is everybody fine?
At the heart of "Everybody's Fine" is the theme of family and physical and emotional distances traveled to bring the members back together
is everybody fine?
So Frank, recently widowed and on heart medication, decides to ignore his doctor's advice and head out on a cross-country road trip to visit his offspring. He travels first to New York where there's no sign of his troubled artist son, David (Austin Lysy). He surprises career-minded Amy (Kate Beckinsale) in Chicago, slacker musician Robert (Sam Rockwell) in Colorado and free-spirit Rosie (Drew Barrymore) in Vegas.
is everybody fine?
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>"Mom used to say,
‘Make your dad proud. He works hard for us,'"
Rockwell's Robert tells Frank.
"Well, I know you're not proud."
Frank dismisses the candor, unequipped to deal with it since his wife always handled the family's emotional issues. The strength of "Everybody's Fine" is watching De Niro slowly transform Frank into a father willing to listen and accept his children for who they are and not who he wanted them to be
so really is everybody fine?
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