AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE (USA 2010) ***
Directed by Steven Sodernergh

Director Steven Soderbergh alternates his Hollywood movies like the OCEANS films, ERIN BROCKVICH, TRAFFIC and smaller excursions like BUBBLE and THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE.  For his break after THE INFORMANT!, he chose to shoot an intimate portrait of master monologist Spalding Gray.

Tracing his origins as a performer to the present, the audience is brought in to connect primarily with Gray the performer.  Soderbergh blends in several of his stage performances including one where he has suffered an accident.  But he keeps the audience at bay from Gray’s personal life.  A few lines outlining his relationships with his father and son are included but these are largely forgettable.  One wonders why too, Soderbergh has his father say a few sentences to the audience as they make little impact. The son, Forrrest’s influence is more pronounced as he provides the music or this film.

What is impressive about this film is the cleverly edited 40 years of footage that reveal the art and success of this man’s career.
Whether one is a Spalding Gray fan or not, one would still find that the film still holds interest.  The best part is Gray’s account of his homosexual encounter – one which is as much as intriguing in the encounter as its telling!