Food and love melt loneliness

Eino 2022-01-02 08:01:46

In the afternoon when not at work, I watched this 2007 American comedy romance movie in my room.

The whole film does not have great ups and downs and conflicts, it has always been flat and warm, but the exquisite food, cute children, and warm details, the whole film is filled with a touch of happiness.

Since it is a comedy love movie, the love story must be the main theme, but this story is not a romantic or endless drama love between a man chasing a woman, but two people getting familiar with each other gradually. , The story of eliminating prejudice, carefully opening up, and each taking a step forward.

There are two main conflicts in the play, one is the love between Kate and Nick. On the surface it looks like a conflict at work, but it is actually a manifestation of the flaws in the two people's personalities.

Kate learned her superb cooking skills from her mother, but since her mother passed away, her father has not returned home all day. She puts all her beliefs in life on food. When it comes to kitchen work, she is not only strict with herself, but also with her subordinates. severe. Except for work, her love life is blank, she has a natural distrust of men and lack of security. So when Nick told her that Jing Ideal hired him as the chef, she subconsciously thought that Nick was challenging her job and wanted to "steal her kitchen."

Nick's culinary skills did not come from a professional chef school, but he taught himself by working in various restaurants for many years. For Kate's superb cooking skills, he sincerely admires him; but for his own cooking skills, he has doubts in his heart. He has no confidence to build his own kitchen and can only work as a deputy. Kate’s suspicion of “stealing her kitchen” speaks of his soreness.

Because Rou'er ran away from home, the two reunited, looking for Rou'er's whereabouts together. After Nick resigned, he faced up to his timidity and decided to go to Los Angeles to develop and set up his own kitchen independently; and because of this meeting, Kate finally faced up to his inner doubts and bravely begged Nick to stay.

The second is the development of Kate and Rouer's relationship from alienation to intimacy. Among them, Nick's threading is indispensable, but Kate's efforts are also indispensable. She is very respectful and considerate of Rouer's feeling of becoming an orphan overnight. Regarding Rou'er's practice of seeking a sense of security after losing her mother, Kate will not force her to change, but silently care about her. For the little girl who likes a lot of dolls-ok, they all move home; I want to wear a scarf I like-ok, help you find it; I don't want to eat the food that I made myself-ok, take it easy; don't sleep in bed In the pile of rag dolls at the bottom of the bed-ok, take a good rest. As for Rou'er's withdrawn character, she took her to the kitchen where she worked and taught her some simple tasks. In the busy kitchen, the little girl slowly adapted to such an environment and slowly became cheerful.

The ending was naturally happy. The three opened a "Rouer & Kate & Nick shop" together and lived happily together.

When I read "Beer at Four in the Afternoon" by the Japanese writer Arai Ichisan, I was particularly impressed with "Happiness is to slowly taste the food with your beloved and tell each other how delicious it is".

This "Delicious Love" movie just confirms this simple and simple concept of happiness.

In modern cities, our loneliness is often because we doubt each other, guard our ankles, and we are trance and panic about our own living conditions. The road of life is sometimes narrower and narrower, sometimes wider and wider. Every choice means a direction in life.

Step forward bravely, melt the estrangement between people's hearts with food and love, and resolve each other's loneliness.

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No Reservations quotes

  • Zoe: [while waiting for Nick to arrive] He's late... Men!

  • Kate: Oh, I see you've brought something to read to Zoe.

    Charlotte: It's for my thesis... rapidly mutating deadly viruses.