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Everybody’s Fine

A good little movie. It was nice seeing the father’s issue and character unfold over time. Other writers may have revealed his past and flaw early on and then just dealt with the ramifications.

Structure / Plot

The latter part of Act I and start of Act II were awkward because, while it was already established that the children did not want to spend time with their father, Robert DeNiro, it suddenly seemed like the reason was practical- about the troubled sibling- and not about their personal issues with the father. The real story was about the personal issues so the matter with the fourth child could have been handled differently.

Little thing

In the hospital near the end when the three children told their father about the other son’s death, I felt Drew Barrymore should have hugged her father. It was cold for none of them to and she was closer to him than the others. It also would have dramatized the thawing of the past hardship and start of the new era in the family.

Narration / Voice-over

The very end had a useless voice over from DeNiro. It was a continuation of his dialogue to his dead wife from the cemetery scene, but it didn’t tell us anything new and felt awkward since there were no other voice-overs in the story.

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