Product: Everybody's Fine (2009)
Rating: 5.0
What a great story
What a story! What a wonderful tour de force, subtle performance by Robert De Niro, who plays a 60ish widower trying to reconnect with his four grown kids, who are scattered all over the country and oh-so-involved and busy with their own lives. It was not at all what I expected from the commercials, which in my opinion mis-represent the movie, making it appear almost like a dramady with a big family gathering at Dad's house. I think this movie missed its audiences in theaters because of that.There are some negative reviews here that I don't understand at all, and I'm thinking perhaps this powerful parent-and-child story touched a few raw nerves. It sure as heck did with me. Unfortunately my parents are long gone, so there was no talking to them, but I texted my college boy as I watched the movie, and I talked to my 14 y.o. the next morning, just to tell them I love them and don't want that same kind of distance between us.