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Everybody's Fine | 2009 | PG-13 | - 3.3.5

A widower (Robert De Niro) becomes frustrated when his children seem too busy to see him. Hence, he decides to surprise each one of them with an unannounced visit. But, making his way across the country to see them uncovers some truths about their relationship and their lives. Also with Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Lucian Maisel and Ken Sladyk. Directed by Kirk Jones. [1:35]

SEX/NUDITY 3 - A woman wearing a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage and a short skirt tries to proposition a man on a street: she asks him, "Do you wanna see my leg?" and lifts her skirt to reveal her thigh, but the man jokingly asks if she wants to see his.
 A man is shown bare-chested while seated on an exam table in a doctor's office. We see a man wearing boxer shorts and a T-shirt while dressing. A man's shirt hangs open and part of his bare chest is visible.
 A female truck driver offers to stop at a hotel so that she and a man riding in her cab can sleep; he seems to think she is suggesting that they have sex and she explains that she'll be sleeping in the truck. There is a discussion of sexual confusion. We hear that a man has been having an affair with another woman and that he and his wife are separated.
 We see a statue of a nude young boy holding his penis as water begins to pour from it.

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man tries to mug another man, they shove each other briefly, one man is pushed to the floor, and a vial of pills falls on the floor and is crushed (no one is hurt).
 A man hyperventilates while on an airplane, he makes his way to the bathroom, and we see him clutching his chest and then being taken on a gurney into an ambulance (we understand that he has had a heart attack).
 A man imagines that his deceased son visits him in the hospital and they have a brief conversation. A man at a cemetery talks to his deceased wife's grave.
 A young boy and his father argue and they appear to have a strained relationship. A young teen boy is rude and dismissive toward his parents. A woman says that her young teen son and his father argue all the time.
 A woman remarks to her father that she hasn't seen him "since the funeral." We hear that a man died from a drug overdose. A doctor talks about a man's condition, which is lung fibrosis, and that it was caused by the work that he did. A man is told that his son is dead and he weeps. We hear a woman talking about a man having been arrested for drug possession in Mexico. We hear about a large storm causing damage. A woman talks about her husband dying from drink.
 We see several people in a jail cell. A man imagines seeing a young boy behind bars in a jail cell. A man appears nervous about flying on a plane.

LANGUAGE 5 - About 1 F-word, 5 scatological terms, 5 mild obscenities, name-calling (crazy), 8 religious exclamations.

SUBSTANCE USE - We hear that a man died from a drug overdose, and we hear that a man was arrested for drug possession in Mexico. Three people drink wine with dinner, a man buys several bottles of wine at a grocery store, and a man and a woman drink wine. A man smokes a cigarette, and a man tries to light a cigarette when his father tells him not to smoke and they argue briefly. A man takes prescription medication in several scenes.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Death of a spouse, death of a child, parental relationships with children, loneliness, terminal illness, divorce, drug use/abuse, change, children growing up and moving on, perfection, disappointment, infidelity, retirement, travel, lying, fatherhood, parental pressure on children to succeed, luck, communication, respect, grief, honesty, hectic nature of life, happiness, feeling inadequate, regret, forgiveness.

MESSAGE - Life is full of changes.

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