There are only these four leading actors in the entire film, and the scene is limited to the Penelope family's house. This is a huge challenge for actors to control their acting skills and emotions; for directors, the test is not only the director's scene scheduling ability in a small space, but also how to show the attractiveness of the story while controlling good audience mood.
In terms of scene control in the film, it is not difficult for the battle-hardened Roman Polanski. Although the house space is small, the props used should not be underestimated. The director made the best use of the items in the house, from picture albums, to food, to red wine and tulips, when every item became the focus of the topic, the film seemed to have a new vitality. Movies tell us that the most interesting thing is not the objects, but the human heart and human nature. People use objects to maximize the drama of the film.
Back to the acting. The four leading actors have all contributed to their best performances, and the emotions of the actors are advancing step by step, which makes people have to admire, and things like acting skills cannot be envied. The middle-aged Judy showed a nagging, fantasy-filled New York woman to the fullest, with no trace of performance at all; and Christopher Waltz has always been a husband and a lawyer in the film. And characters of different identities can present the characteristics of the characters that the director wants to express the most - funny and treacherous; Kate Winslet plays the role of an intellectual woman with ease, but this time it adds some madness, drunkenness Fat Wen will make you think she's really drunk, not acting. When a good actor meets, it is a huge benefit for the audience.
Although the film is in a small space, the advancement of the story is quite wonderful. Christopher Waltz, a lawyer, made the phone calls every day, indiscriminately. The screenwriter uses the medium of telephone to push the story to a climax one by one. Although the story begins with a dispute between children, it is extended in the next development, expanding to the life between the two teams of husband and wife, and the characters gradually tear off the gentle coat at the beginning. Penelope
From gentleness at the beginning to roaring and anger at the back, Nancy from being polite at the beginning to being contemptuous at the back, Michael evolving from a good husband at the beginning to a low-level slacker, and the only constant is Alan, who is as funny and treacherous as ever.
Interestingly, in the final shot of the film, the two children are still happily playing together. It's ironic to think about the four parents, but they were so arrogant about it.
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