{"id":14687,"date":"2026-07-10T22:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2026-07-10T22:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:11:50","slug":"gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/07\/10\/gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong> (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sony Pictures Classics\/Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 93 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (sexual content, violence\/bloody images, language)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: David Wain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Ken Marino and David Wain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Craig Wedren\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Kevin Atkinson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: July 10, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Zoey Deutch, John Slattery, Ben Wang, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Sabrina Impacciatore, Joe Lo Truglio, Mather Zickel, Jon Hamm, Tobie Windham, Fred Melamed, Michael Cassidy, Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenney, Richard Kind, Thomas Lennon, Kevin Allison, Beth Dover, Toby Huss.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0I was not looking forward to Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong>. The trailer for it was brutal and by that I mean brutally unfunny. It showed the scene of John Slattery having his foot repeatedly slammed in a door by a security guard when he shows up unannounced at the residence of Mad Men co-star Jon Hamm. It goes on for about 30 seconds. It wasn\u2019t that funny to begin with; prolonging it didn\u2019t help matters. I figured if this is a so-called highlight, it doesn\u2019t bode well for the rest of the film. I steeled myself for a painful, miserable viewing experience.<\/p>\n

\u00a0This is a reprint of (part of) the first sentence in my capsule review of Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong>: I\u2019m probably going to hate myself in the morning, but I actually liked this stupid ass comedy. I still can\u2019t believe it. It is, in fact, funny for the most part. It\u2019s no comedy classic. It feels like the kind of movie that gets dumped in cinemas in late August or sometime in January because the studio has no confidence in it. I\u2019m surprised Sony didn\u2019t do that with this one. This movie is full of surprises (surprisingly).<\/p>\n

\u00a0The title character, Gail Daughtry (Deutch, Zombieland: Double Tap), is a hairdresser who\u2019s never had the desire to leave her home in rural Kansas. She\u2019s about to marry her fiance Tom (Cassidy, The O.C.), the only boyfriend she\u2019s ever had. On the way to a book signing, they playfully discuss their \u201ccelebrity sex pass\u201d, the one celebrity they could have sex with without it affecting their relationship. Gail chooses Jon Hamm while Tom goes with Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As it so happens, Jennifer is at the book signing. It\u2019s her book. Long story short, Gail walks in on Tom having sex with Jennifer. She decides then and there to join her gay bff Otto (Riley, The Wilds) on his trip to L.A. for a hairdressing convention. She intends to track down Hamm and use her celebrity sex pass. Obviously, it won\u2019t be easy. There will be roadblocks and obstacles.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gail is joined on her journey by a few new friends (in addition to Otto) she picks up on the way. There\u2019s Caleb (Wang, American Born Chinese), a young aspiring talent agent who gets fired from the agency after attempting to get Hamm\u2019s contact information. There\u2019s Vincent (Marino, Children\u2019s Hospital), a freelance celebrity photographer who got fired from People magazine after failing to get a pic of Hamm. He\u2019s been after the actor for the past 15 years. And last, but certainly not least, is Slattery (as a crazy version of himself). He\u2019s reluctant to join the quest, but he does anyway, assuring the group he and Hamm are tight despite his phone being full of unanswered texts to his former co-star.<\/p>\n

\u00a0That\u2019s not all that\u2019s going on in Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong>. No, director and co-writer David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) sees fit to include a subplot about Gail coming into possession of a suitcase belonging to a comically vicious crime boss (Impacciatore, The White Lotus). It\u2019s the classic suitcase switch at the airport when somebody carelessly grabs the wrong (identical) bag. The boss sends a couple of inept henchmen, played by Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Mather Zickel (Rachel Getting Married), to get it back and kill Gail while they\u2019re at it. It all leads to a violent and goofy showdown at an abandoned ghost town movie set.<\/p>\n

\u00a0One could see Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong> as a silly, sexed-up, adult version of The Wizard of Oz. Think about it. The heroine hails from Kansas. She picks up three traveling companions, all of whom want something that Hamm might be able to give them. There\u2019s a witchy antagonist trying to kill her and her friends. It could even be argued that Otto is Gail\u2019s Toto. Hey, I just realized it\u2019s an anagram. All that\u2019s missing is Gail quipping that she\u2019s not in Kansas anymore.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Deutch, the daughter of Back to the Future actress Lea Thompson and Some Kind of Wonderful director Howard Deutch, is a real charmer. She brings a perky, sunny quality to Gail, a woman who introduces herself to hotel clerks, cab drivers and street vendors when interacting with them. There\u2019s a cute naivety to her too. That is, until she\u2019s pushed too far, then look out. Hamm is funny as the Wizard of Hollywood, a self-involved type who might or might not be all that Gail imagines he is. Impacciatore hams it up mightily as the Wicked Witch baddie, a crazed psycho who tries to drown an underling in a bowl of minestrone at one point.<\/p>\n

\u00a0You know what? Why don\u2019t I just say that the whole cast does a good job in Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong>. They know it\u2019s a goof and act accordingly. They\u2019re clearly having fun. One of the best supporting players is Fred Melamed (A Serious Man) who plays Gail\u2019s mailman and acts as the narrator of the twisted tale. Richard Kind (Spin City) has a good scene as a cab driver with a thing for actress Elizabeth Perkins. Several members of the comedy troupe The State (Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon and Kevin Allison) pop up throughout. Also, there is a load of cool celebrity cameos. I won\u2019t name them; I\u2019ll let you be surprised.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I laughed more at Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong> than I did Scary Movie 6. Why? Because it\u2019s so damn stupid, it knows it and doesn\u2019t care. Not every bit works, but enough of it does to make it worth watching. That\u2019s not to say everybody will like it. I raised a few eyebrows at last night\u2019s Screen Unseen when I admitted to liking it. I sure I hope I didn\u2019t destroy my credibility. On second thought, who cares? I like what I like and I like Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/strong>. Be sure to stick around for an end credits scene.<\/p>\n

Oh and by the way, I didn\u2019t hate myself when I woke up this morning.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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