The four characters with the most space in the film, Sarah, a housewife with a master's degree in literature, BRAD, a housewife who did not get admitted as a lawyer after graduating from law university, but married a beautiful strong woman, just released The child molester Ronnie, the former police officer Larry, who killed a child by mistake and founded the anti-Ronnie organization. Each of these four adults has an unbearable past, a strong dissatisfaction with reality, and a longing for liberation. They experience a redemption throughout the film that may turn them from Little Children into adults. Why is the film called "Children", because when children face difficulties, the first reaction of conditioned reflex is to escape. In the film, when these four people face the plight of life, they all choose to escape rather than face reality.
Sarah is a master of literature, but she can only be a housewife for the sake of her husband and family. She can neither get comfort from her wretched husband, nor can she gain spiritual resonance with the housewives around her. At the reading meeting, she fully expressed At this point, she highly praised Madame Bovary's brave struggle for life. In her derailed relationship with BRAD, she also fantasized about being Madame Bovary, and her final decision to elope was also explained by herself as a resistance to the cruel reality, she made the bravest and greatest act. However, in the end, when her daughter's cry, when BRAD's appointment, and when RONNIE's self-mutilation struck at the same time in the dark night, she finally returned to reality and she said "Let's go home".
BRAD is a handsome guy. He married a beautiful female anchor. In order to support his wife's career, he has to stay at home and take care of children. As he has no economic rights, he has repeatedly refused permission to ask for a mobile phone. On the one hand, his wife and her His wealthy family had high hopes for him to be admitted to a lawyer. On the other hand, the feeling that only on the football field could make him energized made him feel depressed by reality. In this seemingly peaceful but oppressive life, he tried to find another breakthrough. Joining Larry's team and playing every night was one thing, and having an affair with Sarah was another, both of which made him Feel relaxed. With the football win empty and only Sarah on the scene to celebrate, he feels this is the life he wants and decides to run away with her. But on the way to the appointment, the young skateboarder invited him to try it out. He recalled the long-lost vitality of his youth, so the elopement to the appointment was thrown into his mind. It turned out that it was not true love, it was just an excuse to escape the pressure of reality.
Retired police officer Larry has always been very just and dignified. He launched the "Anti-Perverted Organization", sent leaflets to the community, and kept provoking Ronnie. Knowing that Ronnie's old mother, May, refuted him "no matter how bad my son is, he will not kill the child", and he completely collapsed. After he accidentally killed a child with a toy gun a few years ago, he can no longer bear this reality. He has been avoiding it. He has always hoped to use the image of a justice guard to make people forget the reality that he accidentally killed a child, and more importantly, he Let yourself forget that painful history. He was also avoiding, until his extreme actions towards Ronnie caused Ronnie's mother to die of a heart attack, he returned to reality, and finally faced himself, and rescued Ronnie who was self-harming at the most critical moment.
Ronnie has always been treated as a monster, only his mother loves him, he can't get rid of his sick self, he's out of prison, he's no longer harmful, he's going to be a good child to his mother, but others don't see it that way he. Only his mother was kind to him, and introduced him to a date with a girlfriend. After dating a girlfriend who also had a mental illness, he just found a little bit of himself, but his mother died. His mother's only last word was to "be a good boy", so he obeyed his mother's words, and he swung his sword from the palace. He finally stopped escaping, and he ended up being a good boy back.
"Children", how many people can face life and truly grow up? We think we have grown up, are we still making excuses for the unhappiness in life, are we still escaping like children, are we still weaving beautiful reasons and halos for our escape? "The past cannot be changed, and there will always be new stories happening somewhere in the future..." The film does not ultimately preach, but it is a metaphor for "the past is over, if today we are still like children who can't face the past and reality, Then we are not the creators of the stories of tomorrow.”
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