Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jeff, Who Lives at Home is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms, and co-starring Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon. The film premiered on September 14, 2011, at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and then saw a limited release in the United States and Canada on March 16, 2012, after having been pushed back from the original date of March 2. The film received praise for its humor, but grossed only $4.7 million worldwide against a $7.5 million budget.
Plot
Jeff is a 30-year-old unemployed stoner living in his mother Sharon's basement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He looks for his destiny in seemingly random occurrences. Finding inspiration in the film Signs reinforces his belief in this.
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| author | Jay Duplass Mark Duplass |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Louisiana |
| director | Jay Duplass Mark Duplass |
| editor | Jay Deuby |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | basketball court baton rouge cab driver ceiling claim draw fly follow hooter new orleans news report older brother paper airplane pass porsche read rescue run secret admirer sign struggle unemployed wood glue wrong number yuppie |
| musicBy | Michael Andrews |
| producer | Jason Reitman Lianne Halfon Russell Smith |
| productionCompany | Indian Paintbrush Mr. Mudd Paramount Vantage Right of Way Films |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | independent lgbt-related stoner trick |