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I loved this entire movie from the first scene, and intend to watch it all again because there were lines that I missed as well as jokes that I want to savor again. Rarely do I howl with laughter, but that happened several times during this entertaining hour and a half, notably but not least at the wildly genius "Mad Men" reference. Special mention to the three amazing child actors here, especially the particularly priceless Eleanor Sweeney, who together gave the story an extra dimension of fun.

I read several disappointing reviews before watching today, and lowered my expectations considerably. Why didn't other people find this funny? Could it be because I am exactly the same age as Jerry Seinfeld, and grew up in North America? So many hilarious references for those of us who were children of the 60s. Clearly, this movie was written to entertain boomers (whether they realize it or not), and for lucky me it's a bull's-eye.

As for the rest of you Debbie Downers, stick to your superhero movies.

I love that Pete pushes the envelope and has always produced original, boundary-challenging material that feels authentic to who he is. And this special has lots of very funny moments, but ultimately it disappoints. He took a genuinely funny concept about his mother so far that it felt more directed to an audience of other comics. (If you're a fan of "the Aristocrats," which I'm not, it's right up your alley.) It deserved about 2 minutes but went on til it was dead and rotting. Likewise the whole saga of the stalker, which was boring AF, lacked any relatable authenticity, and was beaten to death to the point where I had to fast forward to get to the end already. First time I've ever needed to do that. But that shows I was still hopeful, because normally I'd just turn it off. However, the realtor story was a weak finish. Pete's well-meaning "commitment to the bit" may work well in improv, but in a tight 55 minutes he desperately needed some wiser editing and direction.

I can't remember the last time I wanted to walk out of a movie; there are times I fall asleep but it's rare that I'm suffering enough to actually leave. I felt that way within 15 minutes of sitting through "Sex Tape" and it never improved, it just kept getting more agonizingly crappy. It was bad enough that I don't think I can ever look at Cameron Diaz again and certainly will never go to another one of her movies. Jason Segal... that'll take a while as well. The writing was unimaginably boring, like a bad drama trying to be a comedy. Painful. Was there some reason that the best friends' kid had it in for Jason Segal's character, because I never figured that out. Can't imagine what they were thinking. Just awful massive fail.