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As mentioned, I think Sudeikis will continue to have a great career. However, I am uncertain about the shift from raunchy comedies so early in his career. His follow-up to\u00a0Sleeping With Other People\u00a0<\/em>was the real-life drama\u00a0Race<\/em>, which has received lukewarm reviews. The problem with\u00a0Sleeping With Other People<\/em>\u00a0(at least in regards to him) is that he tried to play a legitimate adult while still wanting to portray the amateurish characteristics that have made him so great in movies like\u00a0We’re the Millers,\u00a0Hall Pass<\/a><\/em>, and\u00a0Horrible Bosses<\/em><\/a>. Long story short was that, at least for me, he was hard to take seriously. Plus, while this\u00a0feels a little harsh to say, I don’t see him\u00a0in the same attractiveness filter as Alison Brie (The Lego Movie, The Five-Year Engagement<\/em>), Amanda Peet (Identity, Changing Lanes<\/em>), Katherine Waterson (Steve Jobs<\/a>, Inherent Vice<\/em>), or a host of the other beautiful actresses in this movie. Now I know looks aren’t everything, but in a film that revolves around hooking up, looks DO mean something. Couple that with the fact that Sudeikis’s Jake and Brie’s Lainey are supposed to be the same age but are seven years apart in real life, and you’ve got a variety of issues that prevent this from being a movie that I can even like, let alone endorse.<\/p>\n Director\u00a0Leslye Headland (About Last Night, Bachelorette<\/em>) had jokingly compared her movie to\u00a0When Harry Met Sally<\/em>. Let’s not go crazy, Leslye. I found no\u00a0similarities other than this movie wanted to be 2016’s version of this 1989 classic. Sure the\u00a0two romantic leads will eventually get together after determining a variety of factors and reasons that they come up with to keep them apart aren’t, in fact, enough to keep them so. It’s very formulaic, which isn’t always bad if you can, at least, find it engaging, funny, or memorable.<\/p>\n I found nothing engaging, funny, or memorable about\u00a0Sleeping With Other People<\/em>. The plot revolves around Jake and Lainey, who, sort of by chance, lost their virginity while in college and never really talked about it after that. Fast-forward 18 years, and they find themselves in each other’s lives again…at a sex-addicts-anonymous meeting. The commitment-phobe Jake has no problem sleeping with just about anyone, but as soon as any complications arise, he’s out the door. Jake (Sudeikis) is such a great-looking successful guy that he has women just flopping at his feet? Please. Lainey has problems of her own, entering into relationships with men who are already committed to somebody else. Her current obsession is with an engaged gynecologist Matthew (Adam Scott –\u00a0Black Mass<\/a>,\u00a0The Secret Life of Walter Mitty<\/a><\/em>). Her infatuation with him makes it impossible to break things off and begin anything with anyone else.<\/p>\n At the sex-addicts-anonymous meeting, Jake and Lainey agree that they care for each other but have many individual issues and baggage that make them a horrible couple. So instead, they decide to be best friends and listen to each other’s relationship problems. They’ll realize that they are attracted to each other through ups and downs and now have this incredible foundation from which they can build something. But, again, it is very formulaic, and, again, it is just not funny. There are a couple of moments that MIGHT allow you to chuckle softly, but they are few and far between. In terms of better comedies of 2015, you’ve got\u00a0Vacation<\/a>,\u00a0Trainwreck<\/a><\/em>, and\u00a0The Intern<\/a><\/em>, each funnier and each with a plot that pummels the outlandish\u00a0Sleeping With Other People<\/em>.<\/p>\n I’m all for raunchy comedies, and I could enjoy a movie like this if it weren’t so lazy, wasn’t so formulaic, and wasn’t so disbelievable that it allowed me to laugh on occasion. But, unfortunately, this was not that movie, and I hope Sudeikis reevaluates a couple of things and returns to comedies that don’t try to be something more than they should be.<\/p>\n Plot 6\/10 Movies You Might Like If You Liked This Movie<\/strong><\/p>\n Sleeping With Other People\u00a0was the fifth movie that I saw over 48 hours. The others were\u00a0The Finest Hours,\u00a0Anomalisa,\u00a045 Years, and\u00a0Love &\u00a0Mercy. While\u00a0The Finest Hours\u00a0was entertaining and was an excellent movie to see on the big screen in 3D, the only movie of the five that I enjoyed was\u00a0Love &\u00a0Mercy. As much as I disliked most … Continue reading Sleeping With Other People (2015)<\/span>
\nCharacter Development 6\/10
\nCharacter Chemistry 6\/10
\nActing 5.5\/10
\nScreenplay 6\/10
\nDirecting \u00a06\/10
\nCinematography 8\/10
\nSound 8.5\/10
\nHook and Reel 6\/10
\nUniversal Relevance 8\/10
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