Chicago – Is there any cinematic prize less prestigious than the Heartland Truly Moving Picture Award? Most of the films honored by this group tend to be simple-minded, cloying and thoroughly manipulative. Any group that names “The Blind Side” as “the best film of 2009” seriously needs its head examined. The Heartland award emblem gracing the DVD box of “Everybody’s Fine” is sure to scare off serious fans of its legendary lead actor.
That’s a shame, since this film contains the best performance from Robert De Niro in many years. It’s honest, richly nuanced and utterly heartbreaking. He never strikes a false note, even as the film takes one phony baloney turn after another. He should get an award simply for leaving the film with his dignity intact. While De Niro conveys depths of emotion with the subtlest nuances, director Kirk Jones loudly declares where he intends the viewer...
That’s a shame, since this film contains the best performance from Robert De Niro in many years. It’s honest, richly nuanced and utterly heartbreaking. He never strikes a false note, even as the film takes one phony baloney turn after another. He should get an award simply for leaving the film with his dignity intact. While De Niro conveys depths of emotion with the subtlest nuances, director Kirk Jones loudly declares where he intends the viewer...
- 2/26/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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