Every Thing Will Be Fine

Released Dec 4, 2015

1 hr. 58 min.

Drama

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After he causes a car accident, Tomas (James Franco) spends the next 12 years examining the effects of the tragedy on his life.

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Critics Consensus

Every Thing Will Be Fine finds director Wim Wenders in not so fine form, delivering a film of moral quandary that never leaps off the screen despite its 3-D stylization.

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ronald h

This film is so slow moving that it's practically inert. James Franco, a one note actor, is perfect for his one note role as a self-absorbed, solipsistic novelist who accidentally runs over and kills a young child. There are a couple of bits that bring to mind Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter", another movie about a tragedy that won't exactly brighten your day. At least that movie had mostly realistic dialogue. Some of the dialogue here is so awkward it made me wince. The best thing in the film is Charlotte Gainsbourg as the mother of the child whom Franco runs over. She's able to get some interesting nuance out of her limited role. Overall, though, this is barely worth sitting through. It is beautifully shot in 3D, but that's only a treat for the eyes and nothing else.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This drama about a novelist who kills a little boy in a car accident while staying in contact with the mother over the years has a few really beautifully shot images. Still, similar to the protagonist, who is trying to end his life a few months later before going on a slow trip towards redemption, the emotions here are somewhat supressed and do not allow the audience to really feel with the characters. It doesn't help that some dialogs don't feel very life-like and the solution seems rather random.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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When James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rachel McAdams altogether can't create any interest in a movie, something really bad must be behind it. For example the plot and the dialogues, or the director. Or the three things together.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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farah r

Although beautifully shot, nothing makes sense about this odd attempt at a thriller. James Franco has done a couple of unusual movies these past few years and none of them were good.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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It's a terrible film in so many ways - structurally, emotionally, credibly - that it's almost a perplexing marvel worth watching (and not least of which because it's beautifully shot and impeccably scored). It's a disjointed mess, putting Franco front and center in an all-too-familiar-of-late performance of purposefully flat affect, as he plays a cipher surrounded by horrible, horrible people who have less patience for his glacial journey of self-discovery than the average viewer.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

are people crazy???? why is this another low rating movie??? just the first 10mins of movie got me jaw dropping!!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Wim Wenders

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Tomas Eldan

Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Rachel McAdams

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Marie-Josée Croze

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Peter Stormare

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

It's a well-photographed story with an intriguing setup, but soon we're mired in a meandering, stilted story with forced dialogue and some surprisingly subpar performances from the talented cast.

Rated: 2.0

Jan 8, 2016

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

Wenders has a history of employing exceptional cinematographers (such as Robby Müller), and here gets fine work from Benoit Debie, whose glowing landscapes and interiors contribute at least as much as the script.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 17, 2015

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Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

A small but taut drama in which the beautiful physical details jumping off the screen only serve to emphasize an ill-defined setting and major insufficiencies in the script and performances.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 11, 2015

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Elissa Suh

Spectrum Culture

Every Thing Will Be Fine takes place in Canada, here utterly boring and uninflected with anything beyond a few trying landscapes. Wenders is clearly phoning it in. Maybe he didn't even show up for work.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 4, 2020

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Adam Cook

Cinema Scope

Every Thing Will Be Fine is downright strange. Some of the visual choices really feel like conscious decisions to do something interesting with the format, but the strain is palpable and the subject matter is handled embarrassingly.

Oct 17, 2017

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

With Every Thing Will Be Fine, [Wim] Wenders has proved that using 3D need not be confined to documentary filmmaking, but that it can be absolutely vital to drama.

Aug 14, 2017

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Synopsis

After he causes a car accident, Tomas (James Franco) spends the next 12 years examining the effects of the tragedy on his life.

Director: Wim Wenders
Executive Producer: Erwin M. Schmidt, Jeremy Thomas
Screenwriter: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Götafilm, Film i Väst, Montauk Productions, Neue Road Movies
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017

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