Everybody's Fine: A Movie Analysis

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Movie Analysis: Frank Goode, a man in his old age, reflected back on his way of living – his life, his family specifically his children. He felt proud of what his children had become of their lives. Through his guidance and teachings, his children were able to become capable of being independent or so he thought. However, he somehow felt a bit down by the rejections when his children cancelled visiting him altogether so he planned on visiting them one-by-one. On the course of the film, there were moments wherein he felt unimportant in the lives of his children and that he was no longer needed as other people in their old age feel. Moreover, as he went in-depth in each of his children’s life, he felt unsatisfied with himself because he thinks he’s not the father he considered himself to be. He blamed himself for not having the qualities his wife has that his children admired. Amy, who lives in Chicago, can be considered as a woman who accomplished her goals as expected of her as a young adult. She is a proficient businesswoman In an advertising company; lives a comfortable life together with her husband, Jeff, and her son named Jack. She still has problems like any mothers out there, who had problems of their husbands having an affair, such as solving the problem she has with Jack primarily because of his attitude around his father. As part of being an adult, she had become a conservative type of a woman and mother for her to be able to assume a full status in society; blend in with society. Robert, on the other hand, exhibits an attitude and an unseeing life of a young adult. He still hasn’t accomplished tasks expected of him as an adult. When he was still a kid, he dreamt of becoming a conductor of an orchestra. However, as reality kicks in, he only ended up being a percussionist. He still has to prove and make something off of himself as most young
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