Boredom and cowardice may be the norm after a rich and stable life

Benny 2022-04-22 07:01:55

Although compared to Anthony Minghella's other two well-known films (The English Patient, Cold Mountain), this one has received mixed reviews, and there seem to be far more people throwing Rotten Tomatoes than supporting it. , but it's still a movie worth watching.

The actors are all excellent, and JUDE LAW's slightly absent-minded and neurotic sexiness is still a bit sultry. He is too suitable for this kind of London middle-class elite yuppie image, that is, narcissistic and cowardly, under the mask of hypocrisy. Playing JUDE LAW's ten-year cohabitation girlfriend also performed quite well. A haggard mother for her daughter who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. The crow's feet on her face without makeup are clearly visible, but she still has outstanding temperament and makes people fall in love. Not to mention JULIETTE BINOCHE, she deserves applause too, a Bosnian refugee who fled to London with her son from the genocide, lost her husband and relatives, and survived hard in a foreign country, always messy The groomed hair reveals the hardships of her life. She has a small model of a wooden piano keyboard, and while mending it, she plays it silently, revelling in the sound of her own imagination. This is the only time when she is beautiful, holy and light. There are also many supporting roles, such as the prostitute image that has received widespread attention.

The plot is also very gimmicky, thinking and exploring true love, portraying motherhood, understanding betrayal, discussing social issues, as well as racial conflicts, youth issues, social class prejudice, etc... Every A single perspective can make a very deep movie, but it is too many perspectives and it becomes blurred and in place. This film was released in 2007. The director Minghella passed away in March 2008. Perhaps he subconsciously knew that his time in the world was running out, and he wanted to combine all his thoughts into one film, but we couldn’t. Know what he was thinking.

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Breaking and Entering quotes

  • Liv: Most wives would worry if their husbands went cruising in King's Cross every night.

    Will Francis: Most wives are married to their husbands.

  • Will Francis: [to Liv] I love your SunBox, whatever the fuck it's supposed to do. I keep hoping it'll warm you up.