I can remember as I was reading the book thinking Bateman would be amazing as Judd, and he really is. It perfectly blends humor with poignancy, and the casting may be the best I have seen.Įach role is brilliantly cast, starting with Jason Bateman as Judd, whom Jonathan said in an interview with myself and five other bloggers he considered his avatar for the character as he was writing the script.
This Is Where I Leave You opens this Friday, September 19th at theaters nationwide and I was able to see an early screening and can happily report that the movie just may be better than the book. Jonathan Tropper with director Shawn Levy on set I also thought it would be a fabulous movie and was thrilled when I heard that Tropper was writing the screenplay to be directed by Shawn Levy and released by Warner Bros. I remember being so enamored of this book, it made me laugh out loud. That means seven days of sitting at their family home, waiting for people to come and pay condolences. Oh, and their father's dying wish was to have his four adult children (who don't always get along) sit shiva for him. He loses his wife and his job in one fell swoop, and then his sister calls to tell him their father has passed away. Fours years ago, I read Jonathan Tropper's hilarious novel This Is Where I Leave You, the story of Judd Foxman, a man who comes home from work to find his wife and his boss in bed together.
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