This Is Where I Leave You
2014 · 1h 43m · Drama, Comedy
Skip it. While the ensemble cast is solid and the premise of dysfunctional family reunions has potential, this feels like a paint-by-numbers dramedy that mistakes emotional manipulation for genuine insight. Unless you're desperate for a safe, forgettable comfort watch, your time is better spent elsewhere.
Plot
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.
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne
