The story of a simple favor is like the standard practice novel of Chuck Palahniuk (the one who wrote Guts), a single mother who makes a living from live video, and a husband who has a career Excellent strong woman, inexplicably became friends. Then there is a small favor between friends, and the plot takes a sharp turn, and it suddenly becomes scary, from "chicken movie" to "suburban noir".
It is worth noting that the three leading actors contributed their own interpretations.
The heroine, Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), plays a single mother who is pure and passionate but hides a secret. From the beginning of her volunteer activities in the kindergarten, she showed gullibility and initiative unlike ordinary people, which paved the way for her later frame-up. Her encounters and friendships with Emily seemed particularly undefended. The director borrowed the two cocktail conversations of the two plastic sisters to explain the two important foreshadowings that affect the plot in the way of "truth or dare". From the effect point of view, this kind of cleverness is still very useful.
Blake Lively (Deadpool's girlfriend), who is very queenly, plays another heroine, Emily. She is the kind of woman who knows that she is not easy to mess with from a distance, and she is very aggressive. The setting in the film is like this, and Blake's interpretation did not disappoint. It is also worth mentioning that Emily is a fashion director, so her style of painting has always been the "Queen of Prada" style. Even if you are going to take children, you have to dress up as if you are going to the catwalk, which is quite eye-catching.
And Henry Golding, the actor who played the male protagonist, just played the young master of the richest man in Singapore in "Crazy Rich Asians" (Crazy Rich Asians), and this time he is still playing an excellent Asian-yes, From the low-end stereotypes of Asians in Hollywood movies, overkill has become a high-end "prejudice". In addition to the role of a university professor in this film, the Asian protagonist in "The Internet Lost" is a successful self-employed person, and in "Win the Gold", there is a room full of rich Asians (their children are still adults) Americans).
Interestingly, the core of the story of "A Little Busy" seems to be exploring what a real friend is?
Is it okay to talk a little secret over a cocktail, or help take care of the kids for a few days?
Is it okay to put on her tux instead and even sleep with a friend's husband?
Did you design to frame or even kill her to avoid responsibility, or did you choose to believe her?
The director did not give the answer, the answer lies in the audience's own mind.
In addition, as a suspenseful thriller theme, "A Little Busy" deliberately draws on "Gone Lover" when dealing with the possible mutual harm pattern between husband and wife, adding suspense to the looming love and killing of couples in the middle and later stages Aspect.
But unfortunately, the jokes stuffed everywhere often dilute the suspenseful atmosphere originally created by the heart. The layer-by-layer peeling of the cocoon in the second half of the film, as well as the repeated reversals, all make the black humor at the beginning seem abrupt.
Especially the ending (in order to avoid spoilers, I won't say the specific details of the reversal, unless you beg me), it even made Fermu feel like he was watching a Hong Kong film in the 1990s. Yes, it's the kind that is scary and funny, and at the end will swear that it deserves it. Later, this kind of temperament was learned by Japanese thriller movies and Korean film noirs. But in recent years, there seems to be more and more trend of this kind of funny thriller in Hollywood movies.
In short, with the details close to the real life, "A Little Busy" is worth watching. Moreover, in addition to laughing and being frightened, it will also make people think - however, Fermu suggested that best friends should not go to see it together, unless you are both single.
That's it, I've said it, it's up to you to listen to it or not!
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