This is an independent movie starring two popular comedy actors - Jason Segel (The Five-Year Engagement, How I Met Your Mother.) and Ed Helms (The Hangover, Part I and II). However, this is not a full-blown comedy. This is more of a dramedy. This movie is... different. Not at all what I expected when I first watched it, and I've read many similar comments. The story is this: Jeff (Jason Segel.) lives in his mom's basement, and spends most of his time watching T.V. and smoking pot. His brother Pat (Ed Helms.) on the other hand, is a successful buisnessman with a big house, wife, and fancy car. The relationship between the two brothers is obviously broken in the movie, which is one of the main things the movie focuses on. The main plot in the movie is pretty unclear, especially through-out the beginning. The first twenty minutes in the movie, I wasn't even sure what I was watching. "Okay... is this some kind of weirdo-voodoo movie talking about cosmic beings and spiritual signs... is this a cheap comedy...?" It's pretty odd and the outcome of the movie isn't very pleasing at all. Although the movie is in the genre of comedy, it contains little of it. There are a few moments that made me laugh, but it was not enough to make me overcome the odd vibe this movie threw at me. I believe that it's simply a lack of understanding or purpose of the movie. In short, we have a pretty strange, pointless movie that will only appeal to a small audience; although I don't know anyone personally who enjoyed this movie. It has a few funny parts in it, but the rest of the movie is not very good.
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In the beginning, the movie showcases Jeff's character as he travels beyond his mom's house into the outside world. He begins to see the name 'Kevin', which is somehow a 'sign' to him. He begins following it everytime he sees the name whether printed on the back of a boy's shirt or on the side of a building. He believe's there is some kind of purpose to what he is doing, but I believe most viewers of the film would look at him as a harmless psycho who is high on weed through-out half of the film. The entire move is set on the course of one day. Jeff runs into his brother Pat, they fight and argue, they make up towards the end, and Pat ends up saving Jeff's life. Although the end sequence is pretty intense, the rest of the emotions between the brothers is pretty lame and unbelievable. Jeff's mom is at work in an office through-out the film, and although she isn't a lesbian, she ends up making out with another woman and driving home with her. This came in the film very unexpectedly and I think many will find it repulsive. It nearly made me quit watching the movie. Not just because I'm against same-sex relations, but it was probably the stupidest 'love' scene I've ever seen in a movie. It's hard to judge what the directors / writers of the film were thinking in the making of this movie. I have to say, overall, (in my opinion) it was pretty dumb. Other than the occasional L.O.L. moment, I didn't get hardly any enjoyment from watching this flick, and I've stopped trying to understand it. Definitley a strange movie...
THE REST OF THE REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
In the beginning, the movie showcases Jeff's character as he travels beyond his mom's house into the outside world. He begins to see the name 'Kevin', which is somehow a 'sign' to him. He begins following it everytime he sees the name whether printed on the back of a boy's shirt or on the side of a building. He believe's there is some kind of purpose to what he is doing, but I believe most viewers of the film would look at him as a harmless psycho who is high on weed through-out half of the film. The entire move is set on the course of one day. Jeff runs into his brother Pat, they fight and argue, they make up towards the end, and Pat ends up saving Jeff's life. Although the end sequence is pretty intense, the rest of the emotions between the brothers is pretty lame and unbelievable. Jeff's mom is at work in an office through-out the film, and although she isn't a lesbian, she ends up making out with another woman and driving home with her. This came in the film very unexpectedly and I think many will find it repulsive. It nearly made me quit watching the movie. Not just because I'm against same-sex relations, but it was probably the stupidest 'love' scene I've ever seen in a movie. It's hard to judge what the directors / writers of the film were thinking in the making of this movie. I have to say, overall, (in my opinion) it was pretty dumb. Other than the occasional L.O.L. moment, I didn't get hardly any enjoyment from watching this flick, and I've stopped trying to understand it. Definitley a strange movie...