Don't be tricked! Not a funny movie!
Added 3/17/2010
Don't let the cover fool you...these characters don't smile for long. This movie is not a family comedy. It is sad and depressing.
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Maybe Kirk Jones doesn't remember he read Anne Tyler
Added 3/15/2010
This movie watches like a book. I was surprised to find out the director Kirk Jones had also written this script. I was sure I had read this story in one of those awful women's novels about sad, isolated mom or dad who don't know how to reach out to their oblivious offspring. Of course, you cannot go wrong with DeNiro, his performances are always satisfying but it simply is not enough. There is nothing of interest here. It's sad, it's lonely, it takes too long to set up and too many things play out in an achingly obvious but frustrating way (hasn't Dad ever heard Wal-Mart, to name just one place, can fill a prescription anywhere in the country? All he had to do is call the doctor and tell him what happened.). This is what had my husband saying "I would have been pissed if I had paid to see this in a theater".
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Everybody's Fine
Added 3/14/2010
Widower Frank Goode has had to make plenty of adjustments since losing his wife about a year ago, but maybe the hardest one has been maintaining his relationships with his four adult children. It would seem that Frank's wife was the glue who held the family together, and when all of the kids bug out on a planned visit home, he decides to set out on a trip around the country, dropping in on each of their lives in order to help put things right. But their relationships aren't as simple as they once seemed, and Frank's paternal intuition is telling him that his sons and daughters are hiding something from him, and if the Goodes want to become the family they once were, the truth will have to come out before Frank returns home. The supporting players, in this case the adult children, are all beautifully cast. There's no stupidity or attitude in its form, just pure feeling. If you come from a family of secrets, which may be the majority of us, this is a good movie as long as you are not expecting a straight out comedy.
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Very Good and Likeable Movie
Added 3/12/2010
This is a sweet and poignant film and Deniro is wonderful in it. Have a tissue handy. The other reviews here tell you the plot so you already know. Watch this movie, you won't be sorry, but again, have a tissue handy.
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Everything is fine about this movie
Added 3/11/2010
Kirk Jones remake of the remake of a 1990 Italian film Statto Tutti Bene was written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. This movie stars Robert DeNiro stars in this film directed by Kirk Jones about a retired guy who wants to be close to his children in the same way as they were close to their mother his wife who has recently passed away. Since they have given excuses for not showing up for a family reunion at their childhood home in Elmira NY, he takes upon himself to go and visit them so that he can get to know them and spend time with them. So he sets off hoping that the children have some time for him from their busy successful lives. However the children that he thinks are successful professionally are not. They have had setbacks and failures and they are putting up a brave face for their father. Somehow during the course of the visits and his interactions with his children and their families he realizes that they have not been truthful with him and have never been close to him. Just when you thought that Robert DeNiro was hell bent on destroying his legacy, comes this pleasant movie. Surely this is not among his best but fans of DeNiro and easy paced cinema would not be disappointed. The cast is great and perform their parts well. Kate Beckinsale plays Amy his oldest daughter, Robert his son is played by Sam Rockwell, Rosie is played by Drew Barrymore. His older son is David and we get to see him in only one brief scene towards the end. I loved this film about reconnecting with your family and loving your parents. DeNiro is splendid and plays the part of Frank extremely well. I give it 4 stars. 3/10/10
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