When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
In the end, Everything Must Go is something of a consciously static study in sadness, both well-made and wearying.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
13 May 2011
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Rush draws on the intense attachment we can feel for the mundane objects in our lives. For Nick, these things are talismans from a past that promised a lot more than it delivered.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
13 May 2011
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This isn't Ferrell's first dramatic role; he played seriocomic leading men in Stranger Than Fiction and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda. But it's the first one that provides a glimpse at his possible future as a Bill Murray-style character actor.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
13 May 2011
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I was not waiting for a punch line. I was not primed to laugh. I accepted Ferrell as Nick and, because of that, I was able to enjoy Everything Must Go on its own terms.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
15 May 2011
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The unlikely combination of Will Ferrell and author Raymond Carver pays off beautifully.