Jexi

Watched on Netflix randomly, found myself laughing most of the time.

Never knew anything about this movie prior so gave it a shot. Damn, this movie is geniusly funny, and I usually have resistance to comedy films. I didn't predict a random watch on a weekday night would make my week.

Story is as simple as it gets, guy is addicted to his phone, his new phone forces him into a new routine, he goes with it, adventures happen, and well..thats the plot.

This movie struck me hard, as a person who is making efforts to reduce my phone usage. It felt relevant, as there is a lot to life if I look beyond the phone as it cannot make me happy alone.

That being said, the humor is top notch, I am a hidden fan of adult like comedy and Jexi has mastered that craft. I am happy to deem this movie was one of my top favorites due to its humor alone.

Adam devine (workaholics) is phil, who has a very broken, smashed cell phone. So he gets a new one, and the voice recognition has an evil, bullying, controlling personality. And makes him do silly, embarrassing things. Co-stars alexandra shipp, rose byrne. A couple of fun bits with wanda sykes. It was fun to see the san francisco scenery, having lived there myself in the 1990s, back when apartments were affordable. When phil gets a real girlfriend, jexi becomes jealous. Things to be worked out. Decisions to make. It's entertaining. The story is funny but way over the top. Lots of millenial jokes. Written and directed by jon lucas and scott moore .

This film is being massacred by critics. It's honestly not that bad of a movie. I wouldn't pay $20 to see it in theaters, but it's definitely worth watching at home. Whoever wrote Rose Bryne's lines was hilarious. JEXI had me cracking up and Michael Pena was awesome as usual. Adam Levine held it down but the cell phone stole the show. Check it out.

If you can suspend disbelief Jexi is a cute movie with a cutting - if often heavy-handed critique of human technological reliance, but also a lot of heart. I may be partial because I adore Adam Devine, but I really was sold on this movie, even as someone who tends to be very critical of a movies pretense. Also, who doesn't want to hear Rose Byrne fake-orgasm in an AI/robot-voice?! John Leguizamo is entrancingly watchable as an Elon Musk-Essie Silicon Valley out of touch tech bro-zillionaire.

Also, also, the movie treats you to some really fantastic shots of San Francisco and let's you live a Kid-Cudi concert vicariously, so what is not to love?

I loathe the newish trend of reviewers giving anything they didn't enjoy with a 1/10 rating. It's making IMDb ratings less and less meaningful I think, and less reliable.

But anyways, when I finished watching this I wasn't sure whether I enjoyed it or not (a strange feeling). I think it wasn't a complete trainwreck, and the actors did as much as they could with a weak script. The direction and technical aspects were fine for a low-budget comedy.

The voice of the OS definitely got nerve-gratingly annoying very quickly, which was a big distraction. There was no comedic timing, and it sounded very dated, like the voice of the computer on the original Star Trek series. But, again, this wasn't the worst movie ever made. I got a few very genuine laughs watching this (a very few laughs, but still). At worst this is a nice meaningless & mindless piece of fluff that doesn't ask much investment of the viewer, or give a whole lot back in return, but I don't feel like I wasted any big part of my life watching it.