Vonia Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) Funny and moving, Duplasses do it again. Serious Segel, Greer, Helms, Sarandon support, Flawed characters find purpose. Yes, except weird end, Adding paranormal "Signs" Discredited film. Unwelcome quick zoom technique, Trying too hard for artsy. Somonka is a form of poetry that is essentially two tanka poems (the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable format), the second stanza a response to the first. Traditionally, each is a love letter and it requires two authors, but sometimes a poet takes on two personas. My somonka will be a love/hate letter to this film? #Somonka #PoemReview

Ole Sandbaek Joergensen This is not what I expected to see, the film is with Jason Segel and this is not what he usually do :) This is quit an interesting film, it has humor, but I would not put it in the comedy only genre, this is more comedy-drama. This film is not fast moving in any way, it is very mellow and well some might say slow and boring, I say easy going, slow moving and interesting.This is an hour and 20 minutes, with a weed smoking 30 year old man who lives in his mothers basement, he believes there is a reason for everything and that god or some higher power is giving signals that you either follow or get lost with the most of the people in a busy world.He is carefree, he has a good hearth, he is a bit naive, but he lives his life and follow his own path. He smokes weed and find inspiration and signs in a lot of weird things, but it all turns out as a new experience or something new he has learned, it is very inspirational.

bowmanblue It was probably my fault. They say you should never judge a book by a cover and, in this case, I didn't really read much about the film before I watched it. I just looked at the cover and figured it was going to be one of those light-hearted 'Judd Apatow' adult comedies where things get a little silly and a lot saucy. I was wrong.They claim 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home' is a comedy, but I would say that if falls firmly in the 'off-beat drama' category. It's about two brothers (one a slacker who lives at home - Jeff, obviously) and one who's trying to make his way in the business world and their capers dealing with a day of fate and revelations when they think the brother's wife is having an affair. All in all, that sounds like a reasonably good recipe for comedy, but the film focuses on the more quirky dramatic aspect of it all, rather than pies landing in people's faces.It's one of those films that probably requires a second viewing to appreciate it properly. I sat down expecting an American Pie-esque comedy. Therefore I was always going to be disappointed. However, if you're in the mood for something just a little bit more dramatic where the humour is a lot more subtle, this one could be for you.As a comedy it's only a 6/10, but as a drama it should be looked at a little more highly.

abbywts I know what this movie is supposed to be shooting for, but it misses its mark badly. It's trying to go for quiet, quirky comedy/drama that contains meaningful message. But instead of quiet-it's lethargic. Instead of quirky-it's unfocused. Instead of meaningful, it's saccharin. The concept is silly, which is fine if you can pull it off, here it's not. A 30 year old loser with no prospects sits in his mom's basement smoking pot and obsessed with the movie 'Signs'. His obsession winds up affecting the lives of people around him whose lives are superficially OK, but just as messed up. The part where Susan Sarandon's character starts imaging the sprinklers as a waterfall was where the fake schmaltz level went through the roof. The dramatic rescue scene was the only saving grace in the entire movie.I'm open to these kinds of movies done well, done badly it's just a painful waste of time. Time better spent smoking pot in the basement. If you want to see a movie that's along similar themes that's far more entertaining, go see 'Our Idiot Brother'.