Everybody's Fine

directed by Kirk Jones
Category: "Drama"
Year of Release:2009
Date Added:03/30/2011
Date Watched:03/30/2011
Description:Widower Frank (Robert De Niro) takes a trip to reconnect with his adult children (Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell). He discovers that all of them have been lying to him - their lives aren't going nearly as well as they've claimed. He never manages to contact his youngest son. He heads for home and has a heart attack. Three of the kids visit him in the hospital and reveal that the other son recently died of a drug overdose. But the experince brings them together as a family for the first time since his wife died.
My Rating:5

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Review - Everybody's Fine

Sad, both because I could relate to the way a father aches for his kids and because of the sadness of their lives.
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