This is life

Terence 2022-04-20 09:02:39

A movie I watched during the new year. The awkward scenes in life at the beginning set the warm and comedic tone of the whole film. Maybe the later plots are too many to make people laugh, so I made a balance at the beginning. There are no earth-shattering heroes, no deadly love, this is just a movie about the daily life of some Americans. Maybe some of the episodes remind you of your own experience, then you get it; maybe some of the scenes can make you emotional, then you get it; ...
life may make you feel dull, but as long as you pay attention, there is no shortage of wonderful things.

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  • Sylvia Avila: Look, I adore Jocelyn, but . . . ah ha, if, "Loving is letting go," then whoever wants Jocelyn is going to have to pry her fingers loose, one by one.

  • Editor: Dear Ms. Corrine Mahern, we regret that we must decline to publish the three short stories you sent to us. 'Benny's Basketball' is strong narratively, but the depiction of your penis-waving retarded boy felt a little unkind. And isn't the title 'Separating Eggs For Flan' a bit obvious as a metaphor for your parents' divorce? Yet we confess that 'Skydiver' puzzled us most. Why would a beautiful, self-centered young lesbian jump out of a plane?