‘Everything’s Going to Be Great’ Review: Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney Can Only Do So Much to Elevate This Thinly Sketched Dramedy

‘Everything’s Going to Be Great’ Review: Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney Can Only Do So Much to Elevate This Thinly Sketched Dramedy

A theater kid navigates an unconventional upbringing with a starry-eyed wannabe Broadway producer father in a coming-of-age story directed by Jon S. Baird ('Tetris').

Review Roundup: EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT Premieres at Tribeca Festival

This past week, the new theater dramedy Everything's Going to Be Great made its world premiere at Tribeca Festival. Starring Broadway alums Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney, the movie follows Buddy (Cranston) and Macy Smart (Janney) as they lead their unpredictable life in regional theater, while also trying to raise their radically different sons, Lester and Derrick. Through it all, Buddy pursues his unstoppable dreams, and Macy is left to pul…

Everything's Going to Be Great celebrates the arts and those that have always felt different doing so: Tribeca Film Festival Review - The AU Review

Whilst Everything’s Going to Be Great starts out a bit more eccentric and comedically minded than how it ends, the performances at the core of Jon S. Baird‘s dramedy, and the sense that it celebrates art and those that have always felt a little different in doing so, keeps it continually moving at an enjoyable...