Are You Here

2013

Action / Comedy / Drama

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 49 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 22% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 17333 17.3K

loss of loved one house weather forecaster friends inheritance family

Plot summary

When Steve Dallas, a womanizing local weatherman, hears that his off-the-grid best friend Ben Baker has lost his estranged father, the two return to Ben's childhood home. Once there, they discover Ben has inherited the family fortune, and the ill-equipped duo must battle Ben's formidable sister and deal with his father's gorgeous 25-year old widow.

Director

Matthew Weiner Photo
Matthew Weiner

Top cast

Karen Wheeling Reynolds Photo
Karen Wheeling Reynolds as Funeral Guest
Joel Gretsch Photo
Joel Gretsch as Red Coulter
Amy Poehler Photo
Amy Poehler as Terry Coulter
Alana De La Garza Photo
Alana De La Garza as Victoria Riolobos
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
818.14 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 3
1.65 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by samdaleimagery 5 / 10

Beautifully shot, great acting, funny but lost in translation...

I think what the disappointment this film has been receiving from the vast majority of it's audience stems from expectation. I like most people was expecting a simple light hearted comedy that would provide a few cheap laughs about weed and farts, however this film took a different course from the classic stoner film and attempted to comment on society.By 'attempted' I feel the ideology of the film wasn't clear, it kept jumping around, almost trying to tackle too many issues. This doesn't mean the film didn't have profound moments, it did, but they were damaged by the confused nature of their origin within the story - for instance there was a moment in the film where an Amish man tells Amy Poehler's character that she can't have babies because she doesn't believe in God, this is just one of a few confusing parts of the film.The casting was a bit odd for the film, although I thought the acting was brilliant I think the audiences that would tend to watch a Zach Galifianakis or Owen Wilson film would get bored with this rather slow paced, almost preachy not amazingly funny comedy.One of the biggest positives of the film was the way it was shot, this was a pleasant surprise with lighting on some of the wides that looked like a Gregory Crewdson photograph.Overall I think this was a nice little film, overlooked by it's target audience and reaching an audience that won't have the patience to appreciate it's story even if it is a little wobbly in places - definitely worth a watch if you ever get the time.
Reviewed by heatherstewart-49453 5 / 10

Had potential

I spent over half the movie thinking it was really good and enjoying it. It is not a comedy at all, but was really good. Then somewhere the writers lost their way. It all went in such strange, unbelievable, unlikable directions at some point. It ended in a unsatisfying 'magical' neatly wrapped package.
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