Quick Review: Everything Must Go

It's nice to know that Will Ferrell has some acting chops, and actually wants to use them for movies other than wild, over-the-top comedies. He's done it before, in the interesting and underrated "Stranger Than Fiction." In "Everything Must Go" he's Nick Halsey, an alcoholic whose relapse leads to his being fired. He goes home to find he's lost his wife as well; and he's locked out of his house and all his belongings have been left on the lawn. After a little wallowing and some more drinking, he sleeps outside on his recliner and decides that's what he's going to do. He's nearly arrested until his AA sponsor (Michael Peña), who's also a cop, intervenes. Nick decides to hold a yard sale to get rid of his stuff. Over the course of a few days' time we see Nick dealing with what he's lost, as well as possible new beginnings: with a new neighbor (Rebecca Hall) and a local kid (Christopher Jordan Wallace) who spends his days riding his bike around the neighborhood while his mom works. I'd like to see more work like this from Ferrell. Surely he's made enough money from all of those movies where he plays an overgrown child that he could do films like this a little more often. My grade: B.