Everybody's Fine (2009) on Netflix
Frank Goode lives alone in Elmira, New York, a retired widower with heart trouble. When his four grown children cancel their summer reunion, he sets out to visit each of them.
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Plot summary
Frank Goode spent his working life making telephone cables, and he is proud of having pushed his four adult children toward success. Eight months after his wife's death and against his doctor's advice, he expects them home for a summer reunion. All four call to cancel, so Frank sets off to surprise each of them. In New York City his son David, an artist, is not home. In Chicago his daughter Amy lives in an impressive suburban house with her husband Jeff and son Jack, and she tells him it is a bad time to visit. In Denver his son Robert is busy with the city's orchestra and says the timing is bad.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Everybody's Fine (2009)
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- Paul McCartney wrote the ballad "(I Want to) Come Home" for the film after seeing an advance screening. He wrote it from the perspective of De Niro's character, then realized afterwards that it can also be heard from the adult children's view. The recording earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Song.
