This Is Where I Leave You

2014
15
1h 43m

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6.6/10

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After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortme... Read allAfter their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes, and might-have-beens.After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes, and might-have-beens.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

91K

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Trivia
In the source novel by Jonathan Tropper, the main character Judd recalls a time in his childhood when he saw his mother exercising to one of Jane Fonda's workout videos, and told her that she was prettier than Jane Fonda. In this movie version, Judd's mother is played by Jane Fonda.

Goofs
Annie reveals a syringe to Judd, indicating that she is taking injectable fertility medication. Yet she had said her husband hasn't even been tested for fertility issues. No reputable doctor would prescribe fertility medication without testing both members of the couple.

Quotes
Judd Altman: It's hard to see people from your past when your present is so cataclysmically screwed up, you know.
Horry Callen: Welcome to my world.

Connections
Featured in Conan: Timothy Olyphant/Nasim Pedrad/Passenger (2014)

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Fall At Your Feet
Written by Saint Raymond, Nick Atkinson and Charles Westropp
Performed by Saint Raymond
Courtesy of Never Fade Records

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8/10

Altman Family Values

The Altman family patriarch has died and this most secular of Jews desired that the family come together and sit Shiva. For those of you gentiles out there a Shiva is a Jewish wake, but it happens after the funeral which is done as quickly as possible. So his children who include Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll and Adam Driver gather at the family home where Jane Fonda their mother still lives. Fonda insists that these very secular kids observe the custom as a matter of respect for their dad.

Father had a sporting goods business he ran and he made some very specific bequests in his will about the division of the business. That is only one bone of contention. In fact me telling any more will ruin the story. I will say this though that after a lot of revelations about the children and their lives, Fonda provides the biggest revelation of all at the end and kind of brings them all to an understanding.

This Is Where I Leave You is one of those films short on plot, but long and deep in character development. Jason Bateman as per his status as the lead is the sibling who never really went anywhere, the one with the most ability, but the one who always played it safe. His character is the most fully formed, the other siblings have their moments, but in the end function as reflections of sides of Bateman.

No one is all warm and fuzzy as This Is Where I Leave You ends. But they all come away with a better understanding of themselves and the family dynamic.

And isn't that what families are all about?