This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

The thing is, while it is funny and somewhat interesting, it deals with serious things, yet provides no particular insight or point and serves no particular purpose. Sure, the father died and a large and somewhat-dysfunctional family is trying to cope with it. That is portrayed OK and from a funny angle, which is good to take your mind of the sad event. But, it would have been much better had it tried to go somewhere with all this, apart from the silly cliche of "don't play it safe, take a chance" for our somewhat-main protagonist (played by Jason Bateman).As-is, it is a look of a particular family and how it deals with its first tragic event. Which is fine, but, there are many families and they deal with this stuff in many ways, we never quite find out what's so special about this one that we should care much.Even the extended cameo of Blah-Blah of HIMYM fame (Abigail Spencer) doesn't really work towards providing much point to all of this.All that being said, it's OK and worth a watch, it's just that it feels like it could have been much better.

As you all know I share ratings with following sequence: rating = number of stars, 6=1(poor), 7=2(average), 8=3(good), 9=4(very good), and 10=5(excellent). Now I will tell you why I have been rated this as poor.The movie portrays a story where a person temporarily gets into relationship only to forgive a member in his past that got into relationship with somebody else. Further the old couple would again get into relationship after everything clears. Ideally this makes the story weak. Only psychiatrists would know if it would work. Ideally the past companion is to be forgiven without making any blundered choices. Thus I rate the movie as poor.

This Is Where I leave You(2014) Starring: Jason Batemen, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hann, Rose Byrne, Abigail Spencer, Timothy Olyphant, and Ben Schwartz Directed By: Shawn Levy Review This is where I leave the mediocre stuff. If you were looking forward to seeing this like I was don't bother it's alright for a one time watch but not that impressive till pretty bad. You got some great performances from some of the main stars though. We open up in the picture with Jade(Batemen) who has a great life and everything is just the way he likes it until one day for his wife's birthday he goes home a little earlier and finds her sleeping with his boss. He loses job and his father dies. His fathers last request was that the family must stay under one roof together for a week. The cast does amazing in this movie with the poor script their given to work with especially Fey, Batemen, and Driver. The problem is that while the cast is amazing they all have mediocre material to work with. The movie is pretty bad but it has a ton of good with stellar performances and nice pacing. Everyone in my theater laughed a lot and when we laughed we laughed hard. The film is well handled and then it's very underhanded. This Is Where I Leave You has its moments, but given the amount of talent assembled on screen you would expect something better rather then the letdown this film is it's strictly a rental. I give This Is Where I leave You a 2 1/2 out of 5.

'This Is Where I Leave You' is the story of four siblings (and their respective spouses and partners) and their mother, who come together for one week after the death of their father.1. To start, the movie is overly crowded with subplots; some fit in well while others are simply unnecessary. The main story and character that we follow is Jason Bateman (Judd), who's wife cheats on him with his boss and the way he comes to terms and deals with the fact that she pops up pregnant halfway through the film even after divorce papers have been filed.Bateman has a certain charm that you can't resist and there's no doubt why the audience would gravitate toward him. He also has the more emotional connection in regards to the mourning of his father.2. Corey Stoll, Tina Fey & Adam Driver complete the rest of the sibling cast with the latter being the next interesting (yet quirky) character apart from Bateman. Adam Driver (Phillip) plays the youngest sibling and screw-up of the family dating an older woman. As cliché as it sounds, there is still an entertaining and funny vibe just waiting to see how this inevitable ticking time-bomb will explode.3. The other characters are basically expendable since the plot- lines could intertwine and no one would care. Tina Fey (Wendy) is interesting at first with her funny nagging, but the movie ultimately falls apart in the third act. At the point your mom (Jane Fonda) comes out as being a closeted lesbian by making out with the old lady neighbor, that's where you turn off the TV or walk out of the theater. This film serves better as a one-time-watch and that's it. There's nothing memorable or that emotionally gripping nor funny to purchase on DVD or Blu-Ray. Rent it! Plain and simple.