A good film that reveals human nature with tears in laughter

Chase 2021-12-12 08:01:15

This is a comedy with tears in laughter. Like many films made by Stephen Chow, the play is full of all kinds of nonsensical funny clips, but often after you laugh, your heart is inexplicably sad. This is the charm of this type of film. I have defined it as the "extreme effect". Through exaggerated to the extreme publicity and rendering, it constantly stimulates the laughter nerves of the audience. After the joy value rises to an extreme, the brain's self The adjustment function begins to work, which triggers deep-seated reverse thinking...Wow, okay, I admit that the above is purely a personal conjecture, and there is no scientific basis at all -.-//
Back to the topic, the story tells It’s a company employee named Tim. In order to get the upper hand, he had to agree to participate in a regular entertainment project in the circle of his boss’s friends-"Fools' Dinner". To put it bluntly, he invited some people who thought they were gifted and talented to offer. These rich people entertain. By chance, Tim met Barry, a silly hat with a few strings on his head. He is keen on making old mouse books. He collects dead mice from various channels through several processes such as disinfection, antisepsis, and beauty. Put them on fitting clothes, shoes and hats, and build beautiful houses and gardens for them...Tim was ecstatic, it didn’t take much effort, and Barry was a god-level teaser sent by monkeys, so Without thinking about it, he invited him to the dinner party, so... Tim’s nightmare began like this -.-This Barry, who broke into his world without warning, is comparable to a boss-level hurricane. In just one day, he changed his original Life is turned upside down and messed up, and what's worse is that this product is not guaranteed to be returned (laugh cry)...
The climax of the film is a section of Barry showing his work at the dinner party. In fact, before that, he already knew the real purpose of Tim in inviting him to the dinner. The two of them broke up because of this, but on the night of the party, he still came, with his signature. With a smile, with his proud mouse works, facing the mocking eyes of the rich, he worked hard to amuse everyone...→ Barry's inner monologue: As for whether you treat me as a friend, anyway, I am... (有木I think this sentence is very familiar!)
Tim’s actor is Paul Rudd. I just watched his 2015 new film "Ant-Man" some time ago, and the next day I saw this film he made in 2010. The style is the same. It's a cute and lovable play. And Barry’s actor Steve Carell Steve Carell’s extremely tense and joyful performance in this movie made me involuntarily think of Kim Carrey, when I decided that this must be Master Kim’s successor. The next day, I actually saw him starring in the 2015 financial industry blockbuster "Big Short". This is really funny... It's a pity that I feel that his strengths have not been fully utilized, because His funny gene is born in his bones! Just like the well-known Mr. Bean, who has been a comedian for a lifetime, no one will accuse him of being too narrow. Sometimes, focusing on doing one thing well, achieving the ultimate, even if it is a flash in the pan, it is the ultimate glory!

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Dinner for Schmucks quotes

  • Darla: [seductively] I'm a naughty little schoolgirl...

    Barry: You look a little old to be a schoolgirl.

    Darla: I need to be punished. I cheated in class. Don't you want to be my school teacher?

    Barry: I'm really not qualified I work for the IRS.

    Darla: [winks] Not tonight...

    Barry: No, all the time. I work...

    Darla: Ok, ok! You work for the IRS and I have been very, very bad. I haven't paid my taxes and I need to be spanked, NOW!

    Barry: Well, that's really not the way it works, you probably just have to pay the difference, plus interest...

  • Tim: Any one of you would throw me under the bus for a bigger bonus, but Barry would throw himself under a car to protect a mouse... that was already dead.