached" and "Friends with Benefits", with a touch of 2013's "Thanks for Sharing" and "Don Jon" (also very similar), but this film's biggest influence seems to be 1989's "When Harry Met SallyÂ…" Unfortunately, unlike that rom-com classic, "Sleeping with Other People" lacks likable characters whose actions make sense. Instead, with this movie we get crude sexual discussions between two people who are each such a mess that we don't really care if they get together in the end or not.

"Sleeping with Other People" was written by one person (Leslye Headland, who also directs), but feels like it's written by about five different people – who never conferred with each other. The script shoots off in several different directions, seemingly randomly. Jason Sudeikis is usually pret

I am a huge fan of Jason Sudeikis and I was confident that he would choose material that was original so I decided to invest in this film without researching it. What a disappointment. First of all, it is the exact formulaic premise that we have all watched for the past 40 years. You know the type..."I am in my 30's and life is so complex/Sex makes everything so complicated/I just can't grow up/Nobody understands me". Secondarily, in order to be plausible, you have to believe that Jason Sudeikis can pull of being a womanizer. As I said, I am a huge fan but I think it is too big of a stretch for him to pull that off. The actors all did their jobs bringing mediocre material to almost watchable but in the end, it's just another romantic comedy about a guy and girl who love each other but aren't together for whatever implausible reason. I am not sure how these mediocre scripts continue to get funded.

Jason Sudeikis is dynamite in this raunchy yet surprisingly romantic take on rom-com. If you were to see this film with a group of friends, you would constantly be thinking about what the sheltered friend is thinking as they watch the numerous sex scenes unfold on screen. On the opposite end of the spectrum, it had some of the wittiest dialogue I have seen in years from a movie. The final act wraps everything up nicely and is quite wholesome. Great stuff Sudeikis.