This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
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Released Year: 2014
Runtime: 103 minutes
Directors: Shawn Levy
Casts: Jason Bateman, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Timothy Olyphant, Rose Byrne, Dax Shepard, Abigail Spencer, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Gerry Vichi, Michael Bryan French, Debra Monk, Kevin McCormick, Will Swenson, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Connie Britton, Aaron Lazar, Cade Lappin, Carol Schultz, Evan Wadle, Olivia Oguma, Barbara Spiegel, Cheryl Stern, Beth Leavel, Carly Brooke, Lance Roberts, Carolyn Seiff, Brahm Schenkman, Mia Fram Davidson, Crystal Anne Dickinson, Kenneth De Abrew, Oakes Fegley
Storyline
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
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Reviews
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Hitfix -
The film is often quite funny, and just real enough that we may recognize ourselves in some small way in this family.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
You laugh in spite of yourself in This Is Where I Leave You, a potty-mouthed comedy with enough exasperation, aggravations, long-standing grievances and get-me-outta-here moments of family stress to strike a chord with anyone who’s ever had to endure large clan gatherings that might have lasted a bit too long.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service -
A big, broad dysfunctional family comedy, sort of a “Parenthood” pushed into R-rated “Adulthood” territory.
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Variety -
If the movie never quite masters the feel of messy, grown-up life, it at least makes a few promising salvos in that direction... The actors help a lot.
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The Playlist -
Unremarkable but occasionally enjoyable, Levy’s dramedy is pleasant enough, but it grows tired, losing focus by the end.
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When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
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When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.