Everything Must Go
(2010)
Based on the short
story “Why Don't You Dance?” by Raymond Carver this film from
director Dan Rush stars Will Ferrell and Rebecca Hall. A relapsing
alcoholic loses his job and his wife on the same day.
It is nice to see a
film with Will Ferrell is which he gives a much calmer performance
than his usual over the top comedies and he carries this film really
well. The plot is fairly simple but the underlying metaphor which it
is based around works really well and helps gives us an insight into
the journey of a man struggling against his problems. What the film
does well is side step all the usual clichés of a fairly cluttered
genre and stays well clear of being preachy.
4/5
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