Review of Everything Must Go (2011) by Zach K — 05 May 2012

Everything Must Go shows that Will Ferrell can adapt to more serious roles.

This review of Everything Must Go (2011) was written by Zach K on 05 May 2012.

Everything Must Go has generally received positive reviews.

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Everything Must Go is not a comedy as imagined by most Will Ferrell fans, it instead takes Ferrell out of his usually funny-man comfort zone…

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By Tara Thorne (211) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 16 Nov 2018

The film is not quite there somehow-like Punch Drunk Love-level Adam Sandler, Ferrell needs a scene in which he busts out his signature belligerent…

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By Chan M (3) on 19 Jun 2017

A perfectly suitable dramedy featuring a surprising turn for Will Ferrell and his counterparts that is competently made, but is often times…

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By Steve B (1,343) on 19 Sep 2015

More depressing than I thought and less funny than I thought…

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By Alan R (146) on 02 Jan 2016

Not quite as literary as the short story that inspired it, but definitely achieves what it was aiming for…

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Emotive Ferrell in the downfall and rebirth of a boozer natural born loser.Good choice for a weekend…

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By Ryley R (36) on 30 Dec 2016

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Will Ferrell's incredibly restrained performance is a delightful find in this pleasantly endearing dramedy about a broken alcoholic putting…

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