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#ThisIsWhereILeaveYou(English) Rating: * * Shawn ‘Night at the Museum’ Levy’s  typically American, un-relatable dysfunctional family comedy that’s more tripe and snipe than humorous or engaging. Frankly Big stars don’t count when the going is so trite.  #WarnerBrosPictures #AnkitAgarwal #JasonBateman #TinaFey #AdamDriver #RoseByrne #JaneFonda #ShawnLevy #AbigailSpencer #DaxShepard #TimothyOlyphant #CoreyStoll #KathrynHahn #ConnieBritton

 
 English film review
Johnson Thomas

Dysfunctional comedy


Film: This is where I leave you
Cast: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Dax Shepard
Director: Shawn Levy


Rating: * *


Shawn‘ Night at the Museum’ Levy’s latest comedy is about a typically brash, abrasive dysfunctional family assemblage following the death of the Patriarch whose last and final request entailed the entire family to be grounded together  for seven days as a final salvo at enforcing closeness to each other and their Jewish customs. Jane Fonda, at 76, is the controlling Mom/widow who orders her children to reunite in the family home for the post death promise.


When the family eventually get together and go through the motions desired of them all they do is gripe and snipe at each other. It’s all so overdone that it begins to get extremely exasperating after a point. Disgruntled siblings and their inexplicable angst can only cover aup the flailing script to an extent.  There are  a few laugh-out-loud one-liners but as the conflicts grow more complicated the fun quotient begins to diminish. And as old grudges and flames come out of the woodwork, it’s bound to have an end result that is close to mayhem- As expected!

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