Everybody's Fine (2009)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 136
Fresh: 62 | Rotten: 74
A calm, charismatic performance from Robert De Niro nearly saves the movie, but ultimately, Everybody's Fine has the look and feel of a stereotypical Christmas dramedy.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 19
A calm, charismatic performance from Robert De Niro nearly saves the movie, but ultimately, Everybody's Fine has the look and feel of a stereotypical Christmas dramedy.
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Movie Info
A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.
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Cast
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Robert De Niro
Frank -
Kate Beckinsale
Amy -
Drew Barrymore
Rosie -
Sam Rockwell
Robert -
Lucien Maisel
Jack -
Damian Young
Jeff -
James Frain
Tom -
Melissa Leo
Colleen -
Katherine Moennig
Jilly -
Brendan Sexton III
Mugger -
James Murtaugh
Dr. Ed -
Austin Lysy
David -
Chandler Frantz
Young David -
Lily Mo Sheen
Young Amy -
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Young Robert -
Mackenzie Milone
Young Rosie -
Kene Holliday
Butcher -
E.J. Carroll
Wine Man -
Lou Carbonneau
BBQ Salesman -
Mandell Butler
Delivery Man -
Caroline Clay
Amtrak Ticket Agent -
Katy Grenfell
Young Woman on 1st Trai... -
Lynn Cohen
Old Woman on 1st Train -
Jayne Houdyshell
Alice -
William J. Slinsky Sr.
Man on Platform -
Kelly McAndrew
Hooker -
Jason Harris
Cab Rider #1 -
Julian Rebolledo
Cab Rider #2 -
Ben Liff
Young Man in Diner #1 (... -
Harvey Liff
Young Man in Diner #2 (... -
Lynn Blades
Anchorwoman -
Kevin Collins
Anchorman -
Patricia Phillips
NY Woman on Street -
Kevin Mitchell Martin
Man on Bus -
Ben Schwartz
Writer -
Debargo Sanyal
Art Director -
Scott Cohen
Music Conductor -
Jackie Cronin
Booking Office Lady -
Erika Boseski
Female Orchestra Member -
Allie Woods Jr.
Greyhound Station Assis... -
Sonja Stuart
Jean Goode -
Mimi Lieber
Voice of Jean Goode -
Ethan Munsch
Baby Max -
Harrison Munsch
Baby Max -
Kira Visser
Flight Attendant -
Mattie Hawkinson
Art Gallery Girl -
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All Critics (136) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (74) | DVD (5)
Forget Hollywood remakes; this is one film Iâ(TM)d like to see reworked by an arthouse director and a pack of actors with smaller names and bigger reserves of subtlety.
Top CriticIs it anything special? No, not really. But it's an agreeable and even touching little snapshot of family life.
I didn't feel like I was watching characters who were related to each other. Every scene they are in, I felt like I was watching movie stars meeting each other for the first time.
Promising start, but it unravels with an ill-advised confrontation scene and an ending that rings false.
If nothing else (and there ain't much else), Everybody's Fine does prove one thing: Even an actor with the gifts of Robert De Niro can't make bland interesting.
There's no challenge to this material, no real emotional pull, it's one of those films that simply rolls by until its right-from-the-beginning predictable ending.
Jones's efforts to re-tool the Italian original for an American audience prove disappointing. The comedy is broader, the dramatic crises have been sweetened and the ending has an uplift that was entirely missing from the original.
66 year-old Robert De Niro accomplishes what may be his bravest role of the last two decades by simply choosing to play a real old man in Kirk Jones? Everybody?s Fine.
What makes the unabashedly sentimental package work a lot better than it should is Robert De Niro.
...an unapologetically sentimental drama...
A recently widowed retiree embarks on a cross-country journey to visit each of his children, expecting to find them as happy and successful as their stories painted them.
A film with a few inspired moments - mostly towards the end - sprinkled in with a whole lot of awkward, even mean, portions. The result is a major disappointment.
De Niro does quietly affecting work, but he canâ(TM)t elevate a pat Family Rediscovering Each Other drama into anything much above afternoon TV movie fodder.
Itâ(TM)s a little like About Schmidt minus the sly wit, subtlety and directorial flair.
A refreshingly open, untricksy performance from De Niro, and very possibly the harbinger of an excellent late period for him as an actor. As for the film, well "fine" is what can reasonably be said.
Its essential niceness should not be discounted; niceness is a rare commodity in films today.
Itâ(TM)s a four-square set-up, but with only the barest flicker of familial friction heating the undercooked drama.
Everybody's Fine has tearjerker ambitions but it's so shamefully manipulative that by the time it reaches its finale you can't help but feel like you've been beaten over the head with a feel good stick.
Despite the title, nobody in this film is fine. But, if youâ(TM)re in the mood for a well-acted drama that will strum obstinately at those heartstrings, youâ(TM)ve got it.
Crisply shot and framed with care, itâ(TM)s certainly easy on the eye. But a script that didnâ(TM)t take life so seriously would have left everybody feeling a lot finer.
A low-key family drama that leaves no cliché safe in its quest to make everyone weep buckets. The best to hope for is that it may persuade you to reconnect with your own family. Aah.
De Niro is not at his best playing nice - in fact, he's boring and so is the film. Actually, it's worse than that. It's pseudoredemptive tosh.
Robert De Niro's latest would-be weepy, Everybody's Fine, may remind you of About Schmidt's less-interesting brother. In fact, the title says it all - it's neither good nor bad, just deeply OK.
Disappointment that it isn't what a De Niro movie used to be - powerful, challenging and edgy. Now his movies are weak and clichéd with a mushy centre.
De Niro alone is worth watching, even if one suspects the pain on his face comes from the script he must speak rather than the story he must enact.
Audience Reviews for Everybody's Fine
Super Reviewer
"Frank's traveling light, but carrying excess baggage."
Everybody's Fine is a small, heartfelt, and overall decent film. It has a wonderful cast including legendary Robert De Niro, plus a supporting cast with Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, and the gorgeous Kate Beckinsale. This is a good role for an older De Niro. He no longer fits the Travis Bickel like characters. He is now more suited for this type of a role. He plays a grieving father who has just lost his wife. His four kids all cancel their trip to see him, so he decides to take a cross country trip and see all of them. In the background, three of the kids are keeping a secret about the fourth from their father.
I liked Everybody's Fine, but I'm not gonna blow sunshine up its ass. It is by no means a terrific movie. It's predictable filmmaking. I called just about everything that happened in the movie fifteen minutes before it happened. But oh well; the point wasn't to surprise me. I enjoyed the movie for it's honesty when examining the life of a family. A lot of the subjects the movie brings up regarding family will hit home with just about every viewer. We always, as kids, had one parent we could talk to. The other was kind of left out of the loop because either they couldn't take what was actually going on, or they would over react. Frank is the parent who was always left out of the loop. His kids, after the passing of their mother, still don't tell him the bad things because he is a worrier.
There's really not too much to say about Everybody's Fine, except that it was fine. There's nothing too spectacular going on here, but I ended up finding it engaging and emotional. I don't think it laid on the tearjerking too thick either, which was much appreciated. It's just a decent little film in its own right. I'd suggest it, but I also wouldn't tell you that it is vital that you watch it. If you come across it one day in the future, give it a look. If not, you'll live. Still I don't know if you could find a movie where Kate Beckinsale looks hotter. She looks absolutely stunning in Everybody's Fine.
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- Frank: Painters paint walls...and dogs pee on them.
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- Hooker: You wanna see my leg?
- Frank: Wanna see mine?
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- Frank: If you would ask me I would have to say in all honesty, Everybody's fine. Everybody's fine.
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