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 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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Cast
- Jason BatemanJudd Altman
- Tina FeyWendy Altman
- Jane FondaHillary Altman
- Adam DriverPhillip Altman
- Rose ByrnePenny Moore
- Corey StollPaul Altman
- Kathryn HahnAnnie Altman
- Connie BrittonTracy Sullivan
- Timothy OlyphantHorry Callen
- Abigail SpencerQuinn Altman
Recommendations
- 75
Hitfix
The film is often quite funny, and just real enough that we may recognize ourselves in some small way in this family. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
You laugh in spite of yourself in This Is Where I Leave You, a potty-mouthed comedy with enough exasperation, aggravations, long-standing grievances and get-me-outta-here moments of family stress to strike a chord with anyone who’s ever had to endure large clan gatherings that might have lasted a bit too long. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A big, broad dysfunctional family comedy, sort of a “Parenthood” pushed into R-rated “Adulthood” territory. - 60
Variety
If the movie never quite masters the feel of messy, grown-up life, it at least makes a few promising salvos in that direction... The actors help a lot. - 50
The Playlist
Unremarkable but occasionally enjoyable, Levy’s dramedy is pleasant enough, but it grows tired, losing focus by the end. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
All of which leaves you wondering: Why cast such talented, interesting, and edgy performers if you're only going to ask them play it safe? - 40
The Guardian
This is Where I Leave You is totally aimble, utterly unmoving filler given a major shot in the arm by its cast, people it’s simply a pleasure to watch, even with the creeping feeling they’re better than this. - 40
The Telegraph
The two who do succeed in forging a convincing bond are Bateman and a spry, switched-on Driver, as brothers with a significant age gap who get each other and tend to join forces against the surrounding tumult.
