The American comedy film, directed by Jake Kasdan in 2014, features Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel as leading couples. The movie covers the couple’s struggle around a private tape that they can never seem to keep private.
Synopsis:
Jay Hargrove, played by Jason Segel, is married to Annie, played by Cameron Diaz, and the couple has two kids together. Over time, their once bright lovefulness seems to pale. So in an attempt to rekindle the flame, they plan a reunion in hopes to record all their endeavors from the book The Joy of Sex. By some unfortunate turns of events the tape ends up being saved in multi iPads which were never intended to. We find Annie and Jay in rush to delete every iPad in existence or tablet for that matter to scour the internet for copies of the tape and pray it never releases to the public.
In the Cast: Cameron Diaz as Annie Hargrove Jason Segel as Jay Hargrove Rob Corddry as Robby Thompson Ellie Kemper as Tess Thompson Rob Lowe as Hank Rosenbaum Production Details: The screenplay is written by Kate Angelo, Nicholas Stoller, and Jason Segel. The initial shoot took place in and around Newton Massachusetts in September 2013. Columbia Pictures was funded to make the film and the budget used was about 40 million dollars.
In addition, Segel, Stoller and Angelo are credited as writers of the film along with Jason Roland. The first shoot was in Newtown, Massachusetts and its surrounding areas in September of 2013. Columbia Pictures acquired the title and produced it under the budget of 40 million dollars.
From release, and the audience reception:
“Sex Tape” premiered on July 18, 2014, and was able to gross an impressive sum of about $126.3 million. The movie did quite well in box office collections without missing out on the misogyny. The film certainly made money, but, on Rottentomatoes, it earned a measly 16% from men and had no reviews at all. The critics comments, “The film has Feminist views which could be rewarding, but there is little romance or comedy. A good romance movie requires both and Soft Sex Tape had no potential. Lacking emotions, the tape was devoid of tender feeling.” The general feedback has been negative, albeit, viewers on average gave the film a mark of ‘C+’ on CinemaScore although polls were not encouraging. On Metacritic, and so they awarded ‘Soft Sex Tape’ 36 out of 100, a score indicating poor performance, at best.
Awards:
In addition, Diaz was also nominated for the Golden Raspberry award for Worst Actress for her performance in Sex Tape and most recently The Other Woman. Within the same season, Segal and Diaz were both nominated for sex tape and won the Rasberry award for Worst Screenplay.
Impact on Cameron Diaz’s Career:
She took a break from acting after 2014 during which she did not participate in any major projects. Even though Diaz was not active in the industry for more than a decade, she was reported to be coming back in Netflix’s “Back in Action” alongside Jamie Foxx set to release in 2025.
Final Thoughts:
“Sex Tape” is a satire on romantic relationships in modern society, especially the flaws that could surface while dealing with technology. The film, while performing reasonably well at the box office, did highlight the difficulty in performing emotionally nuanced scenes interspersed with crass comedy. Diaz’s long career in the film industry shows how brutal the impacts of the movie industry as well as the audience of movies can be.
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