Monday, 25 February 2013

Signs of promise


Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

Written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass this film stars Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon and Rae Dawn Chong. Two adult sons and their mother experience a day of unusual connections and disasters.

It is pretty clear from the outset that this film about people struggling to finder greater meaning in humdrum lives and it concludes with a pretty feel good message. There are some comedic moments along the way but I would not say this is a consistently funny film. Given the film has such a short run time neither plot has a huge amount of depth and while this is a decent watch I can not help but feel it needed a little more in all areas.

3/5

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