This Is Where I Leave You Analysis

“This is where I Leave You” The movie “This is where I Leave You” is based on a dysfunctional family who is faced with the death of their father, family and infidelity. The movie unravels in episodic fashion over seven days of shiva, capturing the odd assortment of neighbors, distant relatives and friends of the family who come to the home to revel in the life of the late Mr. Altman. Mom agrees to uphold her husband wishes to have all of the children under the same roof for seven days. Family members come together, hate each other, and remember the good times of old and the bad times that pushed them apart. Paul who is the oldest brother that wants to continue his father legacy. Wendy is more of the mother figure of the family, who is going through a minor midlife crisis. Judd is going through a midlife crisis. Right before he received the news of his father passed, he catches his wife in bed with his former boss. Phillip is the youngest and wild child of the bunch. As Judd says, he’s the only one in the family who ever “comes out and says anything”. Family is the central theme of the movie. Studies of family and family life in societies all over the world show that some form of family unit exists in all societies. Altman family is a very interesting family. “A Family is …show more content…
Judd walks in on his wife having sex with his former boss. Annie, Paul’s wife attempts to sleeps with Judd after finding out Quinn is pregnant. She is desperate to have a baby and thinks Paul is infertile. Marital infidelity is a traumatic life experience. It ruins homes and children that maybe associated with it. Judd is going through a divorce and the death of his father at this time. His emotions are all over the place and do not grieve the death of his father. Quinn then arrives on the scene with the news she’s pregnant making life more stressful than what it was. He is now torn with the idea this maybe Wade’s baby instead of