One of Adam Driver‘s upcoming movies sounds very similar to his 2014 movie with Shawn Levy, the director of Deadpool & Wolverine, and it could be much better. Before directing Deadpool & Wolverine, some of Shawn Levy’s best movies were dramas. One of those films starred a young Adam Driver before he landed iconic films like Marriage Story and BlacKkKlansman. While it was one of Driver’s early breaks as an actor, it wasn’t his best showing. Luckily, he now has a chance to correct that mistake with one of his upcoming films.

Adam Driver is one of the best actors currently working, but even he has had some misfires over the course of his career. For example, his last Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, was disliked by critics and is generally considered one of the franchise’s weakest movies. Driver also had a box office flop in 65, which is also his lowest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes. While it wasn’t as much of a failure as 65, Driver does have a chance to redo one of his worst-received films with his upcoming movie, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother.

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Adam Driver Will Star In Jim Jarmusch’s Father, Mother, Sister, Brother

Adam Driver is set to star in Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Jim Jarmusch’s next film. He’ll be working with an ensemble of co-stars like Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Tom Waits, Mayim Bialik, and more. Driver and Jarmusch have worked together twice before, in Paterson and The Dead Don’t Die, and it seems Father, Mother, Sister, Brother will have something in common with those previous movies. The official description of the movie makes it seem very quiet and contemplative, traits Jarmusch is known for as a director.

“Three separate stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Each of the three parts takes place in the present, and each in a different country. Father is set in the Northeast U.S., Mother in Dublin, Ireland, and Sister Brother in Paris, France. The film is a series of character studies, quiet, observational and non-judgmental. A comedy, but interwoven with threads of melancholy.”

Father, Mother, Sister, Brother sounds familiar to some of Adam Driver’s previous work with Jim Jarmusch, but its premise also makes it similar to his work with another director. Since Father, Mother, Sister, Brother is about a family reconnecting and trying to work through their issues with one another, it almost sounds like a remake of one of Driver’s worst-received films.

Father, Mother, Sister, Brother Sounds Very Similar To Adam Driver’s This Is Where I Leave You

In 2014, Adam Driver had a supporting role in Shawn Levy’s This is Where I Leave You as Phillip Altman, the youngest of three brothers and a sister. This is Where I Leave You focuses on the members of the Altman family reuniting at their father’s funeral and working through all of their various problems. There are a few differences between This is Where I Leave You and Father, Mother, Sister, Brother – the latter’s father seems to be alive, and they aren’t reconnecting in the same place – but they both focus on an adult family trying to work through the problems of their past and present.

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Thanks to a quality ensemble cast and a willing director, ‘This Is Where I Leave You’ covers overly familiar territory in a refreshingly entertaining way.

This is Where I Leave You and Father, Mother, Sister, Brother have essentially the same premise, but they also both feature an ensemble cast. The cast of This is Where I Leave You was packed with prominent actors, including Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda, Kathryn Hahn, Timothy Olyphant, and more. Father, Mother, Sister, Brother has a similarly well-known cast, and the full cast hasn’t yet been revealed. For all their similarities, though, Driver’s films will also be quite different from each other in a few key ways.

Father, Mother, Sister, Brother Should Still Be Very Different From This Is Where I Leave You

Though they focus on essentially the same premise of a family working through their problems as adults, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother will be very different from This is Where I Leave You. Probably the biggest difference will be in quality. There’s no telling how well Father, Mother, Sister, Brother will do, but since it’s coming from Jim Jarmusch and featuring several successful actors, it could very easily be good. It also should easily beat This is Where I Leave You, which only got a critic score of 44% and an audience score of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Aside from the quality of each film, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother should have a few differences in its plot and tone that will set it apart from This is Where I Leave You. Jim Jarmusch is known for making quiet, contemplative, and heartfelt movies, and Father, Mother, Sister, Brother should be no exception. It’s also been presented as an anthology with each family member being in separate parts of the world, which is very different from This is Where I Leave You‘s premise of bringing the Altman family into the same house again.

Another key difference between the two films is Adam Driver himself. This is Where I Leave You was released 10 years ago, before Driver had become an A-list actor and had several popular movies. He’s developed considerably in that time, and he’s proven that he can give performances worthy of an Oscar nomination. Driver could be truly fantastic in Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, and the similarities between it and This is Where I Leave You should really highlight how much he’s grown in the past decade. Adam Driver has a chance to redo one of his worst movies and to show why he’s had such a successful decade.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

This is Where I Leave You (2014)

4.0

This is Where I Leave You is a comedy-drama directed by Shawn Levy, featuring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, and Jane Fonda. The film revolves around four adult siblings who are forced to return to their childhood home after their father’s death. Under the same roof for a week, they contend with past grievances, relationship dilemmas, and the complexity of family dynamics.

Director

Shawn Levy

Release Date

September 10, 2014

Studio(s)

Spring Creek Pictures , 21 Laps Entertainment , Warner Bros. Pictures

Writers

Jonathan Tropper

Cast

Jason Bateman , Tina Fey , Jane Fonda , Adam Driver , Rose Byrne

Runtime

103 Minutes

Budget

19800000.0

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