This movie is heartbreakingly real.
Mare is probably not immune to the bad luck that every middle-aged person can encounter. Divorce, bereavement, rebellious daughter, cynical mother (actually cute), daughter-in-law of drug addiction fighting for custody of grandson, suspension, misunderstanding, Unfounded accusations, and being strong enough to sprain his foot during a routine chase.
What's even more frustrating is that when we got home everyone was ranting, and no one cared about her foot injury or whether she minded the whole family going to her ex-husband's wedding—and it was in her backyard.
Middle-aged people are probably such lonely and strange creatures. They gradually learn that they don't bother to discuss any sense of responsibility, and even the boundaries between right and wrong are gradually blurred. For example, Mare will continue to investigate the case after being suspended from work at home. Even if he analyzes the trajectory of the bullet clearly, he will make mistakes in catching criminals and kill others. In the eyes of people, love is really only the icing on the cake).
Of course, if you can't handle it like Mare, it's probably the decadent middle-aged people of other troubled families in the play, drug addiction, derailment and abandonment, but in the final analysis, it involves family relationship ethics, including the pastor. Except for the father who kidnapped and imprisoned the girl and committed the crime of killing his younger brother for his son, the others were not really heinous.
The biggest attraction of this film is not the pursuit of the real murderer. Although the moment when the mystery is revealed is indeed shocking, at the same time, the rich characters created and the plight of each person's life are more worth seeing. In particular, Mare, a middle-aged woman, thinks that only "Three Billboards" can be compared.
(Also, it's a pity Evan's death, after all, I really want such a handsome and loving colleague)
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