I went into this movie thinking I was going to be constantly laughing, and although there were several laughs, Jeff, Who Lives at Home had a really great story line to which I feel I can relate. Jeff (Jason Segel; The Muppets, How I Met Your Mother) lives in his mother's (Susan Sarandon; Mr. Woodcock, Thelma & Louise) basement and begins his journey, physically and metaphorically, to The Home Depot to pick up wood glue for his mother. After a person calls the wrong number, looking for a Kevin, he believes its his destiny to find this Kevin. After running into a Kevin (Evan Ross; 90210, According to Greta; little known fact-he's also the son of Diana Ross!) an unfortunate event leads him to run into his older brother Pat (Ed Helms; The Office, The Hangovers). They continue the rest of the day tracking down Pat's wife, Linda (Judy Greer; The Descendants, Love and Other Drugs) who may or may not be committing adultery.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home is directed by Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus, Baghead) who do a lot of award winning independent films. I can relate to the character of Jeff because he is a strong believer in signs and finding out what is his destiny. He follows what he believes are signs to lead him closer to finding answers. He is misunderstood from his cynic brother who doesn't really believe in signs and is among those people that think the universe is random. It was those signs, however, that lead him to his brother twice and helped solve the mystery of his sister in law. Those signs also lead him to the major event that happened in a surprising ending. I'm not trying to be vague, but I don't want to give anything away.
I believe the lesson of this story is that everything happens for a reason, and that is one of my favorite lessons.
