"In the case of his latest film, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, there's a scene in which a character tries in vain to close a door on Gail (Zoey Deutch) and her ragtag group of friends over and over and over again. At the movie's Sundance Film Festival premiere at the Eccles, laughter rippled across the room. It was funny, but then it kept going, and then it got funnier and funnier, the enthusiasm contagious."
"Wain's latest - which he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Ken Marino - tells the story of Gail, a doe-eyed and simple woman from Kansas who goes on a whirlwind journey to Los Angeles to fulfill her dream of sleeping with Jon Hamm ahead of her wedding. She travels alongside her best friend and co-worker Otto (Miles Gutierrez-Riley), a hapless CAA agent (Ben Wang), a down-on-his-luck paparazzo (Marino), and John Slattery (playing himself)."
David Wain specializes in endurance comedy, stretching jokes until they risk failing then regaining momentum. Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is a rollicking travelogue and a desperately silly take on The Wizard of Oz, co-written with Ken Marino. Gail is a doe-eyed Kansan who journeys to Los Angeles to fulfill her dream of sleeping with Jon Hamm before her wedding. She travels with Otto, a hapless CAA agent, a down-on-his-luck paparazzo, and John Slattery playing himself. The film's full-tilt silliness thrives on collective audience reaction and benefits from theatrical exhibition.
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