SummaryWhen their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and the frayed states of t... Read More
Directed By:Shawn Levy
Written By:Jonathan Tropper
This Is Where I Leave You
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44
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Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
44
23% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
51% Mixed
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26% Negative
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Sep 18, 2014
75
Even considering some of its late-innings flaws, this is an engaging movie that doesn't mistake histrionics and bile for solid family reunion drama.
Sep 18, 2014
63
As a film it feels overly familiar, with some amusing scenes, but not enough to make for a wholly satisfying experience.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
54% Positive
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
39% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
7% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Sep 21, 2014
10
This is Where I Leave You is not exactly a comedy nor a drama. Rather it's an accurate portrayal of a real life family coming together to sit shiver at the death of the patriarch {the father}. We are soon drawn in remembering that when we were young, our fervent hope was to have a royal storybook marriage like the lovers in the fictional Camelot. Despite our best intentions, life never turns out that way. Think JFK and Jackie? Secretly, we all know deep inside that our own childhood family was dysfunctional; but never realized most families are too. We just journey thru life meandering for answers that never seem to come. This film is absolutely outstanding as it reveals a real family warts and all. The ensemble cast are all fantastic, especially Jason Bateman {the central character} and Adam Driver.. The latter is the youngest of the siblings, the one in our family that never seems to grow up that we all envy. As the story unfolds, you can't help but see yourself. At times, it's painful to watch, but dead on accurate. The movie will stir your emotions as you can't help but think what if each of us had taken that other fork in the road? This film will not thrill critics as they live in their own snobbish world, however it will resonate with the movie going public. We all wish we could have "do overs" in life, but unfortunately, as we know all too well, there are none. As the film draws to conclusion you feel it's us that was sitting shiver on our own lives. Admitting life's mistakes and saying goodbye to our childhood family is never easy. Definitely worth going to see on the giant sliver screen.
Sep 18, 2014
50
Bateman comes off well, humanizing his character with a strain of melancholy that’s one of the movie’s genuinely touching elements. Fey is all right, though she falls back on her patented shtick. Driver makes the most of his hipsterish role, nicely playing off the other siblings’ tension.
Sep 18, 2014
40
They say any group is only as strong as its weakest link. Well, the weak link in This Is Where I Leave You is the film in which the appealing cast members are stuck.
Sep 17, 2014
38
I can’t imagine any film starring Jane Fonda to be a total loss, but This Is Where I Leave You, a vulgar, inept and gruesomely contrived load of junk misleadingly labeled a comedy comes perilously close.
Sep 19, 2014
20
Probably the biggest sin in a movie filled with many is turning Fonda into a nymphomaniacal sight gag who makes Barbarella look like Gloria Steinem.
Sep 20, 2014
10
Another movie that critics don't like it and we loved it. The movie is an exaggeration about how family members relate to each other long after they have lived together. So many things ring true about the relationship between the siblings and their parents. Siblings may seem not to like each other, not like their parents, or understand each other, but they will fight for each other because they know each other. This movie will not win awards as it did manipulate situations, but it made them funny and rang very true not only for siblings, but what children think of parents. Love is there, but liking each other might not be, and that is life.
Nov 27, 2021
6
This is a pretty run of the mill film about somewhat grown up brothers/relatives who find themselves back together to mourn their fathers passing. There are the usual squabbles/rivalries and jealousies present, with the various family members trying to prove themselves better than others. It is fairly entertaining but not especially memorable or great in general. I'd say this is an ok watch, with a decent cast and some amusing moments but nothing more. I wouldn't especially recommend it as such, no.
Apr 3, 2015
6
Not a great movie but arguably underrated. Reminiscent of The Big Chill except the dead guy in this is the father. 'This...' is a commercial dramedy, and I guess it was not a big hit. The score is a little sappy and intrusive. Some reviews that complained it's about rich people. Well, most Hollywood films are about people who aren't struggling financially. If that's a disqualifier, I think you have to disqualify most Hollywood films. So, what's good about 'This...'? The cast is amazing. Fonda and Fey are the only A-listers, and they're good, but I was pleased to see the lesser known actors shine so well. The dialogue is not great but it's good enough to contribute to some fine performances. 'This' might boost the careers of a few of those non-A-listers.
May 26, 2017
2
This is where i leave you has some funny moments if we only keep those moments, we will only have like 20 minutes of a movie, and it will be still a horrible piece. The plot which is so cliche by the way but that´s not the issue with this movie, the issue are the characters. They´re all the same, all have the same kind of answers and personalities and makes this movie annoying. The lack of real characters makes the situation feel unreal. It tries to be real but it fails, the moments are so forced that is frustrating at times. There´s no good performance here, there are a lot of funny and charismatic actors that bring their sympathy to the screen but there´s no performance at all. Don´t see this movie, if you want to see a family comedy about lost, there are a lot of other titles. Don´t waste your money
May 18, 2015
2
Talented cast is wasted, the script is terrible. Alternately predictable and embarrassing. It's about a dysfunctional family, so embarrassing is par for the course, but to be embarrassing but not actually funny is unforgivable.
Production Company:
- 21 Laps Entertainment
- Spring Creek Productions
- Warner Bros.
Release Date:Sep 19, 2014
Duration:1 h 43 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Welcome Home. Get Uncomfortable.
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Awards
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