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.
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12/07/09
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Everybody's Fine (2009)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:12
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.6/10
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, Family Interaction, Death, Live-Action, Remake, Road Trips, Fathers And Sons
Theatrical Release:Dec 4, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $3,852,068
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
Top CriticIf 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.
12/04/09
Top CriticThere'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.
12/04/09
Top CriticThis is sentimental but dramatically solid.
12/04/09
Top CriticFalse to the core.
12/04/09
Top CriticThough De Niro gives a strong performance as a loving, if not always perceptive, dad, the film takes a treacly turn, grows truly sad and never fully recovers.
12/04/09
Top CriticEverybody's Fine -- a more subtle film than its advertising indicates -- works because it has a feel for little things.
12/04/09
Top CriticExpect an uncomfortable moment while watching Everybody's Fine. You're not the only one who edits events and polishes the truth to protect your parents -- and yourself. Worse, they know it.
12/04/09
Top CriticLet the sentiment reveal itself. Don't veer into sentimentality. Don't push. Just trust the story. That's the whole trick with a movie like Everybody's Fine.
12/04/09
Top CriticThe movie works because so much of what's on screen will resonate with viewers.
12/04/09
Top CriticEverybody should see Everybody's Fine. But one piece of advice: Phone home first.
12/04/09
Top CriticAnother actor might have greedily milked the story's pathos quotient (believe me, there are plenty of opportunities). But De Niro hangs back, and the approach works.
12/03/09
Top CriticJones clumsily establishes that De Niro's trade was producing telephone wires. And yet he can't communicate with his kids, see? The film includes so many shots of phone poles you'd think it was an AT&T documentary.
12/03/09
Top CriticDe Niro plays his character completely contained, afraid to brim or overflow with emotion. The more he pulls back, the more he pulls in the audience.
12/03/09
Top CriticIt 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 CriticA thoroughly fake movie with trite characters that is about, of all things, the need for truthfulness.
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 CriticAll 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 CriticEverybody's Fine is a fitting title. The movie may well be fine. But it could have been a lot better.
12/02/09
Top CriticEveryone works well under the perfunctory direction of Kirk Jones, but even with an easily resolved fade-out replete with turkey and cranberry sauce, Everybody’s Fine has the look and taste of leftovers.
12/02/09
Top CriticLatest News for Everybody's Fine
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...
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September 17, 2009:
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