This Is Where I Leave You is a comedy drama film directed by Shawn Levy. The plot follows a family as they grieve the death of their father, and are trapped together for a week, by their mother. Old rivalries are reborn and the past rears its ugly head once again.
So, this is a depressing watch. I put it on because I enjoy the comedy of Tina Fey and I thought it might make me laugh, boy was I wrong. I didn’t laugh once not once, and that wasn’t through a lack of trying on the films part, but when I left it I was bummed out. I had to watch a series of funny shows and programs to try and shake it off.
It is a failure as a comedy film, that we have established, thought comedy is subjective. Sadly, it is not much better as a drama film, I felt like the film was not as deep as it thought it was and a lot of its big revelations about life just came off as obvious clichés. The writing just wasn’t up to snuff to make it an impactful drama film in the way it wanted to be.
Overall, this is a failure as both a comedy and drama film, moreover it manages to waste a great cast and be thoroughly disappointing
Pros.
The actors are trying
Cons.
Sadly they have nothing to work with
The writing is bad and over reliant on clichés
It is not funny
It feels laughably shallow when trying to be deep
1.5/5
Reviewed by Luke
Another Millennial Reviewer 