“Everybody’s Fine” offers one of the few Robert De Niro roles in recent memory that doesn’t equate acting with histrionics. De Niro is at the center of the film in one of the quietest performances of his career, yet one of the most moving – the kind that ought to draw Oscar attention.

Written and directed by Kirk Jones (“Waking Ned Devine”), adapted from a 1990 Giuseppe Tornatore film that starred Marcello Mastroianni, “Everybody’s Fine” is a compelling character study, constructed as a family drama (though it’s being sold in some commercials as a family comedy). (More…)