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This Is Where I Leave You  stars Jason Bateman as Judd Altman, a man who has just discovered that his wife has been sleeping with his boss (Dax Shepard). To make matters worse he receives a phone call not too long after from his sister Wendy (Tina Fey) telling him that their father has just died. Now all the Altman kids are coming home for the funeral and must stay for seven days as they take part in a Jewish tradition called "sitting Shiva." The Altman's don't have the best relationships and once they're all under the same roof chaos ensues. There have been many films that are extremely similar to this premise. A dysfunctional family all come together for one reason or another and have to try and work out their differences for the sake of the family. Been there done that. That's the biggest pratfall for this film, the fact that it is so cliche and hits a lot of the same notes we've seen in plenty of other films. With that being said the film is able t...

What would you do if you knew you only had 90 minutes left to live? In The Angriest Man in Brooklyn  we watch as one man tries to see everyone he can before he dies. Robin Williams, in one of his final performances, stars as Henry Altmann. Henry is a very unhappy man who goes through every day just as miserable as the last. When he goes to visit his doctor Sharon Gill (Mila Kunis), who is experiencing her own rough day, Henry is told that he has a brain aneurysm. This information gets Henry even more angry than usual causing him to get very angry with Sharon which leads to her mistakenly telling him that he only has 90 minutes left to live. Despite not believing he only has an hour and a half left to live Henry sets out to make amends with some of the people in his life that he's wronged including his son, brother (Peter Dinklage) and ex-wife (Melissa Leo). While this film does boast a talented cast the execution feels just a little flat throughout. Not only is the story not al...