This is not a movie review, it's a personal opinion
Theron's film is another "self-destructive" performance. This movie has a big, big baggage, which is put at the end. So I will also talk about this burden here, beware of spoilers.
To put it simply, Theron is a mother who already has two children, and the third child is about to be born. The family's financial situation is average, and the second child is somewhat "problematic" (I don't know how to describe it). In short, all of this caused her to be under great pressure. After the third child was born, the hard work of raising a child basically caused her to collapse. Watching 20 minutes is enough to make some young female viewers reluctant to have children.
At this time, she remembered the night nanny recommended by others, so she invited the nanny, called Tully. The appearance of this nanny not only relieved her pressure of taking children, but also relieved her mental pressure.
Just when our audience felt gratified by their meeting, we found that the mother was actually a little split due to the pressure. That nanny named Tully was just a avatar created in her consciousness, and this avatar represented herself when she was young.
Then there was a car accident... Fortunately, she was not seriously injured, and the better ending is that through this accident, the husband discovered his own problem, and his neglect caused the wife's stress to be irreversible. In the last scene, the husband came to help with the housework, so the ending was quite warm.
I think the film is not to make people aware of the pain of childbirth, but to make people tend to have a way to alleviate the pain of childbirth that must be felt. This can be done by someone else, such as a babysitter. But a better way is to do it as a couple.
This movie is actually mainly made for fathers, because it has to admit a general fact that when children are young, most of the parenting work is done by mothers. Some good husbands can follow up education when their children begin to develop consciousness and thoughts, but poor husbands may ignore them all the time.
There are many women who are reluctant to have children now, for various reasons, but in fact, to sum up, they are afraid of hardship. I want to say here that I am not saying that this kind of thinking is wrong, but we can think about the matter of being afraid of hardship. (men too)
Simply put, all good things must be more or less bitter. like childbirth. Children make us suffer, but don't we also have great joy and happiness because of them? ? ?
In life, there is no escape from suffering. It's not here, it's where it hurts. It's not early suffering, it's late suffering. Learning, having children, etc. If you don't study or have children, it's not hard at the time, but what about the future? I often say that some suffering is better when you are young, because when you are old, suffering may be just suffering, and you will lose the opportunity to end the suffering.
Of course, "suffering will be rewarded" is not an inevitable equation, but I am willing to believe it.
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