October 11, 2019 03:27 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/11/20909813/jexi-movie-review-adam-devine-rose-byrne-alexandra-shipp-evil-smartphone-ai-spike-jonze-her
The evil-smartphone movie Jexi doesnt understand why people like technology
Photo: David Moir / Lionsgate
The new evil-smartphone comedy Jexi is a desperate mockup of recognizable human behavior, but one key element rings truer than most Hollywood productions: characters are constantly looking at their phones. It’s not just aspiring journalist Phil (Adam Devine), the film’s awkwardly isolated, phone-obsessed hero. Jexi briefly pathologizes Phil’s particular fixation through a couple of flashback scenes where, as a child, he’s repeatedly handed a phone to stave off boredom or strife.
But it quickly broadens to show nearly every background extra in the movie’s San Francisco setting with their heads tilted down toward their smartphone screens. When Phil literally bumps into local bike-shop owner Cate (Alexandra Shipp) because he’s staring at...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/11/20909813/jexi-movie-review-adam-devine-rose-byrne-alexandra-shipp-evil-smartphone-ai-spike-jonze-her
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