This Is Where I Leave You
for language, sexual content and some drug use.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Length: | 1 hr. 43 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2014 |
| USA Release: |
September 19, 2014 (wide—2,750+ theaters) DVD: December 16, 2014 |
strained family relationships
mourning of the dead in the Bible
shiva/shivah (in Judaism) = a period of seven days’ formal mourning for the dead of close relations, beginning immediately after the funeral
death in the Bible
marriage and divorce in the Bible
GAY—What’s wrong with being gay? Answer
Homosexual behavior versus the Bible: Are people born gay? Does homosexuality harm anyone? Is it anyone’s business? Are homosexual and heterosexual relationships equally valid?
What about gays needs to change? Answer
It may not be what you think.
| Featuring |
Jason Bateman … Judd Altman Tina Fey … Wendy Altman Jane Fonda … Hillary Altman Adam Driver … Phillip Altman Rose Byrne … Penny Moore Corey Stoll … Paul Altman Kathryn Hahn … Alice Altman Connie Britton … Tracy Sullivan Timothy Olyphant … Horry Callen Dax Shepard … Wade Beaufort See all » |
| Director | Shawn Levy — “Real Steel” (2011), “Night at the Museum” (2006) |
| Producer |
21 Laps Entertainment Spring Creek Productions Warner Bros. |
| Distributor |
 Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A Jewish family that isn't used to observing their faith's traditions is forced to fulfill their father's final wish and sit Shivah together for an entire week and confront their problems.
Based on the novel This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper which is described as follows:
The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family-including Judd’s mother, brothers, and sister-have been together in years. Conspicuously absent: Judd’s wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd’s radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public.
Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch’s dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. In the same house. Like a family.
As the week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. For Judd, it’s a weeklong attempt to make sense of the mess his life has become while trying in vain not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his madly dysfunctional family. All of which would be hard enough without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd’s father died: She’s pregnant.”
See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.
This is not a relaxing movie to watch and I felt rather disappointed after watching this on a relaxed date night. All being said, the movie is rated R so I did expect it, but felt the movie could have done a lot better without all the bad language, sex, adultery and drug use.
Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 4½
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