Sleeping with Other People
IFC Films | Release Date: September 11, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
HitfixDrew McWeenyFeb 1, 2015
There is real wisdom and honesty in every moment of the film, and that's refreshing in a genre that is built largely on fantasy every bit as disconnected from our reality as any superhero film. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 9, 2015
The small miracle of Leslye Headland’s second film as writer-director is not that it sidesteps its influences or shuns its genre. It’s that it somehow makes the lusty undercurrents of its male/female friendship unironically romantic and, at times, unapologetically sexy. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 17, 2015
Sudeikis and Brie make for one of the most endearing pairings of the year, and Headland has delivered one of my favorite romantic comedies in recent memory. Read full review
88
New York PostKyle SmithSep 10, 2015
Rom-coms died because they weren’t very rom and didn’t have enough com. But Sleeping With Other People, which is both hilarious and emotionally alive, is as delightful as a first date that crackles with possibility. Read full review
85
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeSep 15, 2015
Even if you think you’ve seen this movie before, Headland’s gift for outrageous dialogue... and Sudeikis and Brie’s comic chemistry make Sleeping with Other People a treat from start to finish. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattSep 9, 2015
It’s a smart, flawed movie about smart, flawed people. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKate ErblandFeb 1, 2015
Headland doesn’t entirely subvert the romantic comedy genre here, but she certainly has fun twisting up some of its most obvious tropes for a little added pizzazz and some major laughs. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesSep 30, 2015
It’s a shrewd last move in a movie that’s uncommonly smart about when to buck convention and when to conform to the warm feels we all want. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanSep 18, 2015
Sleeping with Other People turns out to be more entertaining than it sounds. The movie, that is. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleSteve RubensteinSep 17, 2015
Jake finally looks like a catch, of all things, and you can hear half the audience whispering that they’ll have what Lainey’s having. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNick AllenSep 11, 2015
Headland defined the movie herself at the Utah festival during its world premiere, Sleeping with Other People is "'When Harry Met Sally' for assholes." Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversSep 10, 2015
It makes you laugh till it hurts. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirSep 11, 2015
Sleeping With Other People is one of the best and funniest recent attempts to update the rom-com – but the container feels too antiquated for the world it captures, which is so furiously alive. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 11, 2015
Sleeping With Other People is a rare American non-homogenized rom-com, and it’s delightful even when you’re not sure what you’re watching. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinFeb 1, 2015
Sleeping With Other People is a brittle, bawdy, frequently funny romcom that might be too smart for its own good. Read full review
60
EmpireKat PooleJan 11, 2016
Luckily, the two leads’ chemistry make it a happy, if not completely satisfying, ending. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 17, 2015
The script makes the characters a little too witty and spot-on with cultural references, but what makes it work, to the extent that it does, is the innate liability of Sudeikis and Brie. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonSep 8, 2015
Headland's film might have been more engaging if it were about its supporting characters. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid EhrlichSep 8, 2015
It hurts that most of the jokes fall short of their potential, especially because Headland refuses to milk easy laughs by winking at genre clichés, but her decision to play things straight helps clarify a truth at the heart of movies like this. Read full review
60
VarietyGeoff BerkshireFeb 1, 2015
Headland demonstrated little interest in playing it safe with her previous film... But here she reins in that impulse almost too much, and Sleeping With Other People winds up both looking (with its adequate but unremarkable tech package) and often feeling like a run-of-the-mill studio comedy. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerrySep 17, 2015
The romantic comedy boasts two winning leads in Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie, as well as some sweet, funny moments amid the Aaron Sorkin-esque dialogue — courtesy of writer-director Leslye Headland — that’s a little too clever for its own believability. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 10, 2015
Though the leads lend charm and comic timing to the unpersuasive material, it would take a ground-up rewrite to make the fate of their characters matter. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisSep 10, 2015
Ms. Headland has a concept for a latter-day screwball comedy — two romantically challenged friends whose hang-ups create a roadblock to coupledom — but she doesn’t have the jokes or the emotionally textured characters that can fill in that conceit. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsStephen WhittySep 9, 2015
You have this movie’s number right from the start: Despite some some name-checks of Malcolm Gladwell and Aaron Sorkin, it’s the same old romantic comedy squeezed into a sexy new outfit. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTom RussoSep 17, 2015
The movie grows easier to like in the later, straighter going, as it stops pushing so aggressively to be naughty and lets its characters try on some introspection. Read full review
38
ObserverRex ReedSep 8, 2015
A dismal hack job pretending to be a take on modern relationships. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineCarson LundSep 7, 2015
This is exactly the kind of movie at which David Wain took aim with his sublime rom-com parody They Came Together. Read full review
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