Audiences are bound to fall for Segel’s teddy bear sweetness and the genial way the characters manage to work out their problems.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 22, 2023

From the first shot—a closeup that uncomfortably reveals Segel’s aging-adolescent complexion—the film gets sweatily close to the actors, poignantly highlighting the characters’ self-centered confusion and quietly frantic urgency.

| Aug 17, 2022

I whole-heartily adore [it]...

| Apr 15, 2021

Jay and Mark Duplass seem to have the same yearning and that's what makes Jeff, Who Lives at Home better than the sum of its parts...

| Mar 16, 2021

Judy Greer also turns in what may be a career best performance.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

There is a semisweet center, but also an overarching formlessness and meandering dopiness to Jeff, Who Lives at Home that makes the film far too thin and emotionally threadbare for feature length.

| Jan 16, 2020

[The Duplass brothers'] best film to date. In fact, this post-Mumblecore endearing effort from the directing duo happens to be one of the most funny, touching, and entertaining films of the year as well.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 27, 2019

Part mumblecore kitchen sink drama, part paranormal detective story, this sibling bromance adds a fresh and engaging approach to the domestic comedy template.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2019

It's a whimsical comedy and, as far as whimsical comedies go, it is quite whimsical, and sometimes comedic, which is fair enough, but ultimately it is slight and repetitive and nothing sticks in the mind.

| Aug 31, 2018

The Duplass Brothers' streak lives on.

| Oct 23, 2017

... it's sweet, entertaining and unpredictable which sets it apart from most of the other comedies coming out this summer.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 28, 2017

The Duplass brothers, Jay and Mark, who wrote and directed the film, don't take the time necessary to make any of the characters believable or complex.

| Sep 18, 2017

The weak story and uninvolving characters leave us too easily distracted.

| Aug 30, 2017

A small film that's worth seeing, where everything is invested in the story of the characters and the sometimes pathetic yet authentic human conflicts and not on expensive special effects. [Full review in Spanish]

| May 5, 2016

The movie creeps up on you, and it's not until its firecracker ending that you realize just how much it made you care about these people.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 2, 2013

Lacking compelling characters, this comedy never fully works as a cohesive whole.

| Original Score: 2.0/5 | Jun 30, 2013

True to their trademark vrit style, the Duplass siblings make the humdrum hum with low-key panache, as they consistently find beauty and truth in everyday occurrences.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 2, 2013

Jeff, Who Lives at Home offers escapism of a different kind, an entertaining reminder that good people sometimes prevail, and that living by your own Yoda logic in your own universe may not be such a bad thing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 2013

An enjoyable indie dramedy with a number of engaging moments and a solid performance from Jason Segel but not nearly as deep as the ideals that fuel Jeff's character.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 30, 2012

At 84 minutes it feels remarkably like an extended episode of a good sitcom.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2012