Film Preview: This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

Poster

Poster #1

Additional posters can be found below.

Trailer Link

Release Date:

September 19, 2014

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.”

Poster: C+ / C+ (9) / C- / C+

Review: (#1) A type of family portrait that displays all the post-funeral attendants plus significant others. It’s not the most elegant design, but it does establish a darkly comic tonality. (#2-#10) These designs, ostensibly character posters, are individually distinctive, spread unique taglines that riff off the film’s title and highlight various actors in the film (though clearly not enough or with enough regularity). (#11) You wouldn’t typically expect a foreign market to get a more dismal, uninventive design than the U.S., but here you have it. (#12) This one is just an extension of the 9 “character” posters, so not much more to say about it.

Trailer: B-

Review: There’s some comedy in the trailer that works, but after multiple viewings, it doesn’t seem as funny. That doesn’t give the film much replay value, but there are enough strong, familiar presences that even weak humor could propel this into sleeper hit territory.