When her fiancé uses their “celebrity pass” agreement, Midwest bride Gail Daughtry travels to Hollywood seeking revenge by pursuing her own celebrity encounter.

For those unfamiliar with the concept of a celebrity sex pass, it’s the idea that each half of a couple can choose a celebrity (or more, who knows!), whereby they are allowed a ‘pass’ if the opportunity ever presents itself to have sex with them. Of course, this is all predicated on the assumption that it is highly unlikely the situation would ever come to pass, but if it did, how would that play out? That is the very premise of ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’, which presents a situation where Gail (Zoey Deutch) finds out her fiancé has cheated with his celebrity sex pass (a game Jennifer Aniston), prompting her to try to get even by tracking down and having sex with her own pass (an equally game Jon Hamm).

The film is directed by David Wain and, alongside Deutch and the aforementioned celebrities playing themselves, he’s amassed a fun cast of familiar faces, some of whom are also playing versions of themselves. To add a bit of extra impetus to proceedings, there’s a briefcase swap which leads to Gail getting caught up in the antics of a criminal gang, and if you are groaning at this point I was too, but it does actually work and provides more comedic opportunities for the film. There’s a particularly great role for a certain individual playing themselves that sends up both the actor and their best-known character in very funny ways, and I enjoyed the zip to proceedings in how it all plays out.

It’s definitely daft, but that’s very much part of the appeal of ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’. There’s even something of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ to Gail’s journey, as she gradually collects an unlikely group of people to accompany her in much the same way Dorothy does on the road to Oz (and given Dorothy’s surname is Gale, I’m assuming Gail’s name is no coincidence). Deutch is a likeable presence at the centre of it all, while the various cameos and willingness of its celebrity cast to make fun of themselves add to the fun. It’s silly, fast paced and consistently funny, with enough new ideas being thrown into the mix to keep the central joke going.

Rating: 3/5

Directed By: David Wain

Starring: Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Sabrina Impacciatore, Ben Wang, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Joe Lo Truglio, Mather Zickel, Ken Marino, Tobie Windham, Fred Melamed, Michael Cassidy, Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Richard Kind, Thomas Lennon, Toby Huss, Kevin Allison, Beth Dover, Zac Oyama, David Wain, Jennifer Aniston, Henry Winkler, Elizabeth Banks, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Paul Rudd, Penn Jillette, Elizabeth Perkins and Robert Herjavec

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt36834010/