Google Me

"Google Me" is one hell of a documentary. It's a very unique movie involving one of the most visited websites every single day, Google. It's witty filmmaker, Jim Killeen has an interesting take on life. Plus he has a funny partner by his side.

The film follows the life of Jim Killeen, a 38 year old man who feels he has done nothing in his life and feels he is reaching midlife crisis level. He does the unthinkable and simply Googles himself.

He decides to get in touch with everybody he found on the search by calling them and meeting with them in their home town. With over 26 people found with the name Jim Killeen, he only got in touch with a certain number since most didn't have their location listed. And even out of the certain number, some rejected.

The documentary really makes you feel that you are not alone and that you are different in your own way. Just because you have the same name. Everyone has a different personality, and it's up to you to find it.

The thing I like most about this movie, as it's one movie that you cannot copy or remake in any way. If someone else tries to do this it will have to be a direct copy. There's no way you can make this movie fresh and new. You have to take elements of Jim's work.

A movie that is without a doubt one of the best documentaries. And one of the movies that has a many morals and themes.

The one I find the most helpful and heartfelt is. You may have the same name, but the personalities, will always be different.

Being a fan of good documentaries, I jumped at a chance of seeing Google Me, and the idea is sound. The lead character googles himself, and then travels and meets with all the persons that share his name. The main Jim is however not a great persona to front such a search. When you've seen a couple of good, character delving movies (King of Kong, Maradona by Kusturic, Touching the void aso..) this.... lets say fails to live up to the mark.

The Jims visited are diverse and there are a lot of touching points that would be interesting to talk about, but this movie fails "dive in", a traffic-planner in Scottland is rushed past to make fun of haggis, and this is repeated in most cases. Until we get to the last Jim, which is the creator (!) and I don't know in minutes but it feels like the longest and the only one taken seriously. The lasting impression is that the movie and other Jims are an excuse to talk about Jim.

This movie is not for you, it's for Jim.

I watched this film expecting it to occupy about 2 hours of my life that I didn't care about. At the end I was laughing and was pleased that a seemingly average guy like the movies creator Jim Killeen was able to "low budget" his way into a great piece of meaningful entertainment. Another fine example of human intelligence and quality movie making. I found I actually cared about each of the Jim's, something that Hollywood is usually unable to muster in me. Some of their lifestyles weren't easily accepted but it is a great example of tolerance. I give it an 8 because its fresh and funny and its soulful.. none of which you will find in this summers GI Joe movie.