Film Review – Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Jay and Mark Duplass have a specialized way of filmmaking they’ve perfected over the years, through pictures such as “Baghead,” “The Puffy Chair,” and “Cyrus.” Their aesthetic, once branded “mumblecore” and fitted for a leather jacket, has now gone mainstream, and so have the Duplass Brothers in a way, with “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” their most accessible effort, fixated more on the millimeter moves of emotional growth than a grand dramatic scheme. It’s a feature of small moments and open hearts, captured with the semi-irritating improvisational and zoom-happy elements the directors favor. Perhaps this is the ideal entry point for those new to the Duplass view of the world, supported by familiar faces visibly enjoying the slack atmosphere. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com