It is indeed a more advanced family film than "Marriage Story" (so one won the award, one did not)

Lela 2022-04-22 07:01:09

[Recommended by the villain film critic] For Chinese audiences, there is really no need for the high-level middle-class male and female battles in "Marriage Story". The more simple court scenes in this film are enough to watch. In the first half, the mother disappeared completely, and the father was laid off without mercy, which can reflect the ruthlessness of capital. The outstanding point is that the father's ability to take care of children is in line with his high execution and high resistance to pressure in his own job. The child's acting is also very good, from having to become sensible, to the last real feeling of reluctance, it is heartbreaking to see, which is why most families even if there is a great rift between husband and wife, they must try to keep a family for their children. "Complete", the second choice is too cruel for a child.

But does the mother deserve to be confined to the family to be exploited? Whether it is 1979 or 2019, there is no way to answer this question. From today's point of view, the convenience of communication cannot make a mother disappear out of thin air, and it is even more difficult to break up the connection with the child (maybe a video call can make a mother's heartbreak return). From the perspective of China, most men have an escape route for the elderly to bring their children. It seems that "the wife ran away" did not harm their careers. Dad's lawyer said something like, "A lawsuit without guardianship is easy to fight." Thinking of the hot search on Weibo of young couples who are unwilling to have children after divorce, it is really embarrassing. Therefore, on the one hand, the plight of American housewives 40 years ago still has great practical significance in China today. Say, nothing at all.

From "Mr & Mrs. Kramer" to "Marriage Story", is the portrayal of the awakening of women's consciousness progressing or regressing? It's really hard to tell (it's very necessary to brush up again) Young Aunt Mei is so beautiful, a kind of classical beauty, weeping Heartbreaking. The performance of the widow sister is a bit dramatic, which may also be related to the character's career setting. "Marriage Story" focuses more on the love part. The two films are similar in that the male protagonist's performance is exceptional. Dustin Hoffman is really a small man, and his various micro-expressions are also very sophisticated. Can stand the test of the lens. This is also a good movie that should be seriously appreciated on the big screen. . There are too few films that can make people enter the cinema in 2021, and continue to brush old films. .

The villain said that it is hard to imagine such a movie winning "Apocalypse Now" at the Oscars. From the perspective of the times, of course, the latter is more great, but at the moment, even the academy cannot escape the deep understanding of the family's predicament. Love, just like Golden Horse favors "Parents Are Not Home". Good family films are really hard to make, especially ordinary families, ordinary parents, ordinary children. . . It is difficult to pay attention to their individual psychology and growth, and the birth of every good work.

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Kramer vs. Kramer quotes

  • Ted Kramer: [gets out of bed] Where are you going?

    Phyllis Bernard: To the bathroom.

    Ted Kramer: That's a closet. The bathroom's over there.

    Phyllis Bernard: Oh, yeah. You're right.

  • Ted Kramer: You had a date. I knew it! I knew you were keeping something from me.

    Margaret Phelps: Well, you know, I told you I thought he was a pretty neat guy, right.

    Ted Kramer: Right.

    Margaret Phelps: So, we go to dinner.

    Ted Kramer: Yeah.

    Margaret Phelps: I find out he's married, he's deep in analysis, and, get this, he starts to tell me his life story. And all I can think of, while I'm sitting there, is that I'm paying a babysitter three dollars and a quarter an hour to listen to his problems!