Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

Directed by

Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film, magic realist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 689 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A slacker in his thirties still lives in his mother's basement. He gets caught up in a seemingly random series of events involving his brother and mother. The story follows how each character searches for meaning in their ordinary lives.

quirkygentlereflectiveunderstatedmildly absurdcontemplativewarmeveryday

What happens

Jeff, Who Lives at Home is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms, and co-starring Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon. The film premiered on September 14, 2011, at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and then saw a limited release in the United States and Canada on March 16, 2012, after having been pushed back from the original date of March 2. The film received praise for its humor, but grossed only $4.7 million worldwide against a $7.5 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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