Midian-2

This was actually a pretty decent movie. I just would have liked to have known that when my wife and I sat down with pizza and popcorn that we'd be watching two dudes making out.

The box showed a pretty happy looking Jim Carrey, and you can't go wrong with Ewan McGregor. Going in, everything was moving along swell when *bam!* full on guy-on-guy action. Not what I was expecting. Unless you've got a phobia when it comes to same sex love-making, the movie had it's laughs and was worth the hour and a half we spent watching it...uncomfortably.

Maybe I should have done my research a little better, but I thought this had something to do with smoking.

The cover of the box shows DeNiro, Beckinsale and Barrymore smiling and happy. The title "Everybody's Fine" makes you think...well, that as suggested, everything will be fine. Oh no...not fine. Not fine at all. If fine is somebody peeing on your fresh vanilla ice cream scoop, then this movie is fine.

The acting was quite superb, but this story makes drowning kittens look like a happily ever after. At least cats can be resuscitated in a comedic fashion by twirling them above your head by their tails like a lasso. (The centrifugal force pushes the water out.) Though, even that didn't work with this movie. I tried.

My real gripe here is that this shouldn't have been marketed as a family comedy. There wasn't anything to laugh at. "A heartwarming film that will move you to laughter and tears." I watched this at the end of the night to get a good smile and a couple of chuckles out before I went to bed. Now I just feel vacant and depressed. Yes, DeNiro was awesome, but there should be some warning on the box that the "heartwarming moving to laughter" segment of the film is only about four and a half minutes long while the rest pulls your heart strings through the venom that binds this sad family.

Most misleading billing of a film as a comedy since Fast Food Nation.

Not saying it sucked...but damn if I don't feel like crying.