Jeff Who Lives at Home movie review 2012

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Although Jeff gets the most screen time, he is easily the least interesting member of the movie's ensemble. The best scenes feature Pat and Linda, with Judy Greer once again illustrating how she can dominate in a supporting role . The Sharon material is diverting, but seems like it belongs in another movie. The title Jeff, Who Lives at Home sounds so tossed off as to be careless, but the latest movie from the brotherly filmmaking team of Jay and Mark Duplass is the farthest thing from it. Former Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy Sharkey is an award-winning entertainment journalist and bestselling author. In addition to her critical essays and reviews of about 200 films a year for The Times, Sharkey’s weekly movie reviews appeared in newspapers nationally and internationally.

How each family member found emotional attachment is beautiful to say the least. And the cast and chemistry is well shown as "Jeff Who Lives at Home" features veteran Susan Sarandon and up and coming stars Ed Helms and Jason Segel and the work of all blend well into a good picture. Instead, they engineer coincidences, acting themselves as the hands of fate, that lead Jeff, his brother and his mother to an unlikely point of intersection. As improbable as the situation becomes, the directors are merely providing a slightly self-consciously cinematic environment in which transformative events can happen. As a result, the film's warm, inspirational finish feels like a surprise, but not at all like a cheat. This gentle slacker is waiting — much to the consternation of his mother and older brother — for the universe to show him his path to greatness.

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One of the best ways to set the tone of a film is through music, and I’ve always been particularly fond of indie soundtracks. The music was so natural to the story being told; it fit perfectly, like the last puzzle piece that was needed to make the film perfect. The mismatched brothers who discover they're more important to one another than either initially suspects.

It’s also unclear what Sharon’s half of the movie has to do with Jeff and Pat’s. These scenes do produce the happy sight of Rae Dawn Chong as a co-worker and the glory of Sarandon’s silent-movie eyes rising above a cubicle partition like two suns. I can’t remember the last time Sarandon has looked as naturally beautiful as she does here, even, or perhaps especially, when wet. It’s a mark of how out-of-whack the entertainment industry is when it comes to middle-aged women that this movie’s as lucky to have her as she, in some sense, is to have it. The Duplasses’ previous film was the toothless romantic comedy “Cyrus,’’ in which Marisa Tomei took a stupid part and made it work much the way Sarandon has here.

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A sitcom would set these events in motion and 22 minutes later have them solved. This is a sitcom at four times the length, 10 percent the amusement, and triple the amount of nauseating photography. In a very fast techno fused age, it was nice to see someone step back and craft a movie that puts a character like Jeff, into the mix in this funny flick that has heart.

Segel is just about the perfect choice for this role because there is just something about him that you find disarming and comfortable no matter what he is doing. If you are looking for a typical Segel comedy this is not it. This one has more substance and heart and is very much worth watching. Overall, if you liked "Everything Must Go" then this movie is for you. Jeff, Who Lives at Home climaxes with one of those big scenes that brings all the characters together and resolves most of the plot threads.

Jeff, Who Lives at Home: A Slacker Comedy with Heart

Thus begins an uncharateristically adventure-filled day in which Jeff coincidentally (?) runs into his brother and they coincidentally (?) notice Linda driving with another man. Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. Honest, touching, lovely, uplifting portrait of a man who is no good at anything UNTIL THAT DAY... Though "Jeff, Who Lives At Home" may be a little boring at first, it is worth watching as the last twenty minutes are excellent. This film is about a mother and her two adult sons, who experience varying degrees of interpersonal problems.

But whereas Signs had Shymalan's signature suspense and mystery to back itself up, Jeff just seems to merely meander. Maybe there's just something more to it, but the idiosyncratic style and uneven shifts between comedic and dramatic tones muddle down whatever the movie wants to say. When Jeff gets an arbitrary sign through a phone call, it puts his world into an unexplainable focus to reaching his destiny while fighting-off the negative reactions from his brother and mother. The end result is a new view of Jeff as someone who is fearless, and open to seeing the world as it really is and not just as a spectator passing through it.

Pleasant comedy-drama about slacker Jeff , a thirty-year-old who still lives in his mother's basement because he keeps thinking signs will show him his destiny. One day he believes he's following one of those signs and he ends up spending time with his brother who believes his wife is cheating on him. JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME isn't the flat-out comedy that the trailers want you to believe and at times I was a little surprised to see how serious it was getting. With that said, the screenplay really doesn't go for either laughs or drama as its main goal and instead it really just seems like a slice of life tale centered on a few hours in these brother's lives. I think what the film does the best is offer up some very good performances from the leads. Segel is completely believable in his role as the pothead trying to figure out his meaning in life.

Jason Segel is the title character, a slacker who spends his time smoking his bong in the basement of his mother's house. At first glance, JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME seems like a bit of a minor film, with it running a scant eighty-minutes, and taking course over a single day. Heck, for ninety-percent of the movie it was a minor work, and while I liked it, it still felt like a bit of a disappointment on the heels of CYRUS, which was one of my favorite films from last year. The film works mostly due to Jason Segel, who's affecting as the eternally optimistic Jeff. In another actor's hands, Jeff could have been insufferable- but Segel brings a sweetness to the part that meshes well with the Duplass Brother's big-hearted, humanist philosophy. It is "the best day in the history of the whole world" – a quote pulled from brothers and main characters Jeff and Pat's deceased father in a dream.

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In terms of laughs, yeah- JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME is funny, but in a genteel sort of way. You'll never double over in laughter, but the whole thing feels pleasant, and at eighty minutes, goes down pretty smooth. Now, I said that for ninety-percent of the running time, this felt minor. The last twenty minutes or so throw the audience a bit of a curve-ball, with Jeff's idea of destiny having a surprisingly dramatic payoff, that pushed the film into territory I wasn't expecting. However, this switch isn't jarring, and works to the film's advantage, give it a uniqueness I wasn't anticipating. Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his widowed mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny when he spends the day with his unhappily married brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

Additionally, the humor isn't particularly outrageously funny, which might disappoint fans of other "mature" comedies a la The Hangover. Without giving anything away, this is a really great film about trust, communication, and following your heart. It is definitely on my list of favorites and I will be watching other Duplass films. We hear REAL people talk, not one dimensional cyphers, and they're warm and witty, and we like all of them. These are the sort of individuals I want at my funeral (But let's save that discussion for another day) We care about their fates, and the many snarky exchanges make it laugh-out-loud funny too.