Jeff, Who Lives At Home (2012)

Jeff, Who Lives At Home

Medium: Film
Director: Jay & Mark Duplass
Country: United States
Released: March 16, 2012
First Consumed: April 5, 2012
Format: Theater
Rating: 7.5


I feel that for most people Jeff, Who Lives At Home will be much to silly. It's funny, sure, but its little plot holes and obsession with signs (and Signs) might seem too weird. Especially if you believe the Duplass brothers are treating the ideas of universal connectivity and "signs" entirely seriously. I don't think they were, nor do i believe they were making fun of anything. It seemed more like they were having fun with Jeff (Jason Segel) and his need for everything to be connected.

The film is ostensibly about Jeff, but he does very little after the beginning until the very end. His older brother Pat (Ed Helms) drives the majority of the story. I found this until I realized that Jeff's arc was all about realizing the universe and its signs weren't just for him, but for everybody. He has to come to terms with the fact that it might not be his story.

If it now all sounds even sillier, well, then that's fair. It is silly. But it's a hell of a great time.