Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

thekarmicnomad A family are forced to spend a week together to honor their deceased father.I found this on Blu-ray in Pound Land so I was not expecting much.I was very pleasantly surprised. The siblings squabble and barb to great comedic affect. The characters were engaging and quite often charming. There is a lot of great talent here. I was most surprised by Tina Fey who so great that I now struggle to disengage her performance from her real life.Now this film probably does tug at one too many heart strings and near the end it does get a bit "Dawson's Creek" but I didn't mind for a minute.This is not laugh-out-loud but is a great, simple story; heart warming, humorous and very enjoyable.

Eddie Cantillo This Is Where I leave You(2014) Starring: Jason Batemen, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hann, Rose Byrne, Abigail Spencer, Timothy Olyphant, and Ben Schwartz Directed By: Shawn Levy Review This is where I leave the mediocre stuff. If you were looking forward to seeing this like I was don't bother it's alright for a one time watch but not that impressive till pretty bad. You got some great performances from some of the main stars though. We open up in the picture with Jade(Batemen) who has a great life and everything is just the way he likes it until one day for his wife's birthday he goes home a little earlier and finds her sleeping with his boss. He loses job and his father dies. His fathers last request was that the family must stay under one roof together for a week. The cast does amazing in this movie with the poor script their given to work with especially Fey, Batemen, and Driver. The problem is that while the cast is amazing they all have mediocre material to work with. The movie is pretty bad but it has a ton of good with stellar performances and nice pacing. Everyone in my theater laughed a lot and when we laughed we laughed hard. The film is well handled and then it's very underhanded. This Is Where I Leave You has its moments, but given the amount of talent assembled on screen you would expect something better rather then the letdown this film is it's strictly a rental. I give This Is Where I leave You a 2 1/2 out of 5.

John Maverick 'This Is Where I Leave You' is the story of four siblings (and their respective spouses and partners) and their mother, who come together for one week after the death of their father.1. To start, the movie is overly crowded with subplots; some fit in well while others are simply unnecessary. The main story and character that we follow is Jason Bateman (Judd), who's wife cheats on him with his boss and the way he comes to terms and deals with the fact that she pops up pregnant halfway through the film even after divorce papers have been filed.Bateman has a certain charm that you can't resist and there's no doubt why the audience would gravitate toward him. He also has the more emotional connection in regards to the mourning of his father.2. Corey Stoll, Tina Fey & Adam Driver complete the rest of the sibling cast with the latter being the next interesting (yet quirky) character apart from Bateman. Adam Driver (Phillip) plays the youngest sibling and screw-up of the family dating an older woman. As cliché as it sounds, there is still an entertaining and funny vibe just waiting to see how this inevitable ticking time-bomb will explode.3. The other characters are basically expendable since the plot- lines could intertwine and no one would care. Tina Fey (Wendy) is interesting at first with her funny nagging, but the movie ultimately falls apart in the third act. At the point your mom (Jane Fonda) comes out as being a closeted lesbian by making out with the old lady neighbor, that's where you turn off the TV or walk out of the theater. This film serves better as a one-time-watch and that's it. There's nothing memorable or that emotionally gripping nor funny to purchase on DVD or Blu-Ray. Rent it! Plain and simple.

jimbo-53-186511 This Is Where I Leave You is a film that seems to be very 'busy' all the time but at the same time is also a film that never really goes anywhere and does very little that's actually interesting.Essentially, we have a bunch of estranged siblings who had little contact with each other prior to their father's death and it is their father's death that brings them together. At the behest of their father the family are forced to spend a week together taking part in a form of Jewish mourning known as Shiva whereby the family are forbidden from leaving the area or taking public transport (amongst other things). This sets out the framework for the film, but that's all it really does - the siblings are at each other's throats at the start and are still the same at the end with very little in the way of reflection or insight offered in between. The characterisations are sketchy and flat here making many of the characters seem more like caricatures rather than human beings.Another problem here is that very little of what is on offer here feels realistic or believable. The Altman family are dysfunctional, but this concept is taken to a ridiculous extreme here and makes it look as if we're watching some sort of parody of a bad soap opera or a bad sitcom. Even if you're prepared to overlook the over-the-top antics of the Altman family then it's almost impossible to get around how unlikeable and annoying many members of the family are - it's safe to say that they are a hard bunch to tolerate over a 100 minute period.Other major problems relate to the unfocused nature of the story; it seemed to just keep flitting around all the over the place without really settling on one main story. It never seems to settle into any kind of rhythm and ironically it actually achieves very little by trying to do too much. Screenwriter Jonathan Tropper gives many of the characters nothing interesting to say or do making the film feel both dull and boring. I also felt that too much time was spent on irritating characters and not enough time was spent on more interesting characters (such as Timothy Olyphant's character). Director Shawn Levy shoots the film in the style of a soap opera and gives the film a very tedious episodic feel.Whilst many of the characters got on my nerves here there were a few exceptions; Jane Fonda was a lot of fun and her dirty talk about their father was both gag-inducing and pretty damn funny. Bateman is the most likable member of the Altman family and probably the most believable (and one of the few characters who didn't annoy me).Sadly, there are only a couple of moments in this film that are either amusing or tolerable and for the most part this is a loud, irritating, and generally unbearable affair from start to finish.