ROBERT DENIRO IS LITTLE MR. SUNSHINE
09.17.09
Everybody’s Fine stars Robert DeNiro as a widower whose grown children (Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore) all cancel on him for Christmas dinner, so he embarks on a hijinks-filled road trip to find out what their hilariously quirky problems are. Supposedly it’s a remake of Guiseppe Tornatore’s Stanno Tutti Bene (Italian for… wait for it… EVERYBODY’S FINE), written and directed by Waking Ned Devine‘s Kirk Jones. But it looks basically like Four Christmases from the parent’s perspective. i.e., sort of generic and lame. But you never know if that’s the movie’s fault or if the trailer editor guy just didn’t know what he was working with. Wait, you mean no one gets hit in the crotch? How am I supposed to let people know this is a comedy? And where the hell am I supposed to put the record scratch? I’m telling you, this is a fool’s errand. Someone fetch my “sproing” sound.
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Everybody’s Fine is what I call the level of drunkenness I achieve right before passing out and waking up next one of Jabba the Hutt’s relatives.
I saw the trailer in the theaters and definitely thought it needed a record scratch when he was leaving messages on his ungrateful horrible children’s phones.
Oh and I haven’t watched that trailer as I am sitting in a boring class but if Deniro doesn’t end up wearing a santa outfit, I’ll eat a Divo hat.
i did some Waking Ned Devine in the shower this morning
Was anybody else waiting for Drew Barrymore to say “Daddy, I’m a prostitute” during that elevator scene?
If my children would not show up to dinner for just one night, that would be the best gift I could ask for.
/Mother of the Year
So it’s a guy finding out that he’s useless?
If I wanted to watch a story about that, I’d just cut together a bunch of paper towel, trash bag, and swiffer commercials.
From FactCheck.org-
Stanno Tutti Bene is actually Italian for:
-Eat something, you’re too skinny!
-Thank you sir, but I actually run a legitimate waste removal service. Go ask that black guy.
-You want some sausage and peppers?
and
-Hey Vito, your mother’s on the phone!
Yea Donk, if I wanted to see that I’d just remember that time a girl dumped me to date a girl who was way hotter than any girl I will ever hook up with.
Just a few more years and Barrymore’s face will complete it’s metamorphosis into the White spy.
who was way hotter than any girl I will ever hook up with.
Sounds like you either need to adjust your attitude or your chloroform recipe. Don’t worry, some girls only enlist in the Lesbian Kiss Army for a four-year commitment.
Alec Baldwin doesn’t understand why DeNiro doesn’t just call those rude, thoughtless little pigs.
If this were really written from a guy’s perspective, it would end with DeNiro dying in a blaze of glory and willing his most prized possession to an Asian kid who he’s been mentoring.
Yeah, if his kids grew up to be Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale and Drew Barrymore. It’s no wonder they won’t come home to see him during the holidays…
Analyze Chris…tmas
You’re probably right Donk. I tried using chloroform but everytime I did a smell test I would wake up the next day with a horrid headache. How do you tell if you have enough on the rag?
Has DeNiro dursted yet? Has he been in anything good since Ronin?