Everybody's Fine

PG-13

Released Dec 4, 2009

1 hr. 35 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

47%

144 Reviews

Tomatometer

53%

50,000+ Ratings

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Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

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Critics 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.

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Sean M

🖕The director should be punched in the face. 🖕

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Giorgos A

What A Movie! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/29/23

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Audience Member

This is a film that is best described as indelible. The final scene brought me to an embarrassing and spontaneous weeping session, as I sat on the couch beside my wife. This film is the epitome of high craftsmanship, and, I believe, the culmination of what Hollywood has striven for in portraying realistic and poignant dramas. I, as a Christian conservative man, do not condone alternative lifestyles, but in this film we can see what the true love of a father can overcome in loving his son in spite of his not measuring up to his father's beliefs. I believe that the love portrayed by DeNiro's character, as he journeys through this film--and it is an epic journey--reveals a character that allows true love to overcome his stunted emotional limitations. I believe this is a sober film that sugar coats nothing in revealing what it means to be a gay person, and some of the regrettable risks that come as a result of the lifestyle. As a loving and selfless parent, no one wishes for their child to grow up into an alternative lifestyle, because of the difficulties that come about as a result. However, as a truly loving parent, you find yourself still loving your child, because selfless parental love means unconditional love. These parents do not condone behavior that is alternative, but that does not prevent them from loving their children, nonetheless. This film personifies this true parental love and the beauty of purity that such selfless love represents.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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philip s

Everybody's Fine is one of veteran actor Robert De Niro's "finest" moments. There are those who have already had their say of this atypical holiday family film. But odds are the people who have lambasted it have done so because it is indeed such a mirror image of reality that they don't want to have to admit how real it is. The story centers on widower Frank (De Niro) who recently lost his wife. Having been married for over four decades, Frank is heartbroken after the loss of his wife. How she died isn't immediately revealed. Nor is it important how she died. It's the psychological and emotional impact on Frank that makes this story so believable. Frank's emotional and psychological response to having lost his wife is so real in that as much as people may not want to admit it to themselves, his reaction is very much the same as any older person with adult children. He reaches out for support from his now adult children. Although in his mind, he's just trying to get his kids together at least one more time. As he sets off to surprise his kids, audiences learn that Frank spent most of his life helping to set up the telephone lines that criss-cross the country. It's these lines that eventually play a metaphorical role in that while he helped put up the lines, it's those same lines that his own adult children use to keep a painful secret from him. They're keeping the secret not to be mean, but to protect their father purely out of love and respect for him. That secret is the basis of the real story in Everybody's Fine. The real story of Everybody's Fine is less about Frank's relationship with Amy, Rosie and Robert and more about his strained relationship with his other son, David. The relationship between David and Frank had been strained ever since David was a boy. Writer/Director Kirk Jones hints at this through flashbacks that Frank has during the course of the movie's roughly ninety-minute plus run time. While Frank obviously loves his kids, it's David that he's really focused on. He wants so badly to see David; so much so that as audiences hear the conversations between Frank's other children over the telephone wires he helped put up through his career, it makes them feel that much more for Frank. As much as his relationship with David was seemingly strained, Frank still loved David unconditionally, just as any parent would their own child. Again, it's that mirror image of real life that helps maintain the story's relateability. The story between Frank and David does have at least a somewhat happy ending. Though perhaps bittersweet would be the better suited term to use here. But there is closure for both figures nonetheless. And it's that closure that leads to an ending that wraps everything in its own deeply moving gift to audiences. Everybody's Fine is not the standard happy-go-lucky movie that audiences might think of when they think of holiday movies. But its deeply emotional story about family makes it a holiday movie that stands out among the crowd even today as it has been re-issued on blu-ray. It is available now in stores and online. It can be ordered online direct via the Lionsgate online store at http://www.lionsgateshop.com. To keep up with the latest entertainment reviews and news, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and "Like" it or its companion page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Reviews/381028148587141. Fans can always keep up with the latest entertainment reviews and news in the Phil's Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Touching, and realistic. It shows that it's never too late to learn, from our mistakes.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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mohamad a

Heartbreaking story that shows us how much the parents are doing their best to gather their grown children around them again, and how much we hurt our parents when we ignore them, this story is reflecting most of family life and I think instead of our effort to find the happiness far from them, we can find it easily with them. Watch this movie alone, no friends or others, to avoid side conversations and to make you emotions focus.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/22/20

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Kirk Jones

Director

Robert De Niro

Frank

Drew Barrymore

Rosie

Kate Beckinsale

Amy

Sam Rockwell

Robert

Melissa Leo

Colleen

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - I'm Not a Conductor

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - I Wanted to be a Good Father

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - Quitting Smoking

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - A Spaghetti Dinner with Dad

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - Why You All Lied to Me?

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - A Letter From Dad

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - Home for the Holidays

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - One Last Painting

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - Colleen the Truck Driver

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Everybody's Fine: Official Clip - Not My Son, Not My Son

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Riese Bernard

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Everybody's Fine balances humor and drama in a familial odyssey anchored by compelling performances - particularly from De Niro and Drew Barrymore.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B+

Feb 18, 2012

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Hank Sartin

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Instead of a holiday romp chalked with spice and laughs, the result is a mature and schmaltzy story about how families can go through life without ever knowing the ones close to them.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 30, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Especially towards film's end, De Niro does indeed have a few moments to shine and shine he does.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Described by Jones as a film about a family, based in reality and observation, EVERYBODY'S FINE strikes a harmonious balance between serious emotion and humor.

Nov 6, 2019

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Synopsis

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

Director: Kirk Jones
Executive Producer: Craig J. Flores, Meir Teper, Joe Rosenberg, Mike Weber, Callum Greene
Screenwriter: Kirk Jones
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Hollywood Gang
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.9M

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