...and Jeff lives at home. His mother's basement, more specifically, where he spends days on end smoking pot which likely leads to his repeated viewing and over-analysis of the movie Signs. Jeff is convinced that there are no coincidences-for example, that there is no such thing as a "wrong number". For this reason, he is sent on a fate-induced journey after recieving what you and I would consider a phone call to the incorrect recipient, and we go right alongside him to discover his destiny.
Throughout the tapestry of the plot, subplots pertaining to the lives of Jeff's mother (Susan Sarandon) and brother Pat (Ed Helms) are interwoven to add complexity to the story. Pat's character, in my opinion, adds a nice touch of humor to the plot because Ed Helms can't help but be hilarious. I mean, whose favorite character on The Office isn't Andy? In Jeff, his character Pat is struggling to save his seemingly doomed marriage with the help of his brother. As for their widowed mother, she is taken aback when she discovers she has a secret admirer in the office. And, as is expected of any story, these subplots all tie together in the end with one major event. I won't give anything away, because that would just be rude on my part, and I like to think that I have basic movie-review manners (though I am not sure that those have been officially defined).
This movie was okay, but not as good as I was hoping. The trailer made it seem like it was going to be a lot more fulfilling of a story and give me some sort of new perspective on humanity, but in reality it resolves on a rather simple note. For some reason, it just seemed to lack something that I cannot really place my finger on. Maybe I will recieve a sign from destiny telling me what it is.
Throughout the tapestry of the plot, subplots pertaining to the lives of Jeff's mother (Susan Sarandon) and brother Pat (Ed Helms) are interwoven to add complexity to the story. Pat's character, in my opinion, adds a nice touch of humor to the plot because Ed Helms can't help but be hilarious. I mean, whose favorite character on The Office isn't Andy? In Jeff, his character Pat is struggling to save his seemingly doomed marriage with the help of his brother. As for their widowed mother, she is taken aback when she discovers she has a secret admirer in the office. And, as is expected of any story, these subplots all tie together in the end with one major event. I won't give anything away, because that would just be rude on my part, and I like to think that I have basic movie-review manners (though I am not sure that those have been officially defined).
This movie was okay, but not as good as I was hoping. The trailer made it seem like it was going to be a lot more fulfilling of a story and give me some sort of new perspective on humanity, but in reality it resolves on a rather simple note. For some reason, it just seemed to lack something that I cannot really place my finger on. Maybe I will recieve a sign from destiny telling me what it is.
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