Everybody's Fine Movie

If there's one person in my life I've never wanted to disappoint, 

it's my father.

I can't remember the last time I cried so much watching a movie!! Last night I watched Everybody’s fine movie. This movie is truly worth watching.

Everybody’s fine movie is a 2009 American film that is written and directed by Kirk Jones  , and stars Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale.

The supporting actors give credible performances, but it's DeNiro who has to carry this movie and he does a great job with it. Not only is he in practically every scene, he plays a very tough role: an ordinary working class father of 4. This trailer gives the impression that this is a comedy well for me it's not a happy or funny movie at all, it's sad really sad.

THE PLOT

Frank Goode is getting ready for his children to come visit him. He gets everything all set, goes out and buys a new grill, expensive wine, and gets the backyard and house all ready. One by one though, each of his children call to cancel on him. Feeling a bit down by the rejections, Frank decides to head out on a cross-country trip, visiting each of his kids and here come the adventures. 

After visiting his physician and being warned about his health, Frank takes a train to New York City, where he sits on his son David's doorstep, but  David never shows up.

Next visit is to daughter Amy  in Chicago, She had turned down her father's earlier invitation to visit, saying that her son Jack was sick. However, once he gets to Amy's house, Frank realizes Jack wasn't sick and Amy was just making up an excuse. Dinner is uncomfortable with tension between Jack and his father (Amy’s husband). The truth is his first daughter Amy gets cheated on by her husband but Amy kept that from her Dad.  

After seeing Amy, Frank arrives in Denver expecting to see Robert conduct the city's orchestra. It turns out Robert is only a percussionist. Robert also tells Frank his visit is at a bad time, as the orchestra is flying to Europe the next day, but this is only a lie. So within hours Frank prepares to take a bus to Las Vegas to visit his daughter Rosie.  

After missing his train, Frank arrives in Las Vegas late, catching a ride part-way from a female truck driver. Rosie meets him at the station in a stretch limo and tells him she was in a big show that just ended the previous week. She takes him to her huge, fancy apartment, where her friend Jilly brings over her baby for babysitting. Frank overhears a message being left on an answering machine, indicating the apartment is actually borrowed from Rosie's friend.during dinner, Frank asks Rosie why his adult children never talked to him and told him things, when they told their mother everything. He is not comfortable, knowing all his kids are lying to him.

Frank flies back home but — without his pills — he has a heart attack in the plane's lavatory. Frank has a dream of his kids as young children; in the dream, everyone's sitting at the table outside. Although his kids are all young again, they're discussing all of their problems as adults. He knows Amy's husband has left her for another woman and that's why Jack was so tense around him. It's revealed that Jilly's baby is actually Rosie's baby. 
The kids and their mother always kept the unpleasant truth from Frank. While Frank thought he was encouraging his kids, they thought he was pressuring them and would be disappointed in how their lives really turned out. He ends up having the heart attack while this dream is occurring. Next scene is in the hospital, where he wakes up in bed with Amy, Robert, and Rosie standing around. 

Frank tells them that he knows something's wrong with David and asks what's going on. All three children start crying and it is revealed that David has died from a drug overdose, which prompts Frank to cry as well. During the night, Frank has a vision about a young David being in his hospital room. He tells him how he was never disappointed in him and he never would be as David grew up.

The last scene shows the family at Christmas. Frank is cooking the turkey and remembers that he never had the heart to tell his wife hers was overcooked. All three children are around the house helping cook and decorate the tree. It's also revealed that Rosie and Jilly are a couple and are raising the baby together. Amy is dating her co-worker whom she introduced her father to at the train station. The film ends with Frank walking into the dining room, to his family, and a screenshot of everyone sitting at the table together.

IN REALITY

Choosing sides on whether communication is easier between a Mother and Father is not an easy one. Some kids find it easier to talk to their Mom rather than their Dad. While others find it easier to talk to their Father. Some kids can't talk either their mom or their dad and choose their best friends

For the most part it is easier for children to have discussions with their Mothers. Women in general are talkers. Women like to talk, and share information. While men don't really like getting into deep discussions relating to anything serious. Men and women are made differently, women talk and men take action.

A Mom for the most part, will listen by talking to her child sitting down face to face. The child will feel better because he knows he has an audience; someone that truly cares and will try to help him. Mom may come up with ideas to solve the problem, but most likely the child and Mom after discussing the problem will come up with a solution together. Moms just have that special something inside them that makes them good listeners and good problem solvers.