And Everything Is Going Fine

Name: And Everything Is Going Fine
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 10, 2010
Rating: 76

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Magnolia Home Entertainment | Release Date: December 10, 2010

Summary: And Everything Is Going Fine provides an intimate portrait of master monologist Spalding Gray, as described by his most critical, irreverent and insightful biographer: Spalding Gray. Director Steven Soderbergh, who collaborated with Gray on Gray’s Anatomy (1996), has sifted through rare and revealing footage to construct a riveting finalAnd Everything Is Going Fine provides an intimate portrait of master monologist Spalding Gray, as described by his most critical, irreverent and insightful biographer: Spalding Gray. Director Steven Soderbergh, who collaborated with Gray on Gray’s Anatomy (1996), has sifted through rare and revealing footage to construct a riveting final monologue. There are glimpses of Gray’s father, and of his son Forrest (who provides soaring music for the end credits), but mostly this is an inspired one-man show, a bittersweet display of Spalding’s playful and embattled intelligence, his gift for tracking universal truths by looking himself squarely in the eye.(IFC Films)… Expand

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Genre(s): Documentary

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Nathan Rabin

Dec 10, 2010

It does justice to a subject who made his life and death works of art. Read full review

Karina Longworth

Dec 10, 2010

Seen as his final monologue, the film is both an invaluable portfolio of his talent, and a tribute rendered in the style of its subject. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Dec 10, 2010

This sense of intimacy makes And Everything Is Going Fine both vibrant - what amazing company this man was! - and terribly sad. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Dec 10, 2010

You still leave hoping he ultimately found peace and enlightenment, two things he graciously gave to those of us who hung on his every word. Read full review

Ian Buckwalter

Dec 10, 2010

Soderbergh imposes a shape until the film begins to feel less like puzzle pieces in search of their place and more like one seamless picture: It's almost as if, with this collage of the artist's past work, he's created an entirely new final monologue for Gray. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Feb 17, 2011

This was obviously a labor of love for Soderbergh, and a fitting memorial to the artist. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Dec 10, 2010

The laziness of this filmmaking (which assumes you know that Gray killed himself in 2004) is of a piece with the emphatically uninteresting tales told by a classic dinner-party bore who once referred to his ramblings as "creative narcissism." He was half-right. Read full review

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Tim-T

Nov 28, 2012

If you're a fan of Spalding Gray AND Steven Soderbergh, the last filmic biography of Gray is both prophetic and generous (plenty of foreshadows and storytelling kindness from Gray). The film says nothing of Gray's suicidal jump from the Staten Island Ferry (though it is certainly not shyIf you're a fan of Spalding Gray AND Steven Soderbergh, the last filmic biography of Gray is both prophetic and generous (plenty of foreshadows and storytelling kindness from Gray). The film says nothing of Gray's suicidal jump from the Staten Island Ferry (though it is certainly not shy about Gray's take on his mother's suicide). In all, "And Everything is Going Fine" (the tragically ironic title from one of Gray's monologues) gives us more to say goodbye to, and I appreciated that chance to say thanks and goodbye to Spalding Gray again.… Expand

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