Ugesh Prasad this is my first comment on IMDb.. I've seen tons of movie from IMDb suggestions but never tried for writing up my views on anything.. this movie made my day really.. i was in little stress and need some relaxation from outside world.. and i found this movie.. it really healed me so much.. iam into this family and after watching the whole movie, i felt like iam also leaving this family by saying goodbyes.. they were like real siblings all the time.. it wasn't a movie, its kind of reality and had great sense of humor.. director is really brilliant.. we can see so many movies like this but this movie is really different from other movies... i guarantee you that you will b coming out from this movie with lot of emotions and with smiles <3 i really liked Jason bateman acting especially and her sister in this movie.. they had a great bond :)

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.

ruimsl I didn't know about this movie until a few days ago when I saw a trailer of it on TV, and it caught my attention.The actors were fairly good at start, but what really caught my eye was the story. I especially like comedy/drama about family inter- relations.So I decide to give it a chance, and I didn't regret it.This is a very well-constructed and modern comedy about a dysfunctional family that grew apart and despite that, they all love each other very much (in their particular way).The script is good. A death in the family brings about the opportunity to reconnect the family, to chase away old ghosts, in a "forced" tell all exercise, all wrapped in by the mourning ceremony of Shiva.The performances are very good, and I especially liked Jane Fonda (she rules completely), Tina Fey and Jason Bateman. They all are no strangers to this kind of movie and we can see why.The director already has some comedies under his belt (Night at the Museum 1 and 2 as well as the reboot of the Pink Panther) making this a very efficient exercise of movie watching.Summing it up I enjoyed this movie very much. It is funny, and a bit of a kicker in family ties so just my kind of movie. We should always thing about the best thing/choice for us but we can't forget those who love us. Maybe they can help.

eddie_baggins Sometimes you just can't quite begin to fathom why a movie was made, it's not to say the movie is utterly horrible or irremediably bad, but it's existence is one that can't be nailed down, This is Where I Leave You is one of these such films. Why did such a generic and unoriginal film attract such a varied and talented cast? Why did the films writer Jonathan Tropper try so hard to fit in all the awkward family tropes of reunion movies past into one script? These are but a few of the countless such questions you could ask of this film and are questions in which I for one can't answer.The Internship director Shawn Levy has instilled his family dramedy with so many plot strands, so many awkward moments and so many underused actors that it's clear Leave was struggling from the get-go with an identity crisis. In a crowded marketplace of estranged families banding together in adversity or death it does little to distinguish itself from the pack, at any moment you're just expecting a Sigor Ros or Bon Iver song to play in the background amongst a varied amount of other such elements prone to pop up in such films. What makes Leave even more frustrating in this concern is that there are moments that work in the film, short bursts of genuine heart and humour that are quickly smothered out by another outlandish development that encircles our Altman family members.Our central figure here is Jason Bateman's Judd, a man who is facing the prospect of divorce and fatherhood and perhaps a reacquainted love with childhood sweetheart Penny, played by Australia's new favourite Rose Byrne. Judd's arc is so utterly predictable and by the numbers that any hope Leave had of breaking the mould is shattered and it doesn't help also that Bateman continues to be one of the most frustrating and unoriginal actors of the current generation. Trying to enliven and invigorate proceedings here is a raft of supports that on paper should've been an automatic win but again don't at all gel due to an awkward tone and plot. From Jane Fonda's plastic surgery loving matriarch Hillary, Tina Fey's troubled sister Wendy, Adam Driver in yet another film where he plays Adam Driver and even Justified's Timothy Olyphant as brain damaged Horry, this is one family you'll be glad to see disappear into the credits.This is Where I Leave You has some moments, there are laughs and a few nice ponderings upon life, love and all in between yet it's so unappealingly unoriginal that it's very hard to recommend. When you can't pinpoint a reason for a film coming to fruition, whether it be a comedy, drama or anything else in the long line of genres you know that the film missed the mark, This is Where I Leave You misses the mark and misses it badly, in its fruitless struggle to make us care.2 baby monitors out of 5