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A Major Disappointment

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

I really enjoyed this film, as depressing as it was. I was already soaked with tears 30 minutes in, possibly exacerbated by the fact that my family is 7500km away. The character choices were great, and the reality of the family relationships made it very relatable. Parents and kids relationships change when the children become adults, and shifting loyalties cause strains in those relationships that were previously well-defined. It does annoy me when people act as if our elders are already part of history, like they're not still alive and there to enjoy and share with. Movies like this make me hope that they can be catalysts for change. That's all I can write now, because I want to Skype with my family... that's what this movie did to me.

Realistic, gentle, and a very common real life family drama. A Lonely widower travels across the ­states in a fraught attempt to round up his now grownup busy children for a ­family get-together since their mother's funeral. Wrapped around a pretty simple story yet very cleverly ­constructed. DeNiro gives a brilliant performance and still at his best while taking a calm, careworn, less iconic role. British writer-director Kirk Jones has persuaded him to turn the heat down. DeNiro plays Frank Goode - A retired guy with cardiac and ­ respiratory problems, struggling to keep up. With a strong ­ supporting cast, there is a third-act ­crisis that shares Frank's stunned ­incredulity. A film is overall very real, refreshing in a sense, yet very touching nonetheless.~ @asifahsankhan

Thank God I didn't read the dreary reviews before watching this movie. For some reason, lots of people find it "depressing". (Which depresses me, since Everybody's Fine is an accurate reflection of real life. Maybe someone's in denial?) And professional critics for the most part don't find it... something... enough. But I'm a critical viewer, and I loved it. Robert DeNiro is brilliant and completely recognisable as a father of grown kids. Maybe the people who didn't like it are just too young to have been there: men of my father's generation and before, who thought their main job was to make money and hector their kids into "succeeding" during the few minutes per week they spent together. I knew this character the instant I saw him; the opening scene -- which has no dialogue -- says it all. The dad is also deeply sympathetic, which isn't easy in a movie based on his past mistakes. But I love this guy. If you knew him in real life, you will too. But what makes Everybody's Fine so powerful is that it's a mystery; clues drop subtly, around a main character who isn't as dumb, or as inflexible, as his family thinks he is. We figure out the truth along with him. The white-lying portrayed is also completely realistic; the unanswered questions kept me trying to solve the mystery.The grown kids (whom the father still tellingly calls "my children") are a bit stock, I'll give the critics that. But the performances are good; better than some reviewers have allowed. Each one is simultaneously the same and different; again, realistic. And the grandson is brilliant. Lucian Maisel manages to play it just teenaged enough to be real (and charming), without quite stepping over the line to obnoxious. He's sarcastic and outspoken, but remains inside the story. If you haven't seen this movie, stop reading the reviews. See it and make up your own mind. I'm glad I did.

I think one of the main themes, aside from family relations, are how busy American's lives are. I know myself that when I have a family obligation I find myself inconvenienced from my daily life. In the movie, Dinero was from a different time, where being successful didn't mean catching flights every few days.I'm not really sure why the other son lied about flying out when he had no plans, but when Drew Barrymore's character had time to hang out with Dinero, it was somewhat refreshing after being rushed out of his first 2 kid's houses.Great movie, super depressing. Would watch alone with a glass of wine.