By Todd McCarthy. In a grossly overdone interlude, he drinks himself senseless upon learning that his vapid girlfriend has taken up with his oft-married dad, former TV star Alvin Kevin Kline. Awakening from his bender naked in the apartment Emma shares with three sitcom-ready roommates, Adam finally gets it on with this no-nonsense young lady, and she soon proposes they begin meeting for sex β but nothing more.
For their part, Reitman and Meriwether shy away from the passionate side of sex, preferring to serve up a smorgasbord of goofy locations and funny positions in which the easy-on-the-eyes pair take their pleasure. Meriwether gives the man absolutely nothing interesting to say, and never for a moment does her male lead seem like a writer who might once have struggled over the choice of a word, plot or idea. As a hypertalkative TV producer, Lake Bell nails a certain workaholic Hollywood type so accustomed to being in charge at work that she scarcely knows how to behave or shut her mouth during more relaxed, intimate moments.
Kline, who 18 years ago starred for Reitman in Dave , is a perfect fit for his aging lothario but sorely could have used some better lines.
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