![]() ![]() ![]() At home with his family, he has to cope with his wife's cheating and his marriage falling apart while also putting up with his siblings. Judd Altman (Bateman) learns at the start of the film that his wife, Quinn Altman (Abigail Spencer), has been cheating on him with his Boss, Wade Beaufort (played by Dax Shepard, who stars in several movies and TV shows), for a year. ![]() The dynamic brings up a lot of unhealed wounds and anger that the siblings have toward each other, especially with the siblings' current family and marriage situations. The story follows a dysfunctional family who returns home after their father's death to fulfill his dying wish for the family to sit Shiva for a week at their childhood home. The film was released five years after the book hit shelves and starred big names like Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, and Jane Fonda. Like most film adaptions, This Is Where I Leave You drastically changed Jonathan Tropper's original novel. ![]()
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