Everybody's Fine Page #4

Synopsis: Frank Goode lives by himself in Elmira, NY, a recent widower with heart trouble, retired from a factory job, proud of having pushed his adult children toward success. In the summer, all four kids bail on a reunion, so, against doctor's orders, Frank decides to surprise each with a visit. He sets out to see his artist son in New York City, his daughter the ad exec in Chicago, his son the conductor on tour and presently in Denver, and his daughter who's a performer in Vegas. None are as he imagines or hopes. Will they let him see themselves as they are, and can this dad adapt?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Director(s): Kirk Jones
Production: Miramax
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
2009
99 min
$8,855,646
Website
1,096 Views


You crazy man.

Look at you. You haven't been well.

You shouldn't be traveling.

-Did you check with the doctor?

-I checked with the doctor.

-You checked with him?

-Of course I checked with the doctor.

-Jeff home?

-No, not yet.

Let me find out

when he's coming back.

So everybody dropped out of the visit?

I didn't realize. I had no idea.

How did you get here?

-You didn't fly, did you?

-No, of course I didn't fly.

I took a train to New York to see David,

and he wasn't there

so I took a bus here.

-You took a bus? To Chicago?

-Yeah. All by myself.

-My God. I can't believe it!

-Yeah. Jack got better fast.

Yeah, no, he did.

Definitely, it was a 24-hour thing.

I like the house.

-Yeah? But you've seen pictures.

-I've seen pictures.

I haven't seen the house,

not the real thing.

-Hey, everyone.

-Hey, Jack.

-How's it going?

-Good.

Jack, why don't you take Grandpa

outside and show him your golf?

-You play golf?

-Sure, I'm a natural.

-Yeah, I'd like to see that.

-You wanna see that?

-Where are you hitting it?

-To that flag over there.

All the way out there?

Oh, boy. Okay.

-My record's 3.

-3?

I'll believe that when I see it.

Come on, let's go.

-You watch.

-Okay.

Not bad.

-Beat that.

-I'll beat that, easily, but...

All right.

Now I'll just have to show you

a few things.

Yeah, that was good,

but not good enough. Frank, the pro.

-Come on, Tiger Woods.

-You ready?

-Take your time.

-Okay, ready? Yeah.

-Sh*t! Sorry.

-What was that?

Shot that...

That was just a practice shot.

Give me another one of those.

I'm going after this.

Here we go.

Sh*t! Christ! Sorry.

-You hit the spice garden.

-One more. Come on.

This is the last one. Come on. This is...

I'm your guest. One more. Let's go.

Come on. One more. One more.

Let's go.

-This is my last one.

-One more.

-Don't lose this one, too.

-Give me another ball.

Put it down. Be a sport.

-I wanna watch this baby fly.

-Ready?

-Ready?

-Impress me.

Sh*t. Damn. F***ing Christ.

Sorry. Sorry.

Can you just...

Yes, Chinese food would be fine.

No, of course not.

No, he doesn't know anything.

So, I hear you're doing

very well at school.

-Nah, not really.

-What do you mean "not really"?

Your mother says

you're at the top of your class.

-Does she?

-Yeah.

-You have to work hard at school.

-Yeah, I know.

I'll tell you what I used to tell

your mother when she was your age.

About being the best

and getting to the top?

-That's right.

-Yeah, she warned me about that.

-Jeff's home.

-Okay.

-Hey, Frank.

-Hi, Jeff.

What's all this? Come here, come here.

-Surprise.

-Big surprise. Big surprise.

-Look at you. You're looking so well.

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