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This is Where I Leave You (DVD)

Jason Bateman (Actor), Tina Fey (Actor), Shawn Levy (Director, Producer) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9,161 ratings
IMDb6.6/10.0
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Genre Drama, Comedy
Format NTSC, Ultraviolet
Contributor Corey Stoll, Jason Bateman, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Paula Weinstein, Jane Fonda, Shawn Levy, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Levine, Tina Fey See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 43 minutes
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This is Where I Leave You (DVD)

When their father passes away, four grown siblings (Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll), bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother (Jane Fonda) and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and the frayed states oftheir relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families canprovide-- driving us insane even as they remind us of our truest, and often best, selves.

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Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1000445678
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Shawn Levy
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Ultraviolet
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 43 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 16, 2014
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Paula Weinstein, Shawn Levy, Jeffrey Levine
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ WarnerBrothers
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00K2CI008
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9,161 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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I really liked this movie and was looking forward to adding it to my digital movie list along with the DVD and Blu-Ray copies. When I tried to enter the digital code to my Vudu account, I got an error message. Looking closer at the accompanying paperwork, I saw that the digtal code had to have been redeemed by 12/16/17!! Four stars on the review for the movie itself. Minus one star for the bait and switch!
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pleinelune
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ACTORS, GREAT SCRIPT!
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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Best advice I can give is just watch the trailer. I am a Jason Bateman fan, and a fan of many of the other actors. The Tina Fey scene in the hospital was one of my favorites. I won't give away more!

I would definitely watch again.
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars An all-time favorite!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
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This movie has it all. You'll laugh and you'll cry. The characters are perfect. Loved Adam Driver in this. My Dad passed away in October and I miss him so much. He would have thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's one of my favorites and never gets old. So glad I have it. You will enjoy all aspects of it.
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Melody S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun movie!
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
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the acting was excellent.
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Frank Castellana
5.0 out of 5 stars This is where I leave you !
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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This movie was as funny as funny gets. Each character is perfectly cast. This is not only a comedy but will also pull on heart strings.
I rate it 10 out 10 perfect .
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Sony_XL
4.0 out of 5 stars dysfunctional family at its heart
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2015
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Looking at the starry cast of This Is Where I Leave You, it's easy to get excited about the film. But that excitement might easily fade away when you realise that the director at the helm of this family dramedy is Shawn Levy, best-known for resolutely mediocre films like Night At The Museum and The Internship. Surprisingly, however, Levy has crafted something witty, wise and quite wonderful from Jonathan Tropper's screenplay (adapted from the latter's own best-selling novel). Its narrative might struggle a little at points, and some characters fail to really leap off the screen the way they're clearly meant to. But This Is Where I Leave You is without a doubt Levy's most engaging, full-bodied effort yet: a rich, bitter, quirky film about love and family that teeters along the thin, broken lines dividing life and death, and comedy and tragedy.

Judd Altman (Bateman) is having the worst year of his life. He's just discovered that his wife Quinn (Spencer) is having an affair with his scumbag radio-host boss (Shepard). The last thing he can handle is the death of a family member. But home he must go in the wake of his father's demise. Once there, Judd and his siblings - driven Wendy (Fey), stern Paul (Stoll), and quirky Phillip (Driver) - must abide by their father's dying wishes, as relayed by their mom Hilary (Fonda): they are to sit shiva for seven days, a week in which secrets are revealed, tensions run high, and love sneaks through amidst all the lies and loss.

It's a situation rich with potential, one that could easily have taken the path of high melodrama or descended into outright buffoonery. Levy and Tropper go for something in-between. And so, in a film in which Judd struggles desperately to mourn his father after the implosion of his marriage, the sexual escapades of Paul and his baby-hungry wife Annie (Hahn) are telecast to the entire house via a baby monitor. Wendy re-connects with Horry (Olyphant), the brain-damaged childhood sweetheart she left behind for a loveless marriage to Barry (Lazar). Her brothers sneak off and get high during a service at the synagogue. The final result is a tangle of black humour and bittersweet tragedy, woven into a tapestry of joy and misery that's remarkably close to life itself.

What keeps the film's servings of tragedy and comedy from tipping into farce are its endearingly real characters. It's easy to see the wealth of love and resentment that binds the Altman family together. The siblings argue to the point of bloodshed over who will take over their dad's sporting goods shop, and they tease one another with the poker-sharp memories of years of enforced familiarity. But they also let their guards down around one another: Judd chats out his troubles with his sister Wendy, perched atop a roof; the siblings complain about the loss of privacy stemming from their mom's best-selling book about their childhoods, but still find themselves turning to her in moments of deepest grief. "You're idiots," Wendy declares at one point to her brothers, "But you're my idiots" - a sentiment that most would agree applies particularly well to one's siblings.

Even the supporting characters are mostly well-served by the script, whether it's widowed next-door neighbour Linda (Monk), mother of Horry and keeper of a secret that will shock the Altman children when it's revealed; or Phillip's new fiancée Tracy (Britton), a sexy, intelligent therapist who knows just what a big mistake she's made in falling for the Altman family screw-up. It's particularly intriguing that Quinn isn't written off simply as a degenerate whore, but someone whose mistakes - though inexcusable - are rooted in as much heartbreak and sadness as she's causing Judd with her infidelity.

Unfortunately, not every character in This Is Where I Leave You rings quite so truly. While Judd freaks out about Quinn, especially when she flings a bombshell at him when she turns up at the Altman home, he also draws closer to Penny (Byrne) - the sweet, kooky girl who's held a torch for him since high school. In a film filled with so many quirky-but-realistic characters, each of whom could easily have taken the lead, Penny is an odd cardboard cutout of a dream girl. In effect, she bounces around and chirps supposedly insightful but painfully awkward things like, "I've always seen you, Judd Altman". Poor Byrne tries her best, and has a sweet chemistry with Bateman, but her character feels less like a genuine romantic option than the wishful thinking of a writer who's spent considerably more time fleshing out his other characters.

In news surprising to no one, Levy's ensemble cast is an absolute joy to watch in action. Bateman anchors the entire film with one of his most sensitive performances yet, but everyone around him gets a chance to shine. Fey, better known as a comedian, mines Wendy's troubled relationship with Horry for genuine emotional trauma, while Stoll and Driver round out the Altman quartet with steady, appealing turns as the eldest and youngest brothers who just can't get along. Fonda is luminous, carrying off the comedy - and her prosthetic breasts - with remarkable grace, while creating a picture of a tough, sexually progressive woman with plenty of depth and love for her children.

Like the fractured, dysfunctional family at its heart, This Is Where I Leave You isn't perfect. It can be insular at times, and its characters occasionally speak in perfectly tart soundbites that don't quite ring true. But Levy's film is also a tender, silly, deep, smart and ridiculous look at a family in mourning. It finds the hidden joys and awkward sadnesses in a group of people who sometimes love more than they like one another. And it serves as a potent reminder that life - happiness, tragedy, and everything in between - keeps happening, often when we least want it to.
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Jay Lane
5.0 out of 5 stars Olyphant, Fey and Bateman - How Can We Lose?
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2014
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Because of the trailers and the cast, I have really been looking forward to this one! Like other R-rated comedies, you can expect some bad language, sexual situations and mild drug use, but this isn't director Shawn Levy's ("Date Night") first rodeo. His skill is evident all the way through.

The father of the Altman tribe has died and the family convenes in their home town for the funeral. Dad's last wish was that they sit Shiva (stay under the same roof together) for the full seven days. This is odd because they weren't really observant Jews, but the four adult children and various spouses go along with it.

Here is part of the large cast:
* Jason Bateman ("Identity Thief") Judd is the most stable sibling. He has a good job, an apartment in the city, a lovely wife and his uncomplicated life is good...until he comes home early one day to surprise her for her birthday.
* Tina Fey ("30 Rock") Wendy is the only girl, so she pretty much raised her baby brother because Mom was busy writing and selling her book.
* Adam Driver ("Girls") Phillip is the youngest sibling and a total flake, but it is his sister Wendy's voice he hears in his head. He is heedless, thoughtless and careless...also selfish.
* Corey Stoll ("The Strain") Paul is the son who stayed; he helped their father at the store. He is decent, responsible, and happily married to a woman who desperately wants a baby.
* Kathryn Hahn ("Parks & Recreation") Alice will do anything to get pregnant; she's THAT desperate!
* Rose Byrne ("Neighbors") Penny appears out of nowhere, to Judd's delighted surprise. They knew one another "back in the day" and she still lives in that small town. She thinks "complicated" is interesting.
* Timothy Olyphant ("Justified") Horry still lives with his mother across the street. He and Wendy share a wrenching history.
* Jane Fonda ("The Newsroom") Mommy tells all four of her reluctant children they are grounded until they grant their father's final wish.

In my opinion, Tina Fey, Jason Bateman and most particularly Timothy Olyphant are three of the most appealing actors working today. This film gets a bit "talky," but any time any or all three of them appear on screen, I'm happy. I'll own the DVD because much of the dialogue got by me. If you have a hearing problem, try to see it in a theater that is equipped for closed captions. I liked it, anyway.
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite movies
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023
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The cast is full of amazing talent making it a really enjoyable and extremely relatable movie it's def one of my all time favs I could watch it again and again a beautiful story
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Lorri Ann McKinney
5.0 out of 5 stars An all time Favorite
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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A must watch. I laughed, cried and reflected on my life, my family and my Dad. Miss him everyday
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anne cecile D
5.0 out of 5 stars genial
Reviewed in France on April 23, 2020
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nous avons adoré ce film ! très drôle sans tomber dans du lourd, sur un fond de sujet qui aurait pu être scabreux. A voir et revoir. Très bonne panoplie d'acteurs.
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Marcela Quevedo
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente película!
Reviewed in Mexico on July 6, 2019
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Te hace reír y reflexionar!
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EASYFV
5.0 out of 5 stars BONNE COMEDIE ROMANTIQUE
Reviewed in France on November 5, 2017
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Simple et efficace, casting 3 étoiles. On ne s'ennuie pas une seconde et pour ne rien gâcher, la magnifique ROSE BYRNE nous gratifie de sa présence lunaire et de ses yeux de cocker.
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Mumu Bretagne
5.0 out of 5 stars Mort de rires
Reviewed in France on August 31, 2019
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Carmen
4.0 out of 5 stars La familia vista desde la edad adulta
Reviewed in Spain on July 26, 2015
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Tras leer el libro, tenía curiosidad por la película. No defrauda: comedia con toques dramáticos y un montón de actores "en su salsa". Agradable de ver y con una buena banda sonora.
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