In this movie Jesica Alba's dad developed a mental illness. Due to emotional turmoil Jessica Alba developed OCD and turned to numbers in hopes that she can find the right numbers to get her life the way it was when she was young, and she believes that if she doesn't do these things like eat soap or whatever weird things she does that her Father would not come back to her, so she throws everything she cares about and lives a solitary life in hopes that her Dad would come back to Her. So she confines herself in numbers and weird soap eating habits but in the end, she figures out something that changed her life, what if she didn't do these weird habits, would something bad happen in her life?ps. I get the movie because I have OCD too. Also I gave this movie a 10 out of 10 because it changed my life.

I found this one on Netflix streaming movies. It is quite quirky in places, which may turn off some who enjoy conventional narratives, but in total it is a very nice little story. Jessica Alba is the adult, 20-something Mona Gray. As a small girl she loved her dad, ran with him, did "numbers" with him, and overall became somewhat fascinated with numbers. But as she grew up her dad developed a mental problem, he could no longer function normally, and as a 10-yr-old Mona thought if she did certain things, for example if she denied herself of things she enjoyed, her dad would get better. All this caused Mona to grow up with development challenges, and she became very shy and unwilling to experience normal friendships, not to mention a love relationship. But one day, to help her, mom found out the local elementary math teacher had run off to Paraguay to join the revolutionaries and Mona was to be the new math teacher. Never mind that she never finished college!So Mona jumps in there, does the best she can, has difficulty controlling the students. But she meets Science teacher, Chris Messina as Ben Smith. he is pretty much the opposite of Mona, outgoing and not overly worrying about anything. He takes a liking to Mona but finds her shell very difficult to penetrate.J.K. Simmons is interesting as the neighbor Mr. Jones, who had taught math to Mona as a child, and who now runs the local hardware store. Her confused dad is John Shea as Dad. And Sonia Braga is her mom, still attractive at just past 60. I first saw her years ago in the 1983 movie "Gabriella" where in her early 20s played a sultry cook and lover. Interesting career arc!Anyway it is a nice movie, and therapeutic for Mona, as she eventually finds a way out of her shell. I have enjoyed Jessica Alba since her days as "Dark Angel" on the TV series, and I like her here.

This film is a strange one but i would have to rate it higher than most. The main character is a more realistic version of what someone would actually be that had insecurity issues. I really enjoyed this film because I can relate the main character and what she feels like sometimes. There aren't many films that do focus on this aspect on life in such a real way, which many of us go through. that is why i had to give it such a high rating. As well as this Jessica Alba plays a really innocent cute character, something a little different from her usualThe film is funny, sad, inspiring, and a bit weird. If you enjoy indie films you will most probably like this. If you are lonely and have social issues you will probably like this.

"An Invisible Sign" finds Jessica Alba being stabbed in the leg by an axe and shedding buckets of tears, all to convince you that she's a "serious actress". The film is mostly terrible, but it's middle act is pleasantly cute, Alba wears a nice coat throughout and the film has a concept – a frigid, socially distant woman struggles to connect with others - that would make a good drama in another director's hands.The film was directed b Marilyn Agrelo, who peppers "An Invisible Sign" with alpha-numerical metaphysical musings which never quite work. Her point: accept fate where necessary, don't view the world through the prism of signs, and try to find the right balance between "living for yourself and your problems" and "living for others and their problems". Bending too hard in either direction lead to neuroses.Alba spends the film overacting, playing her character much too introverted, much too bottled up (it's not all her fault), a charade which reveals its superficiality when the film ends and she finds herself sucking her lover's tongue like a seasoned babe. Hyper-cute, the actress never convinces as a dweeby maths wizard.6.9/10 - Worth one viewing.