Nick's Review: http://gorgview.com/everything-must-go
In Everything Must Go, Will Ferrell plays a guy who loses his job, his wife, and his house all in the same day. He later loses access to his money and credit cards. All of this happens because he has an alcoholism problem and has had some incidents at work and at home related to that.
I loved this movie in somewhat of a gentle way. This movie is really sad, like really really sad. Which makes the ending super awesome. You feel his pain. Especially if you're having trouble finding a job or relationship problems. Or if you've ever had a time in your life that the world has kicked the tar out of you. So probably everyone.
One thing that I particularly liked about the movie is that the wife in the movie (played by nobody) is essentially abusing Will Ferrell's character and the movie deals with it in an appropriate way. Other characters blame Will Ferrell for his wife's actions (accurate), he gets really angry at the fact that no one helps him (accurate), and he sells his stuff to get money, but then the end happens and he takes his rightful things back (happens sometimes and gives hope to the audience so I'm for it). Oh yeah, and it didn't turn into an anti-feminist rant. Although I wonder how many people thought that Will Ferrell's character was being financially abused. Maybe I see this stuff everywhere. Maybe because it is everywhere. Meh. it made me like the film and now you will see it too the next time you watch it.
I remember seeing this movie for the first time and hating it, but I really have no idea why. Except that I definitely missed the end, for some reason, and that made the movie. As endings tend to.
Grade: A
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