Jexi

"She had him at “hello”"

2019 1h 24m EN

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6.7

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23%

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IMDB

★6.7TMDB · 1,331🥫23%Rotten Tomatoes●39Metacritic★6IMDB · 34,040

Comedy

Synopsis

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Phil's new phone comes with an unexpected feature, Jexi...an A.I. determined to keep him all to herself in a comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than all else.

“She had him at “hello””

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Cast

Adam Devine
Phil
Alexandra Shipp
Cate Finnegan
Rose Byrne
Jexi (voice)
Ron Funches
Craig
Lo Mutuc
Elaine
Michael Peña
Kai
Wanda Sykes
Denice
Kid Cudi
Kid Cudi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Scott Moore
Writers: Scott Moore, Jon Lucas
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America, South Korea

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, South Korea.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Scott Moore, shot by Ben Kutchins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor James Thomas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Adam Devine and Alexandra Shipp and Rose Byrne carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "She had him at “hello”".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Scott Moore directs. Ben Kutchins behind the camera. Christopher Lennertz scores. James Thomas cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Canada, United States of America, South Korea. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 7 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, South Korea.
4Directed by Scott Moore, shot by Ben Kutchins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor James Thomas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Adam Devine and Alexandra Shipp and Rose Byrne carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "She had him at “hello”".
9IMDB entry: tt9354944 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ben Kutchins
Original score: Christopher Lennertz
Editing: James Thomas
Production design: Marcia Hinds
Costume design: Julia Caston
Makeup / hair: Gretchen Davis
Stunt coordinator: Andy Gill
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $9,341,824
Return: 187% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Jexi (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes: 23% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 39/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 34,040 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

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Peter McGinn2020-04-03
★ 7/10
Okay, this movie is not very subtle and does not have a lot of depth to it, but I enjoyed it. It is a broad satire of modern life: of social media and people who are so reliant on and staring at their smart phones. We have all seen these people - heck - at least some of the time we all ARE these people! Well, they are on full display here in a satirical way. We might find that some of the humor hits a tad too close to home, but we should be able to laugh at ourselves in these stressful times.. There are a few cringe-worthy moments where I was thinking, okay I got it already, and I could have used fewer dropping of the dreaded f-bomb. Do we have to use it in every other sentence? After all, when the writing gets a bit serious or romantic, the swearing disappears. But maybe even the overuse of cursing is a form of satire. In any case, it was laugh out loud funny for me at other times and harmless fun, and even if you don't find it as entertaining as I did, it is under 90 minutes long, so stick it out and let yourself join in at laughing at your relationship with your phone. I mean, you o feel naked without it when you forget and leave it somewhere, right? Right?.
Kamurai2020-08-19
★ 8/10
Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is basically "Her" if Scarlett Johansson was an insane, jealous A.I. written for an audience to laugh at Adam Devine's misfortunes. This is definitely an abuse humor story about a socially awkward guy, so the movie tends to whip rapidly between awkward cringe humor that wouldn't occur in life ever, just grossly gratuitous abuse, and moments of positive growth. While the story of a guy meeting a girl and overcoming personal adversity is decent, it's not in the focus nor entertaining enough to be the movie. What really makes this movie is treating Jexi like a real character, a rampant A.I. manipulating whatever she can reach from the world. There are a lot of moments in this that are written out of context, they literally could have happened anywhere during the movie, almost like they were written sketches, but they're funny enough you may not notice. It's an awkward movie, but it has a plethora of good things going for it, and is a deceptively deep movie.