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Don\u2019t do it. Don\u2019t be that person. Don\u2019t be that person who turns their nose up at the prospect of seeing Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass<\/em>, doubtless put off by either that unwieldy title (who the hell is Gail Daughtry? What the actual eff is a celebrity sex pass?) or its knock-down-ginger release strategy, finally appearing on UK cinema screens two months after its opening in America, but with zero promotion or publicity, more a rumour than a release.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Because if you are that person, you\u2019ll be missing out. Missing out on some serious bragging rights when, ten years from now, Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass<\/em> begins appearing on Letterboxd lists like The Greatest Comedies Of The 21st Century or hectoring think-pieces entitled something like The Best Comedies You\u2019ve Never Seen (And Why You Should Feel Ashamed That You Haven\u2019t Seen Them). Because if you are not<\/em> that person, you\u2019ll be able to don a smug grin and say, \u201cI was there. I was there right at the beginning for Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass<\/em>. And yes, that title still sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Because Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass<\/em> is arguably the funniest film of the year (so far; there\u2019s still a chance it could be eclipsed by Paul Greengrass\u2019 The Uprising), with writer-director David Wain and writer-star Ken Marino deliberately, determinedly throwing every joke they could think of into the mix, along with virtually every style of comedy that exists. Sight gags, puns, surrealist humour, OTT violence, meta nods and winks \u2014 it\u2019s all here. And while not everything hits, the hit-rate is astonishing, and while this isn\u2019t a direct parody, the gag-rate recalls the halcyon days of Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker and Mel Brooks.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The extraordinary Zoey Deutch is the film’s magic glue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n It is, though, an utterly demented riff on The Wizard Of Oz<\/em>, with the innocent hairdresser Gail Daughtry (or Dorothy Gale) and her best friend Otto (have a wild guess what that\u2019s an anagram of) going from Kansas to a land even more demented than Oz: Los Angeles. There, they team up with three utter buffoons in need of a heart, a brain, and courage (Ben Wang, Marino, and John Slattery, on extraordinary form as a total nitwit called John Slattery), who band together to help Gail achieve her goal: to get revenge on her feckless fianc\u00e9, who used his Celebrity Sex Pass to cheat on Gail with the A-list Jennifer Aniston, by slammin\u2019 ham with Jon Hamm.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n However, unbeknownst to Gail and the gang, a wicked witch of the West Coast, Sabrina Impacciatore\u2019s Mafia boss Ludovica, wants Gail dead, for reasons, and has dispatched her best\/worst henchmen (Joe Lo Truglio and Mather Zickel) to track her down.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Will Gail find the yellow brick road that leads to the Hamm behind the curtain? And what will happen behind said curtain if she does meet him? Who will survive, and what will be left of them? The fun is in finding out, as Wain and Marino stud Gail\u2019s path with deliciously daft moments (an extended Slattery\/door interface is arguably the film\u2019s funniest bit) and ridiculous obstacles, all of which she meets with boundless enthusiasm. The cast, often bolstered by cameos pulled straight from Wain\u2019s big black book of comedy all-stars (including Wain himself), is outstanding, but it\u2019s the extraordinary Zoey Deutch who is the magic glue, able to effortlessly navigate the film\u2019s frequent tonal shifts with aplomb.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Deutch, who, as the daughter of Pretty In Pink<\/em> director Howard Deutch and Back To The Future<\/em>\u2019s Lea Thompson, seemed almost genetically engineered to be a light comedian, has been superb for a few years now, in the likes of Zombieland: Double Tap<\/em>, Richard Linklater\u2019s Nouvelle Vague<\/em>, and Voicemails For Isabelle<\/em>. But this is her biggest role yet, and she snatches the opportunity with both hands, able to smoothly sell those tonal shifts even as Gail\u2019s journey takes her from a naive urchin who thinks tipping 79 cents is generous to\u2026 well, that would be spoiling things. But let\u2019s just say there are things that sweet, innocent Gail does that only an actor of considerable charm could pull off. It\u2019s the kind of role that could launch her as a major comedy star, if more than four people see it. Let\u2019s hope that happens.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In a way, it\u2019s apt that this movie comes out in 2026, 25 years after Wain and Marino launched their careers (and about a dozen others, many of whom show up here) with Wet Hot American Summer<\/em>, a movie that died upon release and now shows up frequently on those Letterboxd lists and think-pieces. That seems almost certain to be Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass<\/em>\u2019 fate, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way. You can do something about it. So get out there and do it. Be on the right side of history. Spread the word. But maybe, when you\u2019re spreading the word, just call the film \u2018Gail Daughtry\u2019. It\u2019ll be easier that way.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n A constant joy from director David Wain, with gags of all kinds, shapes and sizes vying for your attention, and what should be a star-making performance from Zoey Deutch. Don\u2019t pass on it because of the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When her fianc\u00e9 uses his celebrity sex pass \u2014 the idea that you can sleep with one celebrity without repercussions \u2014 Kansas hairdresser Gail Daughtry (Zoey Deutch) heads to Los Angeles and embarks on a wild journey to level the score by sleeping with hers: Jon Hamm (Jon Hamm). Don\u2019t do it. 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