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This Is Where I Leave You

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This Is Where I Leave You

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Released Sep 19, 2014

1h 43m

Comedy

Drama

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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 (Jane Fonda) 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.

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Critics Consensus

This Is Where I Leave You has its moments, but given the amount of talent assembled onscreen, the rather pedestrian results can't help but feel like a letdown.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It speaks volumes about the current shortage of this type of project that so many talented people were willing to attach themselves to a picture as subpar as this one.

Jun 18, 2016

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Alissa Wilkinson

Christianity Today

We get set piece after set piece, character moment after character moment, with few of them doing more than letting characters talk about themselves and tell each other things that we're not yet sure we believe.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 13, 2016

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

There are a few enjoyable moments, with Fey and Fonda making you wish they had a movie of their own, but sadly the narrative is more concerned with the boys, whose relationship crises are altogether more formulaic and less interesting.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 26, 2014

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Regardless of how formulaic these sitcom situations prove to be, and how everything conveniently works out for most of the characters, it's a mildly watchable, R-rated, dysfunctional family comedy.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 29, 2022

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Charlotte Harrison

Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies

[An] immensely underseen indie drama about four children returning home as adults when their father dies. This one is such a gem.

Apr 13, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

The cast comes together as a unit and even though the movie veers toward easy sentimentality when an edgier approach might have been more realistic, the players are the ties that bind the family and this movie together.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Lawrence R

I liked this film. Not too lighthearted, not overly dramatic, just a good story told by talented actors with a bit of humor thrown in.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/12/25

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Khadidja G

The Roy siblings if they had good parents

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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HMF B

Enjoyable movie about a Jewish Family. I am not particularly a fan of Jason Bateman but I like him very much in this movie. Acting was good though in some parts overdone. But fun movie all around for an evening with popcorn.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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Kevin P

The raunchy humor is very hit-or-miss, half the characters are very unlikeable, and the dialogue can get awkward with exposition and borderline pretentious at times. However, the star-studded cast are doing the best they can with the so-so script and carry a lot of charm and chemistry with their scenes together. Despite my prior complaints, the movie can still be funny from time to time, usually whenever the main leads quit the raunchy one-liners and focus on more casual family moments like in the classroom scene. The story is kind of a mess, particularly with how the mother is framed more as a misguided quirky matriarch rather than the toxic emotional manipulator that she is. However, the rest of the story with the main siblings trying to find closure and meaning in their lives can be quite touching at times whenever it’s not trying to be too melodramatic. Overall, it’s a mixed bag, but I still had an okay time with it, and I’m glad I finally got to watch it with my girlfriend after all these years of her hyping it up for me. I particularly like the ending symbolism with Jason Bateman’s character venturing off to Maine on the highway to let loose and explore beyond on the horizon. Very relatable moment to conclude a messy but relatable movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Solotiana V

i ended up crying at the end, this was real good. it really captured the family thing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Jonathan I

Extraordinarily good ensemble film well-anchored by Jason Bateman as the thoughtful, world-weary straight man to his eccentric siblings and mother, played by a surprisingly sympathetic Jane Fonda. The dialog ranges from good to crackling and I believed in all the characters and their life challenges. Tina Fey, Adam Driver and Timothy Olyphant are at the tops of their respective games. Highly recommended.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Synopsis

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 (Jane Fonda) 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
Producer: Paula Weinstein, Shawn Levy, Jeff Levine
Screenwriter: Jonathan Tropper
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Spring Creek Productions, 21 Laps Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 14, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.3M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat

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