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| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $40 million<ref name="BOM">{{Cite web |title=Sex Tape (2014) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/moviestitle/tt1956620/?pageref_=main&id=sextape.htmbo_se_r_1 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
| gross = $126.13 million<ref name="BOM"/>
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'''''Sex Tape''''' is a 2014 American [[sex comedy film]] directed by [[Jake Kasdan]] and distributedwritten by [[SonyKate Pictures Releasing]]. It was written byAngelo, [[Jason Segel]], and [[Nicholas Stoller]], and Kate Angelo and. starsStarring Segel, [[Cameron Diaz]], [[Rob Corddry]], [[Ellie Kemper]], and [[Rob Lowe]]., Itsthe storyfilm follows a married couple who make a sex tape to spice up their relationship only to wake up the next morning to find that it has gone missing. This sparks a frantic search in an attempt to find it.
 
The film was produced by [[Columbia Pictures]] and was released on July 18, 2014. ItThe film grossed $14.6 million in its opening weekend and $126.1 million worldwide, against a budget of $40 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2892924417/|title=Sex Tape|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> Itand received generally negative reviews.<ref name=rtfrom />critics.
 
==Plot==
Jay and Annie Hargrove are a married couple who used to have sex at every opportunity. Now, after having two kids, they rarely are intimate.
Jay and Annie Hargrove are a married couple, who, after having two kids, have sex at every opportunity. After Jay [[Erectile dysfunction|struggles to get an erection]], Annie suggests making a [[sex tape]]. They film themselves having sex in every position listed in ''[[The Joy of Sex]]''. When done, Annie asks Jay to delete the recording, which they hate, but he ends up instead inadvertently synchronizing the video to several [[iPad]]s the couple had given away over time. After failing to get it out of [[Cloud computing|the cloud]], they set out to get back all of the gifted iPads, leading to a series of awkward encounters and close calls.
 
Getting her mother to keep the kids overnight, the couple try roleplaying and try having sex in less orthodox parts of the house, but then Jay [[Erectile dysfunction|struggles to get an erection]]. So, Annie suggests making a [[sex tape]] and they film themselves having sex in every position listed in ''[[The Joy of Sex]]'' on his tablet.
After collecting the iPads and deleting the videos, their friend's son, Howard, threatens to upload a copy of their sex tape to [[YouPorn]] unless they give him $25,000. After failing to get the money, they break into the YouPorn headquarters and begin to destroy their [[web server]]s. Their plan is quickly thwarted when an alarm sounds. The owner and his guards confront them and threaten to call the police, but agree not to do so in exchange for $15,000 to cover the damage. He also removes their video and explains that all they had to do to have a video removed was send him an e-mail request for such removal.
 
Jay and Annie Hargrove are a married couple, who, after having two kids, have sex at every opportunity. After Jay [[Erectile dysfunction|struggles to get an erection]], Annie suggests making a [[sex tape]]. They film themselves having sex in every position listed in ''[[The Joy of Sex]]''. When done, Annie asks Jay to delete the recording, whichto theybe hatesafe, but hean application on the tablet ends up instead inadvertently synchronizing the video to several [[iPad]]s the couplehe had given away over time. After failing to get it out of [[Cloud computing|the cloud]], they set out to get back all of the gifted iPads, leading to a series of awkward encounters and close calls.
After they have deleted all videos, Howard comes over to the house and gives Jay the only existing copy of the video on a USB flash drive in exchange for being allowed to hang out with their son, Clive, since he is his only friend.
 
The couple relatively easily manage to delete the video on both her mother's and their son's tablets. Their close friends, Robbie and Tess, invite them in and then Annie and Jay end up having to explain themselves. Their friends, without any real plans, tag along as they seek the tablets.
As the film comes to a close, Jay and Annie decide to watch the video once themselves. Afterwards, they take the [[USB flash drive]] containing the video and go outside to smash it with a hammer, blend it, burn it with fire, and bury the remains.
 
Their most challenging recovery of a tablet is from the house of Annie's potential boss, Hank Rosenbaum. Under the guise of seeking money for a charity, Annie distracts him while Jay searches the house for the tablet. In the process, she tries cocaine for the first time and Jay battles with Hank's German shepherd.
==Cast==
In the end, Robbie and Tess are the ones who get it back.
 
After collecting the iPads and deleting the videos, their friend's son, Howard, threatens to upload a copy of their sex tape to [[YouPorn]] unless they give him $25,000. After failing to get the money, they break into the YouPorn headquarters and begin to destroy their [[web server]]s. Their plan is quickly thwarted when an alarm sounds. The owner and his guards confront them and threaten to call the police, but agree not to do so in exchange for $15,000 to cover the damage. He also removes their video and explains that all they had to do to have a video removed was send him an e-mail request for such removal.
 
The couple's plan is quickly thwarted when an alarm sounds. The owner, his guards and his wife confront them and threaten to call the police. However, after explaining it was to protect their family, their two young children come out. The owner's wife convinces him to take pity on them, so he agrees not to do so in exchange for $15,000 to cover the damage. Removing their video, he explains that all they had to do to have a video removed was send him an email request to do so.
 
After they have deleted all videos, Howard comes over to the house and gives Jay the only existingremaining copy of the video on a USB flash drive. This is in exchange for being allowed to hang out with their son, Clive, since he is his only friend.
 
As the film comes to a close, Jay and Annie decide to watch the video once themselves. Afterwards, they take the [[USB flash drive]] containing the video and go outside to smash it with a hammer, blend it, burn it with fire, and bury the remains.
 
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Cameron Diaz]] as Annie Hargrove
* [[Jason Segel]] as Jay Hargrove
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* [[Ellie Kemper]] as Tess Thompson
* [[Rob Lowe]] as Hank Rosenbaum, Annie's boss
* Harrison Holzer as Howard
* [[Nat Faxon]] as Max
* [[Nancy Lenehan]] as Linda
* Giselle Eisenberg as Nell Hargrove
* Harrison Holzer as Howard
* Sebastian Hedges Thomas as Clive Hargrove
* [[Randall Park]] as Edward
* [[Jack Black]] (''uncredited cameo'') as Lamont, the owner of [[YouPorn]]
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* [[Kumail Nanjiani]] as Punit
* [[Artemis Pebdani]] as Kia
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==Production==
 
===Development===
[[Sony Pictures]] acquired the script in June 2011.,<ref>{{cite web|author1=Fleming, Mike|title=Sony Pictures Pays Big Bucks To Buy 'Sex Tape' |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/06/sony-pictures-pays-big-bucks-to-buy-sex-tape/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 6, 2014|date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> which was based on an original story created by Kate Angelo. [[Nicholas Stoller]] was in early talks to direct but eventually backed out with Jake Kasdan instead directing the picture.<ref name="THR1">{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Jake Kasdan to Direct Sony Comedy 'Sex Tape' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jake-kasdan-sex-tape-jason-segel-nicholas-stoller-302935 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=August 6, 2014 |date=March 21, 2012}}</ref> Before Diaz signed on, [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Amy Adams]], [[Emily Blunt]], [[Rose Byrne]], and [[Jennifer Garner]] were all considered for the female lead.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sneider |first1=Jeff |title='Sex Tape' lures Segel, Stoller |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/sex-tape-lures-segel-stoller-1118045165/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=August 6, 2014 |date=October 27, 2011}}</ref>
 
[[Principal photography]] began on September 12, 2013, in [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Mark |last1=Shanahan |last2=Meredith Goldstein |title=Cameron Diaz shooting 'Sex Tape' in Newton |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2013/09/10/cameron-diaz-shooting-sex-tape-newton/emoyt1FYIhLDVtdT227FMM/story.html |access-date=11 September 2013 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=11 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel to shoot 'Sex Tape' in Newton |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x1155160510/Cameron-Diaz-Jason-Segel-to-shoot-Sex-Tape-in-Newton |access-date=11 September 2013 |publisher=wickedlocal.com |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Sex Tape', starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, is filming in Newton, MA this week|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2013/09/10/sex-tape-starring-cameron-diaz-and-jason-segel-is-filming-in-newton-ma-this-week/ |access-date=11 September 2013 |publisher=onlocationvacations.com |date=10 September 2013}}</ref> Hank's house is situated in the western [[Greater Boston]] suburb of [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SEX TAPE - Movie Production Note s|url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=18448 |publisher=Cinemareview.com|access-date=August 8, 2014}}</ref>
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===Box office===
At the end of its box office run, ''Sex Tape'' earned a gross ofgrossed $38.5 million in the USUnited States and Canada, and $87.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $126.13 million against a budget of $40 million.<ref name="BOM"/>
 
The film was released in 2,457 theaters in North America and earned $15.17 million inon its openingfirst day, including $1.1 million from Thursday eveningnight showingspreviews.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|title='Sex Tape' Attracts $1.1 Mil, 'Purge: Anarchy' Scares Up $2.6 Mil at Thursday Box Office|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sex-tape-attracts-1-1-mil-purge-anarchy-scares-up-2-6-mil-at-thursday-box-office-1201264492/|access-date=July 18, 2014|publisher=variety.com|date=July 18, 2014}}</ref> In its opening weekend, the film grossed $14.6 million, finishing in fourth behind ''[[Dawn of the Planet of the Apes]]'' ($36.2 million), as well as newcomers ''[[The Purge: Anarchy]]'' ($29.8 million) and ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]'' ($17.5 million).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=29&p=.htm|title = Domestic 2014 Weekend 29}}</ref>
 
The film topped the UK box office in its opening weekend with a gross of £1.43 million.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29126345 Sex Tape caper crowns UK box office]. [[BBC News]]</ref> It dropped to number 4 in its second week grossing £673,478.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29224491 The Boxtrolls stop-motion 3D animation tops UK box office]. [[BBC News]]</ref> The film opened at #1 in markets like Bulgaria, Netherlands, Slovenia in their respective opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&view=byweekend&wk=2014W33&id=sextape.htm | title=Sex Tape International Box office | publisher=IMDB | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=January 22, 2015}}</ref> The biggest market in other territories being Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, where the film earned a gross of $12.14 million, $7.14 million and $6.9 million respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&view=bycountry&wk=2014W33&id=sextape.htm | title=Sex Tape International Box office | publisher=IMDB | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=January 22, 2015}}</ref>
 
===Critical response===
[[Rotten Tomatoes]], a [[review aggregator]], reports that 16% of 157 surveyed reviews gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 4.101/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With neither the conviction to embrace its smutty premise nor enough laughs to function as a worthwhile rom-com, the flaccid ''Sex Tape'' suffers from cinematic impotence."<ref name=rt>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sex_tape_2014/ | title=Sex Tape | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Flixster]] | access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 36 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sex-tape | title=Sex Tape Reviews | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref>
 
[[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the film "a timely naughty-but-nice romcom with too few laughs", giving it 2/5two out of five stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/04/sex-tape-review-cameron-diaz|title = Sex Tape review – a timely naughty-but-nice romcom with too few laughs| website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date = September 4, 2014}}</ref>
 
===Accolades===
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==See also==
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==External links==
 
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