Everything Must Go

MPAA Rating: for language and some sexual content.

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Length:

1 hr. 37 min.

Year of Release:

2011

USA Release:

May 13, 2011
DVD: September 6, 2011

Relevant Issues

being fired

unemployment

wife leaves husband

drunkenness / alcoholic

divorce in the Bible

DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE—Under what conditions may Christians divorce and remarry? Answer

mentoring

Does God feel our pain? Answer

Did God make the world the way it is now? What kind of world would you create? Answer

hope

Discover God’s promise for all people—told beautifully and clearly from the beginning. Discover The HOPE! Watch it on-line, full-length motion picture.

“Lost is a good place to find yourself”

Producer’s synopsis: “Adapted and directed by Dan Rush, and based on a short story by Raymond Carver (‘Why Don’t You Dance’), EVERYTHING MUST GO tells the story of NICK PORTER (Will Ferrell) a career salesman whose days of being on top are long gone. The same day Nick gets fired, for falling off the wagon one last time, he returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line—or more properly, on the lawn—reluctantly holding a yard sale that becomes a unique strategy for survival.”

“…a terrific performance… a sweetened-up, padded-out scenario of hope cracking through a drunk’s despair.…[B-]”
—Lisa Schwarzbaumm, Entertainment Weekly

“…not all the film it could have been, but is more worth seeing than a lot of other recent releases.… At the end, I was expecting more of an emotional payoff… [3]”
—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“…If he isn’t careful, Will Ferrell is going to become a bona fide actor. The loudmouthed comedian isn’t there yet.…”
—Scott Bowles, USA Today

“…Ferrell’s performance—all of the performances, in fact—is so poignant that you could hardly bear otherwise.…[4½/5]”
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic

“…a ‘Must’-see… Ferrell is surprisingly strong and sympathetic playing a human wreck with a heart worth saving.…”
—James Verniere, The Boston Herald

“…forces one too many complications but closes on a strong note and reminds us less can be more and sometimes, everything must—and can—go. [2½/4]”
—Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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