Highs

• Surprisingly heartwarming at times and has a few good moments. 
• Phillip the precious baby black sheep of the family. 
• Great song choices for the soundtrack. 
• It was shot well for its kind. 
• The little boy who likes to poop.

Lows

• Tina Fey felt like a miscast.
• The last act was kind of flat and generically vague. 
• My only motivation for watching this is Adam Driver. 

The film opens with Judd (played by Jason Bateman)'s life as it was. But after one heck of a punch in the face(figuratively), we see his somewhat downfall. After his father's death, he was then forced, along with his siblings to go back to their childhood home, under one roof for an entire week to fulfill their father's last dying wish. As every movie family reunion is expected to go - we witness the expected fights, squabbles, and arguments that make it all funny and heartwarming at the same time.


I was never really planning on watching this one. I feel like I was done with films of this type. I never really liked getting that "I feel like I wasted my time" kind of feeling. But given that I'm in an undeniable Adam Driver obsession since The Last Jedi (also, given the fact that I have watched all of his interviews on youtube and I am sadly running out of content to consume.), I decided to give this a try.


And of course, given that he is my only motivation, I liked Adam Driver as Phillip in this movie. Adam certainly did enough to fill the part of the family's baby black sheep. Though he is, and I quote from his own words, "an irredeemable asshole", he has his moments with his siblings that are quite precious. I especially loved his scenes with Judd and Tracy (played by Connie Britton) the most.