In the movie, Everything Must Go, starring Will Ferrell, is a film about an alcoholic named Nick Halsey, who just lost his job, his wife, and his home. Since his wife put all his items onto the front lawn, Nick decides to make the best of it and starts living on his lawn. Nick also has a limited amount of time to sell or giveaway his things because he can’t live on his lawn for long. The theme of this film is how people start to change once they have lost everything. The author is trying say that people trying to change themselves for the better after they’ve lost it all is just a natural way of human nature. Nick starts to be a likeable character as he progresses through the movie, but you would instantly feel bad for him seeing that he has lost it all. People around the community such as Samantha, Kenny, and Detective Frank just want to help Nick, but he must want to help himself first. The main theme of the story is how people start to change once they’ve realized that they have lost everything. Once Nick realizes that he can’t get his old job back and …show more content…
The theme of this film is how people start to change once they have lost everything. The author is trying say that people trying to change themselves for the better after they’ve lost it all is just a natural way of human nature. Nick starts to change his life around at the end of the film by not drinking anymore alcohol and being more generous to the people who has helped him. Nick starts to be a likeable character as he progresses through the film. In the beginning, he’s just an alcoholic who is throwing his life away, but towards the end he starts to turn his life around. People around the community such as Samantha, Kenny, and Detective Frank just wanted to help Nick get past his problems. Nick had to want to help himself first for him to turn his life