...we've now taken a trip to the dysfunctional family well one time too many.
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12/07/09
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Everybody's Fine (2009)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:46
Rotten:53
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: 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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Dec 4, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $8,855,646
Synopsis: Robert De Niro leads a stellar cast in this insightful dramedy starring Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, and Sam Rockwell. A remake of the Italian film STANNO TUTTI BENE, EVERYBODY’S FINE features... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell
Director: Kirk Jones
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Reviews for Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine is a fitting title. The movie may well be fine. But it could have been a lot better.
12/02/09
To dismiss Everybody's Fine as clichéd holiday schmaltz is to stereotype without appreciating the finer details. Clearly working within an established genre without the gall to overstep his boundaries, Jones elevates the material by showing conside
12/03/09
De Niro offers a master class of mannered, minimalist acting.
12/02/09
Top CriticI 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.
12/07/09
Top CriticEverybody’s Fine -- a movie about the lies grown children tell their parents -- is, ironically, one of the most disingenuous movies to come out of Hollywood in a while.
12/03/09
Even more than the remake that it is, Everybody’s Fine plays like a homogenized, Hallmark Channel version of About Schmidt, with all the rough edges shaved off.
12/03/09
The gag-inducing melodrama "Everybody's Fine" hails from Kirk Jones, whose phone calls, kisses and hugs no longer will be returned the moment this baby hits theaters.
12/04/09
A simple story told in a very unique way. I will never think of telephone wires the same ever again.
12/04/09
The simple, direct mode of the telephone lines Frank covered so carefully has splintered into a dozen ways of staying in touch, ways that can as easily be frustrating.
12/04/09
It takes some effort to neutralize the charm of a modestly charismatic Robert De Niro performance. But Everybody’s Fine does a stupendous job.
12/03/09
Top Critichough Bobby won't make you forget Marcello Mastroianni's Matteo Scuro, the once-great thespian doesn't coast here in his understated performance as widower Frank Goode.
12/09/09
Americanized remakes of foreign hits often miss what made those properties work in the first place, but Jones, DeNiro and company know less is more in this instance and deliver a work that’s very fine indeed.
11/29/09
Americans and their perverse obsession with happy endings. Especially during the holidays. Ba Humbug!
12/04/09
Touching without slipping into a cloying routine, hitting a sweet spot of regret that I'm certain most filmgoers around the ages of these characters will be able to relate to in some way or another.
12/03/09
It's schmaltzy and a tad melodramatic, but it doesn't pander, gently plucking our heartstrings when it could have hammered away.
12/11/09
This is sentimental but dramatically solid.
12/04/09
All that could redeem this thoroughly foreseeable unfolding would be colorful characters and good acting. Everybody's Fine comes close, but not close enough.
12/03/09
Top CriticIt's a relief to see Robert De Niro giving an honest, effective starring performance in a project that does not stink and that, in fact, rises to a respectable level of filmmaking proficiency. How long has it been?
12/03/09
Top CriticPretty much the Marley and Me of this holiday season, except in the place of an adorable yellow lab there's adorable Robert De Niro.
12/03/09
Latest News for Everybody's Fine
December 25, 2009:
The ironically titled Everybody's Fine, a remake of the whimsical Italian weepie, boasts tenderly crafted geriatric redemption, along with seasoned actor De Niro likewise maturing down a more quietly contemplative and introspective path. 
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December 03, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Everybody's Fine Is Just OK
This week at the movies, we've got a fractured family (Everybody's Fine, starring Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore); a sibling rivalry (Brothers, starring Natalie Portman and... More...
October 25, 2009:
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September 17, 2009:
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Robert De Niro plays a widower trying to reconnect with his kids in "Everyone's Fine," a Miramax feature co-starring Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell. Watch the... More...
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