The comedic timing is sometimes off between deliveries.
Wendy’s storyline is the most tragic yet Fey’s caustic wit brings her character out of the two-dimensional frame in which the others are stuck. Though there’s a hint of character development when romance with local girl Penny Moore (Rose Byrne) bubbles, both Bateman and Byrne rely on their tropes of the tired, jaded man and maniac pixie girl, respectively.įey, however, who is heralded for her comedic roles on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” handles the rather dramatic role with finesse. Bateman plays Judd with a tangible weariness that he’s unable to shake the entire run time. Stahl and Driver come close to undoing their characters’ straightjackets, but no further. It’s that the Altmans, and the movie, fail to commit to anything. It’s not even the death of their father itself. It’s not Alice’s desperation to get pregnant. What’s most appalling is not Wendy’s heartbreaking realization that she will never experience true love again. Her “bionic boobs,” as Judd dubs them, are the real stars of the movie: half of the punch lines are solely devoted towards Fonda’s chest. She documented her children’s early adolescence as the subject for her psychology book, fully traumatizing them. Their wildly inappropriate mother Hillary (Jane Fonda) holds them together in this dysfunctional mess, but she’s no better than the rest. He’s dating his therapist (Connie Britton) and, well, enough said. Youngest brother Phillip (Adam Driver) is the baby of the family, desperately trying to convince the gang that he’s grown up. Pressured by wife Alice (Kathryn Hahn) to conceive a child, Paul is miserable. Paul (Corey Stahl) is the dutiful sibling who stayed at home to help the family business. Wendy, (Tina Fey) is stuck in a loveless marriage, while her true love (Timothy Olphant) lives next door, suffering from traumatic brain injury. The protagonist, Judd (Jason Bateman), has just discovered his wife is cheating on him. They’re less than thrilled about this arrangement. When the father of the Altman clan dies, his children are forced to gather at their childhood home in the Jewish tradition of sitting shiva, seven official days of mourning. Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name, author Jonathan Tropper also wrote the screenplay, this movie flirts with both telenovela-style drama and slapstick comedy. While neither truly to commit to either.
With an all-star ensemble cast, “This Is Where I Leave You” has the potential to be a stellar movie. Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Koala15 Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Koala15 ‘This Is Where I Leave You’ poster from Warner Bros.
This Is Where I Leave You poster from Warner Bros.
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