This Is Where I Leave You

 

This Is Where I Leave You 2014

• Director: Shawn Levy
• Based on book by Jonathan Tropper
• Cast: Jason Bateman, Tina Frey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stroll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Jason Bateman – The Invention of Lying, Juno
• Tina Frey – A Haunting in Venice
• Jane Fonda – Many
• Adam Driver – Many
• Rose Byrne – X-Men, I Give It a Year, The Place Beyond the Pines, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, The Dead Girl
• Kathryn Hahn – The Visit, Captain Fantastic, Tomorrowland a World Beyond, Mimzy, The Holiday
• Connie Britton – Promising Young Woman
• Timothy Olyphant – Amsterdam, Once upon a Time in Hollywood, Snowden, I Am Number 4, Go, Ellen Foster, A Life Less Ordinary
• Why? Might be good. Interesting cast
• Seen:  12 November 2024      

       Dad was a Jewish atheist whose dying wish was that his wife (Fonda) and four grown children sit shiva for the traditional seven days.

       It’s a motley crew, otherwise there wouldn’t be a film. It’s pretty standard stuff – well-to-do white middle class American family but it’s quite a good mix of comedy and dysfunctional family drama with some decent acting.

       I like it more than I expected to. 

4* of 5