Review of Jeff, Who Lives at Home

There's just something that I don't find appealing about these "film festival" moves that take comedic actors and put them into situations of having real life person problems. While I shouldn't complain that there is a genre of realism that doesn't wrap up in a nice bow like your average romantic comedy, I still can't be taken by a mundane movie that shows your average person with an average life problem. Jeff's character probably mirrors someone that everyone knows, and Pat appears to be the average middle class man with an imperfect marriage and a short sighted financial view… again… probably someone we all know. The most interesting character is played by Susan Sarandon (Sharon), being a widow coaxed into new experiences in her later years, after feeling regret about how her life turned out. The odds are, when I reach that age, I will know someone exactly like her as well. The story is boring, the filming isn't bad, and the characters, while believable and real, aren't anything special.

If it comes up on your Netflix or TMN, check it out for the sake of feeling cultured, and better yet, to see a new Porsche wrap around a tree. Other than that, I'd say skip it.