First of all, let’s look at Mr. Popper. His father has traveled around since he was a child. His father’s care only appears in a few memories and occasional telegrams. This seems to have created a similar workaholic Popper 30 years later. An exaggerated version of the epitome of most of the small middle class, workaholic, will do anything to climb higher positions for the sake of bigger and better performance, his former fiancée has left him, he can go to see the children on weekends but the children don't like him . He is a typical image of a modern city man who is busy with work and is getting farther and farther from true love and a good life. Even when his daughter encountered some child's emotional problems, he couldn't communicate with her, and he couldn't even remember the name of the boy who worried her. All he could think about was carving his name into the marble of the company he fought day and night.
Until later, the father's legacy arrived: six penguins.
It was at this time that he received the task of determining the fate of his career: to acquire an old-fashioned restaurant from a strange old lady named Van Gundy, which, by coincidence, also carried his memories of his father.
Popper originally wanted to lose the penguin, but his child accidentally discovered the penguin on his birthday and fell in love with his father, but the existence of the penguin brought many obstacles to Popper's career.
At this point, the main clues that triggered the plot were already very clear, namely: the contradiction between career and family. Such contradictions can be said to be ubiquitous in today's society.
Immediately afterwards, another person appeared, a person who claimed to be a penguin expert, he wanted to take the penguins away, nominally to give penguins a better environment, but in fact, he was to get penguins and other zoos to trade, and Obviously, he's also a man in the form of the boss's intentions. It can be said that this person is basically the same as the original Mr. Popper: lack of feelings, interests first, glib, unscrupulous to achieve goals. It's just that he bought animals, and Popper bought houses.
At the end of the film, the Popper family stole the penguins from the zoo, which tells the gist of the film. Zookeeper Nat told Popper that the penguins don't love you, they love whoever has the fish, but something bizarre happened, the penguins didn't run to the fish, but to Popper. And the people around were also moved. The people around were not moved by Popper's love for penguins. What moved them was the penguin who gave up food. In fact, penguins represent people, and fish represent money and career. Penguins gave up fish and chose love. That's what this film is about: love above all else, don't be a slave to career and money. This is true of animals, not to mention people? Popper got the restaurant because what Van Gundy was looking for was someone with a heart, like she said in the film: I could sell my restaurant to anyone as glib as you, but I need Find someone who really deserves it.
Jim Carrey's comedy goes far beyond just trying to make you laugh, he's talking about the most accustomed but unreasonable details around you. Today, when everyone looks at money, I am afraid that few people will care for a box of penguins that appear at your door in a confused way. The scene where Mr. Popper is standing next to an unhatched egg every day until he is fired doesn't matter, I am afraid that anyone's heart will tremble, because this is a simple thing, who can do it now? For a penguin egg? Or for your lover and parents? Who would keep penguins in their apartment when the whole world felt that keeping animals in zoo cages was the most "reasonable" option?
So, this is actually a good-looking, realistic Jim Carrey movie with a certain amount of comedy. If you call this movie bad just because it doesn't have enough laughs, then I can only say, maybe you still Lack of understanding of life. It's too shallow and unfair for the film to criticize it just because it's not funny.
After watching a lot of European and American blockbusters, dramas and romance films with complicated plots, and occasionally watching such a very life-like movie, it is actually a kind of enjoyment.
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