I am a big fan of Jake Johnson - its the only reason I came across this movie. Jake plays a similar role he has played before (the kind of loser guy who has no real world dreams but still chases childhood dreams, etc). Here he receives word that his mother, who he is not close to at all, has passed and he is set to inherit her nice cabin in the mountains. Upon hearing this information Lief (Jake) makes the trip to the mountains and finds out he must partake in a conditional inheritance which involves tasks from his mother - based on mutliple prerecorded films she made. This is where the movie could have focused on more. There is a part of the movie where Lief calls "the won who got away" and I feel they made 1/3 of the movie based on their phone call alone. I wish they had more of the video and tasks laid out. But that being said - there were some funny moments, some small emotional moments. But it was really a good movie about letting go and the realization that even if you're not close to your parents.. you only get one mom and its heartbreaking to have to let that go at some point. 6.1/10.
Review of Ride the Eagle
