The movie is undoubtedly emphasizing the evil of the system, how powerless ordinary people who let big companies step on their feet, suddenly appeared a lawyer with a conscience, robert, who decided to seek justice, in which he gradually lost confidence in big companies and big governments, believing that only the people can protect they themselves. (The United States really has the traditional concept of small government, but unfortunately it no longer exists)
But the cliche of the evil of the system talks too much, and is a little tired.
Maybe look at this piece from a religious point of view, deeper. (It can also be seen here that the United States is a traditional society, and the retention of religion is more prominent than the mother country)
The role of Hathaway, the wife who believes in Christ, decided to send all three children to religious schools. This family atmosphere must also have an impact on her husband. As long as robert understands that he needs to be a "righteous man" and is willing to suffer the most without expecting anything in return, that is: when he sees the picture of the deformed baby, he should believe in the belief of his righteous man (ps There are too many appearances about this baby, but it makes people feel that Robert is not firm enough) For the mortals who are suffering from illness, against the behemoth. Robert wasn't firm enough. From the scene where his wife took the whole family to the church to sing hymns, we knew that Robert was obviously not interested in religion, and could not get relief from the pain that he had developed into a physical illness from religion.
However, his "still here" in the court scene at the end of the film makes people feel that he chooses to firmly believe. The repetition of the characters has fallen into a kind of "ordinary people" narrative (usually we can live a good life as long as we have medium talent, put in medium effort, and have not too bad luck). At this point, it is quite different from the certainty of the protagonist in "Richard Jewell's Lamentations".
In this civilian society full of ordinary people's narratives, we need a righteous person who does not consider the so-called fairness, and Nietzsche's "superman", so that we can pick up the confidence to dare to pursue excellence.
Keep a distance from the great truth, and live a good life while comprehending the pain.
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