Sleeping with Other People

"If you want someone to fall for you, you gotta be you."

"Yeah I don't think I like me enough to introduce him to other people."

In college, Jake (Sudeikis) and Lainey (Brie) lose their virginity to each other.  Years later, they meet again at a sex addicts meeting.  Jake is a serial womanizer.  He and his best friend Xander (Mantzoukas) are selling their company for a huge payout.  Lainey is a serial cheater, constantly returning to her college love, Matthew (Scott).  She gave up dreams of a medical degree to become a teacher.

They strike up a platonic friendship and begin spending time together.  Can they avoid attraction and help each other?


The tagline for this film is "A Romantic Comedy with Commitment Issues."  That is a fairly accurate description of the film.  The beginning of the film plays up the raunchy side, but if you can get past that, it is pretty standard rom com.

The leads are all well-known for their TV roles.  Jason Sudeikis was a regular on Saturday Night Live for 9 seasons, here he plays the same character he has been playing in films (i.e. Horrible Bosses, etc).  Alison Brie was one of the stars of Community and Mad Men, here she is neurotic and endearing.  Jason Mantzoukas was a regular on The League, as Rafi.  He has excellent chemistry with Margaret Odette, who plays his wife Thea.  Adam Scott was a regular on Party Down and Parks and Recreation.  It is interesting seeing him as a "villain."

The cast is good, and if you can get past the raunch, it is a sweet romantic comedy.

Sleeping with Other People (2015) 101 minutes
Rating: R for strong sexual content, language including sexual references, and some drug use
Director: Leslye Headland
Starring: Jason Sudeikis as Jake
Alison Brie as Lainey
Adam Scott as Matthew
Jason Mantzoukas as Xander
Margaret Odette as Thea
Amanda Peet as Amanda
Natasha Lyonne as Kara