This Is Where I Leave You
This comedy stars Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda & a cast of others. After their father dies, four siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for 1 week, along with their mother and an assortment of spouses, girlfriends & others.
I had never heard of this movie & hadn't planned on seeing it. I'm not into comedies that much. I'm mostly into mystery/psychological thrillers & action movies which star Liam Neeson and Denzel Washington. When i first ventured to the movie theatre, i was contemplating on either viewing "The Equalizer" or "A Walk Among the Tombstones". Since i'm a huge Liam Neeson fan, i chose to watch his movie.
However, there was a bit of a surprise when i showed up at theatre #5 approximately 10 minutes before the start of the movie: I was totally alone in the movie theatre!!
Of course, the movie had been shown over the past two weeks, so i figured people were more interested at viewing the more recent movies, especially 'Gone Girl', which was sold-out on that particular evening.
However, ten to fifteen minutes later, people started showing up. After 20 minutes of previews, the theatre was more than half full. I couldn't wait for the movie to begin!!
Finally, lights out, popcorn, time to watch another Liam Neeson movie!!!
But no!!!!! Instead of 'Liam Neeson' in the opening titles, I see 'Jason Bateman', 'Tina Fey', 'Jane Fonda' and a cast of others!!! But no Liam Neeson!!
So i figured that maybe they had switched the movie since maybe the sales were bad, which i found extremely odd, to say the least.
It turns out that i actually enjoyed the movie. It kind of reminded me of a modern-day 'The Big Chill' in a funny way. The Jason Bateman character is the star of the movie and it's basically his story. It starts out when he catches his gorgeous wife getting fucked by his boss. He decides to leave her & then finds out that his estranged father has passed away. He heads to his hometown for the funeral & learns that one of his father's dying wishes was that all his children had to spend an entire week living together in their childhood home with their mother, played by Jane Fonda.
After walking out of the movie theatre, i checked my ticket, and indeed it indicated the Liam Neeson movie & theatre #5. I found this odd.
However, the following day i decided to watch "Gone Girl" and realized that there is a new VIP section. IMAX-sized screens, private bar, lazyboy lounging chairs inside the movie threatre and waiters/waitresses to serve you alcohol & any type of food. Cool!!!!!
I then realized that i had made a wrong turn on the previous day and that the movie i was supposed to see was being shown at the VIP level, which also has a theatre #5. So basically i paid $15 to watch a comedy in a regular movie theatre without all the VIP threatment. No big deal, since i wound up seeing a very good movie that i likely would have never bothered to watch in the first place.
My ratings: 2.5 stars out of 5.
I recommend it if you like these type of comedies.