Movie #163 "Everybody's Fine" is a lot like "About Schmidt" except it has Robert De Niro in the father role ---- and I like him so much better than Nicholson. Just a personal preference. This also deals with a dad who has recently lost his wife and he's, well, lost and lonely. He plans a gathering at his place but none of his 4 kids show up, so he decides to tackle a cross country train trip to surprise each one individually. And boy does he surprise them. Pretty sad, when they have little time for him, when he spent all of his life working to raise them. But that's what this movie is about! How we take our folks for granted. And we expect too much from our kids. How we need to listen in life more. How we lie to our folks to save them grief, but maybe we shouldn't. How we lie to our kids to save them from grief and maybe we shouldn't. A true slice of life, this film is, and I enjoyed it --------it brought me to tears, very moving high point. I even liked the Paul McCartney song at the end and wondered why that wasn't nominated for best song (instead of the one from "Paris 36")). I recommend this film --- hey, it's got DeNiro. Most of the time, that's enough. And here is no exception.
Average rating: 3.35
I gave it 4 stars
Everybody's Fine
(2009) PG-13
Frank (Robert De Niro) just lost his wife, and without their mother by his side, Frank's grown children aren't compelled to visit for the holidays. So he hits the road to visit them -- collecting various revelations and learning about himself along the way. Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Melissa Leo co-star in writer-director Kirk Jones's family tale, an update of Giuseppe Tornatore's 1990 Italian film.
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