Movie

Everything Must Go was a decent movie. I laughed about as much as I thought I would at the alcoholic antics of Will Ferrell's character. Based on a short story by Raymond Carver, called Why Won't You Dance, Everything Must Go is the story of a man who has hit rock bottom. Fired from his job for drinking on a business trip, and coming home to find his wife has kicked him out and thrown all his belongings into the yard, Ferrell decides to live right there, front and center among his memories and on his recliner, in the yard. He sets up a living room and dining room area and drinks PBR after PBR and also keeping an eye on the neighbors. One friend has commented that the movie is a cautionary tale to hipsters to start watching their PBR consumption before the end up living on their own front yards.
I think it is a story about friendship, as Ferrel befriends and teaches a neighbor kid, Kenny, about business and baseball and who in turn helps him sell all of his possessions and move on. He also befriends the pregnant woman across the street who has recently moved in alone, and awaits her husband. She takes care of Ferrell when he goes through alcohol withdrawals and is miserable.
He gives her an old camera (as she collects them) and leaves her his records.
It's a heartfelt story, but not over done. There is a spectacular betrayal and insight at the end and there is moving on. It's one of the more real movies I've seen in awhile.