Jeff Who Lives at Home Reviews
Scotsman
Big on artistic ambition, and microscopic in point, at least it offers an alternative to Hollywood's mainstream overworked, and overfamiliar fictions.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Ultra Culture
Treads similar ground to Cyrus but with slightly diminished returns, despite solid performances from A-list leads Segel and Helms.
Paste Magazine
The Duplasses make films about ordinary people and shoot for realism with moving results, but their style ... may suffer as their movies play wider on bigger screens.
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Don't even see this movie unless you've seen the M. Night Shyamalan film 'Signs.' And then see it only if you really like 'Signs.' Otherwise, 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home,' may not mean much to you.
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| Original Score: 3/4
The List
A film that shares the main qualities of its hero: it's hard to dislike, but it doesn't get much done.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sacramento News & Review
... galumphs along from one episode to the next with a somehow lovable sense of ramshackle inevitability.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Empire Magazine
There's undoubtedly comedy mileage in an irreverent sending up of the Signs/Magnolia school of everything-is-connected philosophy. Despite the calibre of the cast, the Duplass brothers mostly fail to find it.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The Scorecard Review
I liked everything about this film except for the ending. I loved that part.
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| Original Score: 8/10
Tri-City Herald
This is writers/directors Jay and Mark Duplass first shot at something mainstream. This clever, and quite funny character study is still a little south of the goal.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Film Threat
With their fourth film, Mark and Jay Duplass achieve the seemingly impossible. Against all odds, they've managed to make a comedy that harnesses the considerable talents of Jason Segel and Ed Helms, but never quite gets around to being funny.
SSG Syndicate
Absurdist chronicle of a cosmic incident in the drab life of a slacker/stoner
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| Original Score: 6/10
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Jeff, Who Lives at Home takes the Duplass Brothers' art to a new, deeper place. Credit the cast or the characters tripping through well-worn situations and relationships, but this is far and away their best movie.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Movie Habit
Funny dialogue and an unpredictable arc from the Duplass brothers
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
EricDSnider.com
What might catch you by surprise is how warm and endearing this affable comedy is, and how soul-stirring Jeff's silly revelations turn out to be.
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| Original Score: B+
Common Sense Media
The movie's very thoughtful nature -- and its message of being open to the ebb and flow of life -- makes it an overall pleasant and hopeful experience.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Yes, it's another man-child makes good storyline, yet Jeff, Who Lives at Home still manages to find poignancy, mainly because of Segel's shaggy-dog charm, and his obvious rapport with Helms
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| Original Score: B
KC Active
There is warmth in 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home' that was missing in the Duplass' earlier films.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Entertainment Spectrum
Everyone asks for a sign every now and then, let this be yours to see an original film that will be worth the ticket price.
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| Original Score: 3/5
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jeff, Who Lives at Home doesn't possess a ton of substance, but what it does have is the power to make you leave the theater with a smile on your face.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
The Playlist
Jeff, Who Lives at Home brings big-studio moviemaking and big-name stars to the Duplass brothers, embracing their sensibilities and style without smothering them, and we in the audience benefit.
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| Original Score: B+
