Jeff, Who Lives at Home Page #2

Synopsis: Jeff, at 30, lives in his mom's basement, unemployed, looking for signs about what to do with his life. He answers a wrong-number call for "Kevin". Later, on a bus, he sees someone wearing a jersey with "Kevin" on the back. Jeff follows him. Meanwhile, Jeff's brother, Pat, a tone-deaf salesman, upsets his wife by buying a Porsche they cannot afford; Pat runs into Jeff soon after and they see Pat's wife with another man. At her job, Jeff and Pat's mom receives e-mails from a secret admirer; she tries to figure out who it is. Misunderstandings, errors, and confrontations abound. A backup on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway brings things to a head.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Paramount Vantage
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2011
83 min
$4,244,155
Website
751 Views


It was a nice day,

so I thought I'd walk around.

Were you following me, or...

No. I mean, no.

I saw you on the bus.

Let me explain.

Have you ever seen the movie Signs?

With Mel Gibson and Rory Culkin,

and Abigail Breslin?

Nah, I don't think I have.

I got a phone call this morning.

Someone was asking for Kevin.

But there's no Kevin who lives with me.

It's kind of a common name.

Yeah. I guess that's true.

I mean, you never got a call,

like someone called

the wrong house phone?

What if there's no wrong numbers?

Maybe it's always the right house phone.

Everything happens for a reason, right?

Exactly. No, that's exactly it.

Hey, man, I'm about to go

put something in the air real quick.

I don't know if you want to come.

I don't... I'm sorry...

I don't know what that means.

Smoke weed?

You want to smoke weed with me?

Yeah, man.

I like weed.

Yeah, I can see that.

Wow.

It's nice in here.

- That's nice.

- Yeah.

Oh, sh*t. That's a treat.

Check his pockets!

Sorry, Jeff.

Marriage is a compromise.

She got what she wanted,

I'm living here in Baton Rouge.

So I get a little somethin'-somethin'.

- Right?

- Sure.

Yeah.

Thank you. You know what's up.

I got to take this... It's a business call.

Sweetheart, can I get another Bud Light.

Do you want more wings?

Whatever.

Fine. I will get glue and fix your shutter.

No. It is Jeff's responsibility.

That is the point.

He has to do it, not you.

Jeff has to do it.

Okay. What are you...

Why are you calling me?

Maybe you could get him

moving a little bit. Do you understand?

He's stuck, honey. He's stuck.

He's 30!

He had a difficult adolescent period.

You of all people would know neither of

us had a very easy adolescent period.

- You were older.

- What does that have to do with it?

When you're an adult, you take

responsibility for your life. Okay?

But you're brothers.

You love each other, don't you?

You know, fake it

for a little bit just to get... You know.

Maybe he'll grow on you.

We don't do that, Mom. We don't

spend time together.

Well, Pat, could you at least try?

It's my birthday.

I gotta call you back.

- No, no, no, Pat...

- Bye.

Damn it. A**hole.

Jeff!

Pat?

What the hell are you doing here?

Kevin beat me up. I walked.

Who's Kevin?

Some kid I was following.

Well, if he's a kid,

how come you didn't kick his ass?

Because I don't believe in fighting, Pat.

And you know that.

Right. I forgot. You're a p*ssy.

Look, Mom called

and she's really pissed.

Was Gandhi a p*ssy?

Yeah, Gandhi was a p*ssy.

And once again,

I have to pick up your slack.

Well, it's not your problem.

Well, it becomes my problem

when Mom calls me

in the middle of a business meeting.

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Jay Duplass

Lawrence Jay Duplass (born March 7, 1973) is an American film director, author, and actor widely known for his films The Puffy Chair (2005), Cyrus (2010), and Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, Mark Duplass. Duplass stars in the Amazon Video comedy-drama series Transparent (2014–present), and co-created the HBO comedy-drama series Togetherness (2015–16). more…

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