Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2011 · Movie · R · 83 min · ★ 6.2 · 69% critics
An aimless adult living at home heads out on a simple errand and starts treating everyday coincidences as meaningful signs. Over one unpredictable day, he reconnects with his more put-together brother and gets pulled into family and relationship troubles, leading to unexpected moments of humor, tension, and heartfelt reflection.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2012-03-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (686 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a mellow, quirky comedy-drama about family, purpose, and small coincidences adding up, in the vein of Our Idiot Brother or The Puffy Chair; Not for you if you need big laughs, fast pacing, or subtle sentiment.
Pros: sweet offbeat humor; heartfelt family moments; short easy runtime | Cons: slow for some; sappy convenient turns; style may distract
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- birthday
- married couple
- slacker
- basement
- stalking
- fate
- destiny
- glue
- stoner
- life changing
- mother son relationship
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Jason Segel
as Jeff Thompkins
Ed Helms
as Pat Thompkins
Susan Sarandon
as Sharon Thompkins
Judy Greer
as Linda Thompkins
Rae Dawn Chong
as Carol
Steve Zissis
as Steve
Evan Ross
as Kevin
Matt Malloy
as Barry
- BB
Benjamin Brant Bickham
as TV Pitchman
- LN
Lee Nguyen
as Clerk
Directed by Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass