Everything Went Fine
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: April 14, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
ObserverRex ReedApr 14, 2023
Written and directed by the prolific François Ozon, Everything Went Fine is an exemplary work that intelligently explores the pros and cons of euthanasia with the kind of love, truthfulness and power that is rarely captured on film. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyApr 14, 2023
Based on the autobiographical book Everything Went Well by the late Emmanuèle Bernheim (a frequent Ozon collaborator), Everything Went Fine is an emotional and complex portrait of a family in crisis, the father's stroke exposing underlying cracks, old pains, new anxieties. Read full review
83
Original-CinKaren GordonApr 8, 2022
Although the subject matter is serious, Ozon has directed here with a light hand and a cool and distant eye. He’s completely avoided melodrama, focusing on people going through their lives day to day. Thanks to his accomplished cast, and sophisticated approach, the emotions are there, but they don’t overwhelm the story. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievApr 27, 2023
No stranger to eliciting powerful performances from his entire cast, Ozon does it again here, with nary a foot stepped wrong. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 21, 2023
"Everything” — anchored by strong performances from Marceau and Dussollier — is a refreshingly in-the-moment chronicle of what it means to love someone enough to grant them something so final, and, in a society that doesn’t fully accept it, to see it through legally and logistically. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeJul 11, 2021
This elegantly written, persuasively performed drama finds the ever-unpredictable Ozon in his plainest, most pragmatic gear as a filmmaker. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJul 11, 2021
Considering the subject matter, Everything Went Fine is not the most affecting drama, but its honesty and intelligence keep you glued. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 11, 2021
Another type of drama would put the issue-led handwringing at the centre of things. Not this film. It is just the hinge on which the family drama turns, and the performances from Dussollier and Marceau are quietly outstanding. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 6, 2023
Ozon’s cast expertly navigates this downbeat terrain, and find the sometimes humorous irony of helping an unpleasant man and “bad father” get out of their hair. Read full review
74
Paste MagazineChloe WalkerMar 14, 2022
It’s the work of a mature filmmaker, far more concerned with the respectful telling of his friend’s story than any need to shock or provoke. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony LaneApr 17, 2023
In truth, every performance in Everything Went Fine is nicely judged—too much so, I suspect, for many filmgoers, who will be praying for someone to explode. Yet the movie is anything but bland. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 11, 2021
With superb understatement, Marceau communicates Emmanuele’s seemingly inexhaustible patience, while hinting at all the unresolved feelings she has about this impossible man. Read full review
68
TheWrapBen CrollJul 11, 2021
For all of his self-imposed restraints, Ozon remains a terrific actors’ director, with both Marceau and especially Dussollier giving lively performances that afford the film its limited spark. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDevika GirishApr 13, 2023
Understated almost to a fault, the film pitches its tone somewhere among the looming sorrow, gentle comedy and bureaucratic tedium that death, especially when planned, can entail. If the result is bracingly unsentimental, it’s also a touch inert — a little too poised to compel emotionally. Read full review
60
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsJun 23, 2022
It’s an engaging movie about being able to control one’s destiny, but the wait continues for when this director will pull something truly heartfelt out of the bag Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJun 20, 2022
The latest picture from the chameleonic film-maker François Ozon is one of his less formally adventurous. Ozon adopts a light-footed, naturalistic approach in this study of domestic dynamics. It’s not a film that is interested in taking a moral stance on assisted dying, nor is it a picture that wallows in tragedy. Read full review
60
Time OutEmma SteenJun 16, 2022
Despite impeccable performances from its talented cast, we never get to know the characters intimately enough to connect. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJul 11, 2021
This controlled unveiling of a fuller picture is certainly engaging, but the film has the respectful air of a tribute – to Bernheim, as opposed to her father – and its sheer seemliness means it lacks the intellectual and erotic fizz of Ozon’s best work. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleJul 11, 2021
The performances are pitch perfect, particularly that of Marceau, who is superb in riding through the conflicts of the situation and the moments when the strong emotions riding over the niceties finally come to the fore. Read full review
58
The PlaylistIana MurrayJul 11, 2021
For all of its careful observations, it’s still an absolute slog to get through. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanApr 25, 2023
A meticulously balanced if oddly inert film. Read full review
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