( RollingStone.com ) -- This comedy about a death is a funeral for the audience . But hey , here 's your chance to sit shiva with an all-star cast , led by Jason Bateman , Tina Fey , Jane Fonda , Adam Driver and Corey Stoll , who are all led astray by a smarmy script and sitcom-y direction by Shawn Levy ( `` The Internship , '' ugh ) . Rolling Stone : Aubrey Plaza to voice Grumpy Cat this Christmas . `` This Is Where I Leave You '' was a 2009 bestseller by Jonathan Tropper , who 'd be right to sue if he had n't written the dumb script himself . From the minute Mom ( Fonda ) brings the whole mishpocha home to Westchester to honor dear , dead , atheist Dad , the movie embalms every clichÃ© of Jewish-family dysfunction . Bateman and Fey rise above the material . The others , notably Fonda doing jokes at her own expense , are n't so lucky . Even if you choke out a laugh -- it 's hard not to smile around Adam Driver -- you 'll hate yourself for it . See the original story at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
Comedy `` This Is Where I Leave You '' misses the mark . The script is smarmy and filled with clichÃ©s . It tries to be funny, but it fails miserably.