Everything Must Go (I) (2010)

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.

Director:

Dan Rush

Writers:

Dan Rush, Raymond Carver (short story "Why Don't You Dance")

Stars:

Will Ferrell, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Rebecca Hall

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Ferrell	...	Nick Halsey
Christopher Jordan Wallace	...	Kenny Loftus (as Christopher C.J. Wallace)
Rebecca Hall	...	Samantha
Michael Peña	...	Frank Garcia
Rosalie Michaels	...	Kitty
Stephen Root	...	Elliot
Laura Dern	...	Delilah
Glenn Howerton	...	Gary
Argos MacCallum	...	Shopper
Todd Bryant	...	Driver - Repo Guy
Tyler Johnstone	...	Big Teenager
Jason Spisak	...	Hipster
Kyle Sharkey	...	Lanky Teenager
Scott Takeda	...	Bank Manager
Matthew Dearing	...	Jacket Buyer

Storyline

After Nick is fired from his sales job, mostly because of his penchant for alcohol, he comes home and finds that his wife has kicked him and all of his stuff out of the house and onto the front lawn. He is pretty intent on just sitting in his chair, drinking beer, on the lawn. His cop friend, Frank Garcia, thinks he should at least pretend to have a yard sale to make it legal. He slowly starts making friends with a neighborhood kid who needs something to do, and a pregnant wife who has just moved in across the street, and Nick finds himself moving on and selling all his stuff.

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Plot Keywords:

yard sale | alcoholic | beer | new neighbor | bicycle | 

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Taglines:

Lost is a good place to find yourself

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2011 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Pronto Para Recomeçar

Filming Locations:

Aunt Chiladas - 7330 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$791,677 (USA) (13 May 2011)

Gross:

$2,711,210 (USA) (9 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Temple Hill Entertainment, Cowtown Cinema Ventures, Nationlight Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Property Master Keith Mosca's name appears multiple times in the yearbook that Nick is looking through when he finds the note from Delilah.

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Goofs

Some pictures (and names)in the yearbook are used multiple times, some with different cropping, others not.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Voice on tape: Rule number 1, know your products. Okay, whether it's a PC or a piece of paper, know how it works. Number 2. Know your customers. Learn everything you can about them. Listen to what they want, and what they don't want. Rule number 3. Go the extra yard, okay? If you don't have the answer, find it. It's that simple. Okay, let's go get those numbers out there.

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Bridesmaids (2011)

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Soundtracks

"I Got My Eyes on You"
Written by John Lee Hooker
Performed by John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat

User Reviews

It's An Art Movie! Huck The Faters!

Everything Must Go is an art movie. Maybe that wasn't the director's intention but that's how I'll classify it.

I give it 3 stars out of 4.

Just a very simple, and ultimately touching, story about a man who's life is falling apart and it is purely his own fault.

It is nice to see Will Ferrell ACT and not play his normal over the top persona in comedies.

This is a QUIET movie. Just a mellow ride with some humor, some drama, a pleasant setting, good cinematography and production values and interesting characters. One of the better films I've seen this year! I might even be tempted to give it 3 and 1/2 stars! It is like hanging out in a museum for the day or a quiet afternoon enjoying a good bottle of wine. Not something you'd want to do everyday but for an afternoon it is a nice diversion from the mad, mad, crazy world we live in.

And no, it is NOT a guilty pleasure. It is a good film but not for everyone. Somehow I think this might have worked better as a UK or French film.

I love a slam bang movie like Kick-Ass or Inglourious Basterds or Oldboy as much as the next cat. But this isn't that movie.

Like I said, it is a quiet art movie. Like The Music of Chance starring James Spader from back in the 90s.

Writer-director Dan Rush did a very good job. Especially since this is his FIRST film and first Internet Movie Database credit! It is almost like something Hal Hartley might have done but less quirky.