Ben finds Hanna (Jess Weixler), who seems to be the usual
movie manic pixie dream girl, but (1) Weixler, an exceptionally appealing and talented actress, makes her more than that, and (2) that is what writer Jason Filiatrault and director Jason James want us to think so they can surprise us with a twist of that tired concept at the end.
That
movie represents a much more explicit look at the concept of molding a woman in your image of what you want her to be, positioning itself as a rebellion against the
manic pixie dream girl tendencies of films like (500) Days of Summer or Garden State, often the result of lazy writing that had a tendency to treat women simply as a formula to complete the man's desires.