“10 Rules For Sleeping Around” may be categorized as just another romantic comedy. Though the genre classification is correct, the film does contain a refreshing twist to the typical plot of distraught, good-looking young people looking for love. Instead, “10 Rules For Sleeping Around” tells the tale of two attractive young couples who are steady in their relationships, yet jeopardize their stability and happiness in one whirlwind weekend when the titular ten rules for sleeping around come into play.

These 10 rules are: 

1) Never go out with an ex.

2) No more than three dates with the same person.

3) No pictures, videos or media yet to be invented in perpetuity throughout the universe.

4) Always an away game. Never on home turf; which includes friends and neighbors.

5) No announcements, no names, details or intros. If seen in public just keep walking.

6) Stay away from favorite restaurants, clubs and hangouts.

7) No more than five people at a time.

8) No gifts, giving or receiving.

9) NO SLEEPING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY…includes second and third cousins.

10) Never, ever, ever, ever say “I love you.”

The first couple consists of Cameron (Virginia Williams) and Vince (Jesse Bradford), who are married, but have an open relationship. The second couple is Kate (Tammin Sursok) and Ben (Chris Marquette), who are on the cusp of becoming engaged, but things get complicated when their friends try to convince them to test out having an open relationship, and this conflict becomes the center focus of the movie.

The film is directed by Leslie Grief, who has most notably worked on “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “Hatfields and McCoys.” The actors for this film have been in everything from “Pretty Little Liars” to “How I Met Your Mother.” And though the actors have experience with comedic work, it is one of Grief’s first experiences with the genre. Yet overall, the movie is funny, and what Grief describes as a “screwball comedy.” The characters get involved in some ridiculous antics that are indeed laughable, and the dialogue is colloquial and amusing. The supporting characters are a little outlandish and some of the antics are unbelievable, but the film does touch on some deeper, sensitive morals about how to maintain love and excitement in a relationship, and whether monogamy is indeed achievable.

Overall, “10 Rules To Sleeping Around” isn’t an exceptional piece of cinema, but it is amusing. It’s a cute movie to watch on a rainy afternoon. My advice would be to not take the movie very seriously, and just let yourself laugh at the campy situations and acting. Infidelity isn’t always a light subject, but this movie weaves it into the topics of friendship, careers and even parties; the result may not be realistic, but it’s cute. So all in all, as long as you begin the movie with the acknowledgement that it’s not a cinematic masterpiece, but instead a cute, light screwball comedy, then you’ll enjoy it.