an american boy go to paris after his mother commits suicide and becomes and artist and then discovers himself and return to the state so he can make thing right with his former friend . i have to think that the people who be rating this movie so highly be all x file fan and even though there be no alien or serial killer in it . don not be fool and this movie blow chunk . the story be incoherent and with little or no explanation of what people be do or why . when you do get an explanation and it doesn not fit the story that go before it . what it do be bore you . for all the act talent in the film and it just isn not interesting . i spend the whole movie wondering when sex addict duchovny be go to bang someone . maybe he be do it behind the scene while they should have film that instead . what come across be a story of a self obsess artist worry about minor incident in his life and want to make them right somehow even though they do not seem that wrong to begin with . there aren not any particularly interesting or shocking revelation and despite the mention of a big secret in the first few minute . it just a guy thinking that his life be a interest to you a it be to him . it not . i saw in the trivia that duchovny claim he write the script in a week and that entirely believable . the guy can act and there no doubt and but write and direct be obviously beyond his talent . why hollywood keep greenlighting these self discovery story be beyond me . i discover myself in the shower every morning but i do not bother make a movie about it . mine would probably be good than this one and though while at least there would be some nudity .