While driving aimlessly after a quarrel with his girlfriend, a writer accidentally runs over and kills a child. The accident and its aftermath deeply traumatizes him. Over the next 12 years, he struggles to make sense of what happened and continue on with life, but when he looks in the mirror, he sees a murderer. Written by

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peter-eldon from Sweden
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An artistic film about everyday life focusing on the popular writer Tomas Eldan and other artists and their close-ones whose paths cross upon each other when tragedy hits, unfolding a series of events that span over a decade. A small and realistic film by director Wim Wenders using brilliant 3D techniques centering around time and light that makes huge waves with the storytelling, the breathtaking cinematography and scenery with impressive performances, especially from James Franco and rising actor Robert Naylor. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams, Peter Stormare, Patrick Bauchau, Marie-Josée Croze and the young Julia Sarah Stone, Lilah Fitzgerald and Jack Fulton also feature. There were a few question marks in the script that stood out for me but the overall film-production and the skills they used satisfied me totally.

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Christian Stadegaart
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Exceptionally well acted by James Franco. Beautifully layered storyline. Its storytelling is right on par with the story itself. Really modest in its presentation, but grand in its effect. Robert Naylor also deserves credit for some fine acting. I hope this piece of art won't be underrated, because the story really is just a plain portrait of life, without any fuss. It struck me, with all its characters in it. Please take note of James Franco reading his letter from teenager Christopher so beautifully human. And the score is beautiful! Its cinematography is well crafted, there to deliver. I can't see why people would think this is a pretentious presentation of camera styles.

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temrok9 from Greece
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I had given up expecting anything great from Wim Wenders a long time ago;he still made it in my best five list of directors of all time because of his German films of the seventies, but my enthusiasm had diminished after The state of things-his last masterpiece, in my opinion, up till now-and as times went by he, unfortunately, became a replica of himself, seeming to run after what he one was but ending up with a feeling of an awkward imitation, no matter how beautifully shot his movies always were. So it was a very pleasant surprise to watch in Everything will be fine the Wenders I once adored come back.The film is a lesson in directing, so beautiful, solid, subtle and emotionally rich-it is the only film for years that made me cry-and at the same time it is discreetly under the spell of the personality of the man who once made Alice in the cities and In the passage of time.The trailer I had watched says much about the plot but nothing about the way Wenders drives his actors-unexpectedly excellent, some of them-and the whole movie to a kind of perfection we encounter only in the Great:Antonioni, Polanski, Bergman, and, yes, among others, Wenders himself.This also means that the movie functions perfectly not only aesthetically but transfers feelings and ideas with maximum impact through minimum means.A masterpiece!

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Diand from Amsterdam
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Everything Will Be Fine is a small intimate movie, but suffers from an average screenplay and you can almost feel Wenders trying to bring intellectual depth to the movie. Although the center ultimately is the grieve and guilt following the death of a child in a car accident and coming to grips with that, it touches many themes which leaves the viewer purposively confused about the center and where to root himself in this movie in the first place: Broken relationships and families, stalking and a writer offering almost everything for success and coping with his remorse.

The use of 3D in the movie is sometimes quite effective. For example, the first two scenes worked well, showing dust and then snow creating a haze in the image suggesting the troubled mind of Tomas. In addition, there are other clever movie techniques at work: turning the camera in directions where you would not expect it to go (turning the camera away from the action or showing a wider angle of the situation); also making effective use of time, hopping forward frequently so the viewer has to adopt his frame of reference. Although the cinematography is not bad, you start missing the collaborations with Robby Müller producing his best movies in the past.

Gainsbourg (illustrator) I think is one of the oddest actresses around as she doesn't (or maybe can't) act. Franco (writer) is consistently clever and restrained in the movie, although you see him struggling in the first scenes. The score of Desplat is very apt for the atmosphere of the movie.

I hope Wenders finally wins his deserved first Oscar, not for this but for the excellent Salt of the Earth documentary.

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int_53185 from United States
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I came into this movie with low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised to find a well crafted, affecting story. The plot itself is very simplistic. So much so that one begins to wonder if this idea could be made into an almost two hour movie. But that is where this movie begins to show its' genius. Time itself, it seems is under study in this movie. A tragic accident occurs. A young boy is killed. And the next 90+ minutes reveals the effect it has, not only to the main characters involved, but also the people that they love. It is beautifully shot and well acted. It tugs at your heart strings, but never so roughly that you will notice that you yourself are being affected by the passage of time. Many of the events that occur seem logical and are character revealing. It's hard to dislike this movie. It just goes to show that even the most mundane of ideas can bear rich fruit.

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George M from United States
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Rachel McAdams is a terrible actress and couldn't speak french if her life depended on it. Just terrible and James Franco should go back to comedies. Waste of time and money so.... Your welcome for stopping you from watching this terrible movie. I guess I need To fill 10 lines of text for these guys to accept my review... That is lame because that is all I had to say about the movie and if I have to sit here and write more about the movie, I am going to tell you how much more I dislike it because I am forced to re-live it again while trying to write this review. This will probably be my last review on this website because of this silly prerequisite to post a review. "F" IMDb for forcing a reviewer to write more for a review. Ever heard the expression less is more? Thank you and "F" off. Rachel, you should stop acting and start doing heroin. That's just one users opinion though. Cheers losers including IMDb.

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cruel_intentions-71527
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The movie takes us through part of the life of a writer who goes through a traumatic experience. That's the only exciting moment of the movie. The rest is just seeing time pass and nothing really happens. Part of the story driving is even the cliché "we can not be happy because we can't have children".

The camera management was alright, and so is the acting(mostly), but the script is all over the place at the beginning and when it finally seems like the plot is going somewhere, it's really not. Calling it "art film" is not an excuse for such a poor movie. I had high hopes because James Franco was in it, but even he did could not redeem this.

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lunnsworld from United States
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For reviewer in1984, you don't get out much do you, or rather you haven't traveled the world much....You know just because your parents have an accent (no matter where from) while speaking the English language does not mean they're children will possess those accents. Both my parents are British, I have 5 brothers and sisters, none of us have a British accent, there's a reason for this, hopefully you can figure it out. Your observation on this detail of the movie was not only unimportant, it was a complete lack of knowledge and experience with such ideas on your part. The film lacked some substance but overall was watchable. Although I would not spend money to own it.

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in1984 from United States
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6.25 of 10. Definitely an art film. If it could have gone 1 step further and removed the product placement, it would be more than a fine/OK art film, potentially great.

A commentary on the world where everything is okay/fine no matter what the circumstances and its impact on people, particularly young people. Set around a detached American writer man (Franco) involved with a lot of French-Canadian people living in a quasi-rural/suburban setting. Largely an introspective story about writing and how stories, characters come about.

There are a few obvious holes that hurt the immersion level of the film. The kids of people with accents, whatever they may be, lack any accents. MacAdams makes the effort to be an accented character, but it's unclear whether she was one of the French Canadians or a Spanish immigrant, and the story itself leaves that open for interpretation.

Music was performed by Symphony Orchestra of Gothenburg, the national orchestra of Sweden during two days in beginning of February 2015, only one week before the festival premiere in Berlin.
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writer|accident|domestic quarrel|bicycle|pee|autographing a book|autographing book|signing an autograph|autograph|split screen|telephone conversation|4 years later|2 years later|loss of son|son killed|child killed|hit by a car|sledding accident|snow sledding|sledding|winter|snow|lovers quarrel|death of son|

AKAs Titles:
Spain - Todo saldrá bien
Greece - ÎŒλα θα Ï€άνε καλά
Italy - Ritorno alla vita
Norway (alternative spelling) - Everything will be fine
Portugal - Tudo Vai Ficar Bem
Serbia - Sve će biti u redu
Turkey (Turkish title) - Her Sey Yolunda

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Certifications:
Germany:6 / Netherlands:12