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Sep 09, 2015 By Austin Trunick Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

In the early ’00s, two Columbia students hook up and punch their v-cards, only to never hear from each other again. Fast forward 12 years later and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) and Lainey (Alison Brie) are unhappy New Yorkers—and recovering sex addicts. They re-meet at a support group session and spark a strong friendship, vowing not to ruin it by sleeping together. But can they remain platonic despite their mutual attraction to one another? (You can probably figure out where this is going.)

Though the sex addict angle feels purely like an excuse for rampant raunch, Sleeping With Other People is saved by its great casting. Sudeikis is charming enough that his lascivious behavior is made less skin-crawling, and though Brie’s obsession with a married gynecologist (Adam Scott) is tough to buy, her delivery is as funny as Community fans have to come expect from her. These two—and the good supporting cast, particularly Natasha Lyonne and Andrea Savage—lift the film above its somewhat one-note gimmick.

www.sleepingwithotherpeoplefilm.com

Author rating: 5/10