Overview

• Everything’s Going to Be Great opened in theaters on June 20, 2025 and retraces the Smart family’s 1989 pursuit of theater opportunities from Ohio to Kansas.
• Bryan Cranston stars as patriarch Buddy Smart, Allison Janney plays his wife Macy, and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth delivers a standout turn as son Lester.
• The film holds a 50% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, illustrating evenly divided opinions.
• Reviewers praise Ainsworth’s nuanced performance and the film’s heartfelt family dynamics while faulting uneven tone and narrative detours in the third act.
• Critics commend the authentic depiction of family relationships and regional theater life as the movie’s emotional anchor.