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Review: David Wain's 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass' Premieres at Sundance 2026

Christian Zilko

13h ago· 7 min readenReview

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Summary

A review of David Wain's new film 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass,' which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The review opens by praising Wain's 2014 film 'They Came Together' for pioneering the concept of a city as a character in a rom-com, and begins analyzing how this technique applies to his latest work. Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in theaters on July 10, 2025.

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IndieWireReview: David Wain's 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass' Premieres at Sundance 2026indiewire.com

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David Wain introduced a new cinematic technique that was arguably the biggest contribution to the art of moving images since the advent of Technicolor.

He proved that a city doesn't just have to serve as a film's setting — it can actually be a character in the movie.

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