"Left foot brakes to death, right foot hits the accelerator."
"Broken Life" is a light comedy film released in the United States on April 8, 2016, directed by the director Valley of "Dallas Buyers Club". "Prince of Persia" Gyllenhaal and "King Kong Goddess" Naomi Watts starring. At present, "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" has been surpassed by "Warcraft", becoming the second highest paid game-adapted movie in history.
In the film, Gyllenhaal plays a successful investment banker, Davis. He has money, a car and a mansion, and his wife is a beautiful wife and his husband is the president. Davis himself also fits the basic characteristics of a person who wins Bai Fumei and embarks on a life subversion. He has a loose attitude and a confused life. In short, everything came too easy, this is not the life I want.
The film opens for 3 minutes with high energy. It not only tells the importance of driving and watching the road, but also simply educates Davis on the principles of life. So far, the overall plot of the film has shown a slow downward trend, but in the effort to buy a bottle of water, Davis met the single mother played by Naomi Watts. Things seem to have turned around, and Davis’s encounter has just begun.
As an ultra-light comedy film with a more literary and artistic perspective, the rhythm of "Broken Life" is not very tight, and the overall plot is almost all told in Gyllenhaal's so-called so-called. Fortunately, the two leading actors in the film are quite refreshing. Gyllenhaal still retains the tendons from the 2015 "Iron Fist". Although the 48-year-old Naomi Watts is a bit old, the goddess is after all goddess. The director Varley seems to have realized this a long time ago, and added a few small burdens to the main line of the plot. While watching the film, the audience can also feel a little suspenseful atmosphere and some small emotional fluctuations.
Because there are many symbols in the full name of director Varley, it is briefly referred to as director Varley here. Looking at the film works of director Varley in the past two years, apart from the relatively more awards, the theme of the film is gradually returning to life and life. The famous "Dallas Buyers Club" tells the story of a terminally ill patient who successfully fought against the disease, the FDA and drug manufacturers for 2557 days. "Into the Wilderness" also tells the story of confrontation with despair, but this time the protagonist is a married woman with no hiking experience, searching for herself through a long walk alone.
In the story of "Broken Life", the protagonist is first in a higher social class, whether he is a terminally ill patient or a desperate housewife is very far away from his life. However, as it is usually said, the higher you stand, the harder you fall. Director Varé pushed this successful man to despair more than once in the film. In one more encounter, the former successful man Asking for help has helped others, and seeking solace has also comforted others. In this process of going from high to low, and then slowly from low to high, the audience will feel an upward force inexplicably. During the viewing of the movie, they will untie the little baggage with the protagonist, only to find that it is in the whole story. , The most important thing is to untie the biggest baggage.
Then it seemed like the countdown ended immediately, the left foot braked to death, and the right foot hit the accelerator.
New season of life at any time.
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