‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Review: David Wain’s Antically Funny Satire of High-Concept Movies

Jan 26, 2026 9:57am PT ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Review: David Wain’s Antically Funny Satire of High-Concept Movies Zoey Deutch plays a naïf traipsing through big bad L. A. in a fish-out-of-water comedy laced with Wain's flaky surreal dunked-in-media lunacy. By Owen Gleiberman Plus Icon Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic @OwenGleiberman Latest ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Review: David Wain’s Antically Funny Satire of High-Concept Movies 46 minutes ago ‘The Invite’ Review: Olivia Wilde Directs and Stars in a Bravura Dinner-Party Dramedy That’s like ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Redone as Vintage Woody Allen 2 days ago ‘Buddy’ Review: In Casper Kelly’s Fairy-Tale Spoof of ‘Barney,’ the Cuddly Kids’ Mascot Is a Mad Slasher 2 days ago See All Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival In the movie that put him on the map, the great “Wet Hot American Summer” (2001), David Wain spoofed all those cheesy grade-Z summer-camp exploitation comedies from the 1980s, and the beauty of the movie was that it recreated what it was parodying with such derisive glee that it came close to being the thing itself.