Leftbanker OK, I love family dramas. In General. This had about four things too many going on which is a common disease in this kind of film but there was also some great laughs. He finds a couple of joints in his father's sport coat. Dad was a stoner? No, it was probably medicinal. It always is."Classic. I remember in high school finding joints of the best Thai weed when I tried on my older brother's sport coat at his house in Hawaii. Classic. I was so rooting for a miscarriage. I honestly thing the world would be a better place if there were a lot more of those and a lot fewer accidental pregnancies, but I guess that I'm just a romantic at heart.

cmburton-29875 This film is a smart film for those who appreciate satire genius. If you don't like it, you probably just don't get it :)

MrsBuckyBarnes ugh what a horrible film.i still have 20 minutes to go on this movie but good lord i despise it utterly. the script is glib and sanctimonious, and the characters are clichéd. worse, they are so obnoxious that they are insufferable to watch. everyone behaves inappropriately, all the time. this film is meant to be about the journey of bereavement, but any sense of grief is lost in the shallow wisecracks. lying, violence, belittling and adultery is treated as no big deal either, which i found a real turn off. a horrible misfire. avoid.

hasbroucklogan Sometimes home is the place you need to be. For the Altman family, coming home to mourn the death of their father was the start of healing for a family that didn't know it was broken. This Is Where I Leave You sets its bar high when it comes to best motion picture. "For the next seven days, you are all grounded!" Hillary Altman (Jane Fonda) addresses her kids upon their first official day of mourning for their father. Explaining their father's dying wish to have them all under the same roof, sitting shiva (a Jewish mourning period which lasts for 7 days and consists of family members receiving visitors while sitting low to the ground), there is no disobeying Mama Altman. A quick- witted family in which most members have no trouble baring all, you quickly see the siblings settle back into a comfortable camaraderie with each other, all except Paul who has some slight resentment about being the only one left to run the family business. You also see the issues each one is facing. The character of the storyline follows the most, Judd Altman (Jason Bateman) discovers his wife, Quinn Altman (Abigail Spencer) has been having a year long affair with his boss (Dax Shepard.) Not wanting to discuss the situation with his family, he finds that older sister Wendy (Tina Fey) keeps pushing him to spill the beans. Once news of the betrayal comes out, it seems as if everyone reveals their problems as well: eldest brother Paul's (Corey Stoll) inability to impregnate his wife, youngest brother Phillip's (Adam Driver) inability to fully commit to his much older girlfriend, and Wendy's distance from her always-on-the-phone-for business-calls husband creates a tense atmosphere in the Altman household. In between the small arguments and bickering, the siblings use humor to enlighten the frustrating twists and turns their lives are taking. The very open family showers the film with R-rated comedy much like what is found in Paul Feig's Bridesmaids. You won't find a whole lot of raunchy material here, however. Shawn Levy digs deep inside the hearts of all these characters to define each and every one using the actors and actresses awesome delivery of each line. Whoever did the casting was brilliant. Chaotic, tear-jerking, emotional and hysterical, This Is Where I Leave You is filled with problematic relationships and heartbreak that makes you question if you could ever find true love. With back to back issues, watchers really need to pay attention to fully understand the message behind this movie. However, you wouldn't be wasting your cash with this purchase. This Is Where I Leave You is easy to describe as a blessing in disguise.