Jake (Chris Eigeman) is "seeing someone," namely, Argentinean-born Freudian analyst Ernesto Morales (Ian Holm). That their sessions take place in Jake's head isn't the only cutesy business in Oren Rudavsky's film. New York City prep school English teacher Jake's newest love interest is a student's mother and wealthy widow, Allegra (Famke Janssen), and his once intimidating physician-father (Harris Yulin) is now ailing and sad.
With a series of failed relationships behind him, Jake looks about ready for a reassessment. First, he instructs his student bodies not to be so cynical, to appreciate literary ambiguities, and to remember their birthright (though he misremembers his source, for "With great privilege comes great responsibility"). Witty with himself but frequently struggling with the imperious Morales (whose warning him against "this ill-advised emotional involvement" with Allegra just about guarantees it's a good idea), Jake tries so hard to anticipate what his father or - more painfully - what Allegra wants that he doesn't admit his own projection or neediness.
While the movie does lay out most all Jake's lapses and desires, it also measures him against other, roiling personalities, which makes him nearly, or maybe just relatively, sympathetic. Incessantly focused on its erudite white guy whiner hero, the movie digs something of a hole at the start, though Eigeman is fine and Janssen especially does very well with a half-written role. (Ritz at the Bourse) New Shorts | Continuing Shorts | Search | Showtimes and Movie Tickets Win | I Love You, I Hate You | CP Choice | Write to the Editor | Archives | Contact Us Jake (Chris Eigeman) is "seeing someone," namely, Argentinean-born Freudian analyst Ernesto Morales (Ian Holm).
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