THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU - film / by Cut to the chase



This film has a killer cast so I went in with pretty high expectations. Sadly the film didn’t live up to them. 


It's about a family of grown up children who are reunited in the town in which they grew up following the death of their father. Mum is played by Jane Fonda and the kids are played by Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Adam Driver and Corey Stoll. Rose Byrne also makes an appearance along with familiar faces Dax Shepard, Kathryn Hahn and Connie Britton.


It was pleasant enough, not bad or anything, but just never really fired from ‘ok’ to ‘great’ territory. Goes to show that even a great cast can’t make magic out of a middle-of-the-road script.

When I read this review in The Guardian after I saw the film I said ‘yes!’ to myself a number of times – have a read if you’d like to know more.