This is where I leave you (Movie)

I don't like funerals, they depress me, I could just be an emotional bunion, I think that if I went I would be either be overwhelmed with sadness or have to fake it both of which I am not good at.
But for some weird reason I love movies that are hinged around funerals

• Four weddings and a funeral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JMuyzm3JRU
• Death at a funeral (British Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0xtS83sKGg
• August: Osage County https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hd_uO72h1s

and the most recent one

This is where I leave you http://thisiswhereileaveyou.com/ directed by Shawn Levy, has some of my favorite actors in it
Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne and Timothy Olyphant.

The movie's main protagonist is Judd (Jason Bateman) who walks in on his wife Quinn (Abigail Spencer) having an extra-marital affair with his boss Wade Beaufort (Dax Shepard).
He also receives a call from his sister Wendy Altman  played by the wonderful Tina Fey that their father Mort Altman has passed away. His final wish is that his family sit Shiva http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_(Judaism).

The movie unfolds with Judd handling his dysfunctional sibling for the week, wonderfully played by  -Tina Fey, Phillip Altman (Adam Driver), Paul Altman (Corey Stoll) and Hillary Altman (Jane Fonda) as the mother. I just fell in love with each one of them. It would be tough not to.  Each sibling has his own share of as Judd puts it 'sad or angry, lying or cheating'.

Wonderful cameos by Kathryn Hahn as Annie Altman, Timothy Olyphant as Horry Callen,
and Ben Schwartz as Rabbi Charles "Boner" Grodner. 


Even in the midst of a funeral a family comes together and it can make you laugh out loud, shed a couple of tears, and just feel good.

That's why I love funeral based movies I guess go figure :)