Synopsis
Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.
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Cast
- Jason SudeikisJake Harper
- Alison BrieLainey Dalton
- Adam ScottMatthew Sobvechik
- Jason MantzoukasXander
- Natasha LyonneKara
- Adam BrodySam
- Amanda PeetPaula
- Katherine WaterstonEmma
- Marc BlucasChris Smith
- Margarita LevievaHannah
Recommendations
- 100
Hitfix
There is real wisdom and honesty in every moment of the film, and that's refreshing in a genre that is built largely on fantasy every bit as disconnected from our reality as any superhero film. - 91
The A.V. Club
The small miracle of Leslye Headland’s second film as writer-director is not that it sidesteps its influences or shuns its genre. It’s that it somehow makes the lusty undercurrents of its male/female friendship unironically romantic and, at times, unapologetically sexy. - 83
The Playlist
Headland doesn’t entirely subvert the romantic comedy genre here, but she certainly has fun twisting up some of its most obvious tropes for a little added pizzazz and some major laughs. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
It’s a smart, flawed movie about smart, flawed people. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Sleeping With Other People is a brittle, bawdy, frequently funny romcom that might be too smart for its own good. - 60
Variety
Headland demonstrated little interest in playing it safe with her previous film... But here she reins in that impulse almost too much, and Sleeping With Other People winds up both looking (with its adequate but unremarkable tech package) and often feeling like a run-of-the-mill studio comedy. - 60
Time Out
It hurts that most of the jokes fall short of their potential, especially because Headland refuses to milk easy laughs by winking at genre clichés, but her decision to play things straight helps clarify a truth at the heart of movies like this. - 60
Village Voice
Headland's film might have been more engaging if it were about its supporting characters.
