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Sara L. asked this question about This is Where I Leave You:
Does anyone know why Jen's name was changed to Quinn in the movie? It made no sense. And...the book is way more detailed than the movie...but I did actually laugh a lot during the movie... Jason does a decent Judd, Jane Fonda was great and Adam is the perfect Phillip! And when I was reading....I couldn't picture the sex with Horry thing but making it Timothy Olyphant made it a little more believable.
Kayla Apparently if there is a real person in the same town that the movie is set in, you can't use that name. Weird. So that's why they had to change the f…moreApparently if there is a real person in the same town that the movie is set in, you can't use that name. Weird. So that's why they had to change the family's last name from Foxman to Altman...so I am assuming there was also a Jen Altman in that town as well.(less)
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