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The People I've Slept With

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Is it possible to have a frothy romantic sex comedy with characters that have very few redeeming features? I guess "The People I've Slept With" makes the case that it is, indeed, possible. But is it prudent? Attempting to be a pleasing romp, the film presents two lead characters that I did not like at all. That's fine in some cases, I appreciate an antihero or jerk as much as the next guy (probably more). In this type of comedy, however, you're supposed to be charmed and amused by the lead's antics and I simply found them distasteful and insufferable. With a plot straight out of a film two decades ago, "The People I've Slept With" highlights a world of irresponsibility and promiscuity. Strangely, the most traumatic thing that may happen in this life of meaningless and random sexual encounters is an unwanted pregnancy (okay, maybe the plot is from 30 years ago). Of course, life lessons are to be learned as selfishness gives way to elements of maturity--but by that time, this was already a lost cause for me. As I didn't like the principles, I didn't much care about their journey and the slight redemption was purely by necessity, not by any great character insight.

Karin Anna Cheung plays the lead and when she discovers that she's got a bun in the oven, she must uncover which of her sexual encounters is responsible. Enlisting the help of her equally self-involved gay pal (Wilson Cruz), there is much hilarity as the two condescendingly judge the less than ideal candidates. With Cruz, who is cheating in his own relationship, the duo of losers act as if they are the prize to be won in any scenario. Ironically, Archie Kao, Randall Park and Rane Jameson are all far more appealing than our main characters. Kao is Cheung's primary suitor, a charming politician that defies all conventional stereotypes. Why this successful, attractive, intelligent and wealthy suitor would fall for our promiscuous booty call is a bit mystifying. Park plays a real object of derision to our sniping leads because he's boring. But he pursues Cheung with a relentless hilarity that provides the film's comic highpoints. And Jameson is sweetness and calm as he puts up with Cruz's wolfish ways. All three deserve much better than to be saddled with either Cheung or Cruz.

Performance-wise, Cheung seems a capable and appealing actress and I've followed Cruz since "My So-Called Life." It is the screenplay that sets up the limitations of the story. I appreciate that many people may really like "The People I've Slept With" for its unorthodox subject matter. But the film wants it both ways. It sets up its characters with a freedom and recklessness and rebelliousness to conventional standards. Their perceived superiority is absolutely believable in people of a certain age. But when the film attempts to connect on an emotional level, I didn't believe it for one minute. The film strives for a pathos at the end to elicit genuine emotion from its audience, but by that time--my hard heart was immune to these characters and it fell flat. KGHarris, 3/11.

Dreadful, unfunny and tasteless no matter how many 5 star shill reviews are planted with this wretched movie. Avoid at all costs. I actually paid money for this, don't make the same mistake.

I read many reviews on this movie before I actually watched it. This Asian American movie seemed either a hit or a miss with most people.

After I watched this movie I thought it was a hit. I liked it because it was hilarious to watch. Plenty of good jokes to keep me watching. Most of the jokes would be sexual in nature, but you could had already guessed that from the title of the movie. lol

I thought the story was quiet original and I have never seen this type of movie. I heard about it in real life, but never seen a movie made and finally I found one. Besides the main story line, this movie has a gay love story as well. I'm okay with that because I have many gay friends and I know some of them actually do look for love instead of sex all of the time. This movie was right on when I saw that in the movie.

The only thing I didn't like about the movie was at the end, where you don't actually find out who is the father of her baby. Yes, it pretty obvious, whom the father is and I know that. But, I have an issue with that as well. I'm one of those people that need to actually see or hear it for confirmation. It wouldn't be just this movie too. I hate every movie that does that. It's not so much trouble to just spell it out for the audience and some people would appreciate it the effort.

This movie is 4 out 5 stars and I would recommend it.

I couldn't wait to watch this movie after my friends (who had seen it at an Asian-American film festival) raved about it. The trailer makes it look hilarious and smart. Unfortunately it was a huge disappointment for me. Usually with these types of movies about unplanned responsibility (i.e. Knocked Up), it's all fun and games at first, but eventually the characters truly mature, which is the best part of the movie. Not so with this one. Except for maybe one short monologue at the end, the protagonist never really proves herself to be an admirable lead, despite this tremendously huge responsibility she is bringing into the world. I do think the movie really tries to make the characters admirable and "real," but all throughout the movie they and their situations feel unrealistic and contrived. For example, at one point her best friend realizes how much he loves his boyfriend after he cheats on him. Just a few short melodramatic scenes later, the boyfriend forgives him, they get married, and are suddenly completely and perfectly devoted to one another. Think about how many times this actually happens in real life. Uhh, never!! If a person cheats it's FAR more complicated than that! This wouldn't be so bad if there were more laughs, but there aren't. Some of the comedic scenes are decent, but most fall short of being laugh-out-loud funny. Anyway, if you're looking for an indie movie with Asian-American leads that has a lot more heart, I recommend "Saving Face."

I had to watch this movie twice. Once to watch the movie, which was hilarious. Just the thought of a beautiful American Chinese girl doing the same thing as Caucasian males is funny. But in spite of sleeping around, her character showed strength and integrity. The way she collected DNA samples was really funny. The second time, I just stared at one of the most beautiful actresses I've ever seen, and thought how wonderful it would be, to wake up every day, looking into her face. I really enjoyed the movie.

The People I've Slept With is a pleasant little dramady, no more no less. There is nothing great, or very funny about it. But it didn't put me to sleep. That's something, right? And the actor who played the "hottie" was really hot!

I first saw this movie several months ago in the Asian American Film Festival in New York and was blown away by it. This was one of the few movies that has made me both laugh out loud and tear up. The cast of actors was well-chosen, and you can see their synergy throughout the movie. The main character's gay best friend provides a parallel for her own life, and he has some really funny lines in the movie. Archie Kao was attractive as always and makes a great leading man.

All in all, it was fun and interesting seeing all of the lead's sex partners and how she deals with them after finding out she was pregnant.

This was so corny and predictable. People I've slept with? I thought it would be a clever comedy but it turns out to be dry as sandpaper. All the jokes and sexual innuendos are lame with short sighted dialogue which made me cringe even more. I am surprised that Karin Anna Cheung would even participate considering she was in BLT!

The redeeming part was Randall Park is hella funny and he made me want to watch more.

This is an embarrassment to indie and especially Asian American film-making. It is like a huge tasteless, obnoxious, layered cliche cake with cliche frosting and cliche sprinkled on top. What's worse is that these cliches aren't just tacky but offensive as they are often stereotypical of certain groups.

See if you can count the cliches in the plot: It's about a woman who is out to sow her "wild oats" and accidentally gets pregnant while doing so and wishes to find out the identity of the baby's father. She keeps a kind of "score card" with pics and descriptions of all her bed mates. She has a gay best friend that is very promiscuous and has problems with commitment, a conservative sister with a "perfect family," and an elderly dad with a girlfriend that is her age. The woman finally meets the man of her dreams but he is from a very strict Asian family and associated problems ensue. There are no redeeming qualities to this film; it is as it sounds and nothing more. the jokes are idiotic, unoriginal and obnoxious. It is an exercise in small thinking and pretense for the film makers. Don't encourage them and stay far away.

If you are looking to watch Terms of Endearment, this is not the movie for you.

However, this movie never takes itself too seriously and examines stereotypes in a thoughtful and non-judgmental way. The characters are well represented factions of society, albeit at times cliched.

A fun light hearted look at a perspective not commonly seen in romantic comedies.

Archie Kao's acting as a romantic lead elevates the quality of the movie, on top of that he looks hot as always :). Karin Anna Cheung shines as the lead actress in search of the baby daddy. Wilson Cruz, her flamboyant gay best friend is hilarious as her "partner in crime".

Definitely recommended!