GOOGLE ME

Finally bought my own copy! Excellent story, engaging, makes you think in a "good" way. Wrote Jim Killeen after seeing this the first time, got e-mail back promptly. He makes some excellent points that may raise some personal questions for you as the viewer, but it also maintains the "entertaining" side of the serious quest and the sometimes serious segments of the movie. You'll like it. Not your typical documentary style movie! Something REAL for a change.

Google me is the real fun movie, I loved it. When I saw it I was surprised to see the idea. I have googled my name tons of times and i am sure we all do it all the time. But only this director(Jim) can imagine and work on this idea and make a documentary out of it.I would give it ***** for wonderful idea, ***** for superb story and 100% satisfaction.VJ

Jim Killeen is a bored, failed actor who owns his own business and has a bunch of money. He decided to self-finance this pointless, ego-stroke of a documentary that portrays his self-appointed mission to meet some other people with the same name as him. No insight is gained into Google or even any of the other Jim Killeens. It's more of an excuse for the director to have done a film so that he doesn't feel like he's wasted his life, which he kind of admits to at the beginning. The irony of this vanity project is that all of the other Jim Killeens come off as much cooler and more genuine than "our" Jim Killeen. He just seems like an idiot with money. He makes awful jokes while mugging to the camera and sets up obvious comedic "bits" to pad out certain parts of the movie, like when he goes to visit the Scottish Jim Killeen and tries to figure out how to drive through a traffic circle.But all that is not reason enough for the one star rating. He earned that through exploiting his family for his Scientologist agenda. His older brother and sister are both mentally ill, suffering from schizophrenia among other things. They take multiple medications to stabilize their moods and keep them from becoming delusional, but naturally they're never going to be normal. It's just the way it is.But for Scientologist Jim, of course, it's all psychiatry's fault for screwing up his brother and sister's lives with their evil brain medicines. He thinks they'd be much better off without the medications keeping them from going off the deep end. I guess they just need to have their body thetans cleared with some Dianetics therapy or whatever. Ha, ha! Stupid psychiatrists and their drugs. They don't even realize that our bodies are infested with the souls of ancient aliens blown up by Xenu and whatever other horrible, science-fiction BS garbage Scientologists believe. Yeah, so when I got to the part of this doc in which ol' Jim puts his bro and sis in front of the camera just to try and make actual medical science look bad, that's when I knew this was one of the worst documentaries I'd ever seen.Just don't waste your time. At best, you'll be bored. At worst, if you're sensitive to these sorts of things like me, you'll get angry at what a tool he is.

Editing of interviews was weird. Nothing revolutionary in the idea or how it was produced. Wouldn't recommend for to someone

Just about everyone I know has checked themselves out on Google now and then. And, just about everyone stumbles upon someone else with the same name. It's fun to check them out, perhaps on Facebook or see if they have their own web site for business. Google Me takes this a huge step further by traveling to other states or countries to find the Google-twin!Jim Killeen found a look-alike, an Irish priest, a creepy swinger, and more. Some were more interesting than others, but this film was a worthy effort to explore human nature at random by meeting namesakes. Definitely worthy of your time.

Think of the possibilities. If you were to track down people who share your name, people from all over the globe, and really get to know them...what would you learn? What would you experience?This is not just a documentary. It is a biographical, educational, entertaining experience and a little bit wonderful and amazing.Jim Killeen (you know, the one who made the movie) is not a professional film producer. He is an "ordinary" guy who set out to make a film. As it turns out, he produces an extraordinary cross section of interesting lives from around the world and packages it in a way that allows you to experience it as if you were in the room. It is exactly what the film industry needs...fresh, exciting ideas from minds like that of Jim Killeen.This was quite a project. I'm glad I saw it.If you're sitting here wondering if you should watch it...stop wondering, rent the movie, grab a snack and a drink and enjoy the show.You made a pretty cool film, Jim!: )

Great story on google. I really like it. Must seen the story was really good. Good movie to see must see.

I was very moved by the filmmakers apt observation about how we become "families" with those whom we love regardless of our lineage. Well done Jim! :)