Angelica Lomotan

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Analysis about the movie "Jexi"

Since he was a kid, phones have been shoved in Phil’s face. His parents used them
to keep him preoccupied as a kid; as a tween, they used them to deal with his divorce; and as an
adult he uses phones to avoid dealing with people whenever possible. However, when his old
steady phone breaks, he upgrades and meets Jexi. A phone with AI that, in a twisted Mary
Poppins kind of way, will do everything in its power to force you to have a better life. Including
hurting people. Initially I fell into the trap of hating Rose Byrne playing an annoying version of
Alexa or Siri al a Jexi. I was almost as annoyed with Jexi as I was when my friend Rah was
schooling me on all the fancy options you get with an Alexa. I didn’t care then, and I don’t care
now. The only time I speak to give a command at an electronic is to tell my remote what to put
on the television. On top of this I had to watch a version of Adam Devine playing a loser which
falls beneath his Workaholics and his Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates characters. Luckily
this was a little ahead of his even dorkier Modern Family appearances. Don’t get me wrong I
love me some Adam Devine unless it’s his standup comedy. It’s hard to believe he plays such
losers on screen because if you saw his Instagram, you’d see him with his supermodel wife
Chloe and his close friend funnyman Erik Griffin laughing it up courtside on the jumbotron of a
Clipper’s game drinking cold brew. It’s rare to find a comedy film that has it where you can say
every single actor’s salary, totally worth it. That includes Micheal Pena’s character, Kai, who
may have seemed over the top, to the point of being annoying, in the trailer, but surprisingly
isn’t. Not to say he is likable, but he earns his salary, and even other small roles like Wanda
Sykes as a salesperson in a phone shop earns her money.But it is DeVine as Phil and Byrne as
Jexi that will make you consistently laugh. Hell, even though Byrne has no physical presence,
you will miss her whenever she and DeVine aren’t playing off one another. Especially when she
is just chipping away at his self-esteem and making him seem like a waste of flesh. For as much
as Jexi present a reason to fear your phone turning on you one day, watching someone else go
through hell is no less hilarious. While the romance part of this romantic comedy loses its luster
quicker than it should, Jexi giving Phil a life and then destroying it is hilarious. Also, I feel like
this is one of the few films which makes sure everyone gets one moment or line for you to
remember them by. Making it so even for those like Justin Hartley, who doesn’t have a large
role, you don’t feel like he was cast for name recognition, only, but because there was an actual
plan, and a handful of jokes, for them to say.