"Everybody's Fine" should instead be called "Everybody's in Denial"(or maybe just Robert Deniro's character). I bought this at a thrift store, and it was not worth the money even at that low price. I bought this mainly because Kate Beckinsale is in it, but I also like Robert Deniro. I was expecting something lighthearted, but this was one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. The back cover promises that you will "laugh and cry". I certainly didn't laugh. What little attempts at humor are in this are not at all funny. I didn't literally cry, but I sure felt worse for watching it. Maybe it was expecting something similar to Deniro's character in the "Meet the Parents" series, but all I got was a sad depressed old man. Not that Deniro's acting(or anyone else's) was bad in this movie, the story was just huge downer. It's about a guy after his wive dies, and his children practically never talk to him. They would talk to their mother more, and now that she's gone they rarely if ever call their dad. The idea that children talk to their mother more is believable, but now they have HUGE things going on in their lives that they don't even bother to mention to their dad. They even go way out of their way to deceive him when he goes to visit. Can a family really be like this? It just doesn't seem believable.
Review of Everybody's Fine
