I watched this film in the theater, which has been in theaters for some days.
When I watched the trailer before, I guessed it would be a couple who adopted three children. After frustration, the film was finally happy ever after. Of course, most American comedies are basically like this. Add some nonsense, I thought it would be a popcorn movie.
But this film made me look at it with admiration. First of all, adoption. This problem is indeed relatively common in the United States. Unlike the Chinese (there is no intention to criticize the Americans or the Chinese), Americans don't pay much attention to blood relationship, except for the case of putting green hats on their husbands. Asians sometimes care more about whether or not my blood is flowing in this child's body. However, what Americans fancy more is the kind of psychological connection.
The first time I discovered that the United States can adopt a child because I wanted to adopt a cat. I searched for "adoption" on the Internet, but the pictures of the children came out. At that time, a trace of distress suddenly appeared in my heart. The pictures of these children were hung on the Internet, with their names and ages written, waiting for kind people to take them home.
Later, I saw someone adopt a child from a professor when I was in undergraduate. A professor who was nearly 50 years old brought a five or six-year-old child to teach us. I thought this was the professor's child at first, but I found that the child looked nothing like her, and called her mother. The professor told us naturally that she had just adopted this child and her biological parents were not able to take her. But the child seemed to have some disease. The professor mentioned that the child had been taking medicine and hoped to get better. I did not understand the professional name of that disease. The child kept jumping up and down and yelling constantly throughout the class. But the professor has been very patiently coaxing her, and finally he held the child to teach us directly. I was surprised at the prevalence of orphan adoption in the United States, and at the selflessness and patience of my professor.
Go far, haha, continue to talk about the movie.
First of all, the theme of this movie is very suitable for people's lives, and it also talks about the purpose of adopters to adopt orphans. The couple in the movie also thought about it for a long time. Why did they adopt these three children? At the end of the movie, I will say that I am not spoiled for this point. But it does reveal a very important argument, that is, some people adopt children to make themselves look greater or heroic, and save these children like saints. But for children, especially those who have lived in an orphanage for many years, they seem to be tired of this kind of charity feeling, even hate it. Just like in the film, Lizzy shouted "pretend mom" to Ellie. That's why Lizzy kept making troubles, in fact, by pushing Ellie and Pete away, they adopted them just to make themselves look greater, and didn't really love them at all.
We don't deny that when Ellie and Pete started together, they would want to do a great thing. In the heart of making others admire themselves, there is nothing to criticize about this. Everyone is not a saint, and has a selfish side. But what's not selfish is that they worked hard to get along with the three children and seriously wanted to give them a warm home.
I believe that many parents who adopt children have a similar process, slowly establishing relationships with their children, and slowly becoming a real family. Regardless of the original reason, these are admirable.
The one that touched me the most was Ellie combing Lizzy's hair. There was no line in that paragraph, but it was enough to make people burst into tears. Although I don't have the experience of Lizzy, I understand that it's hard to have the long-lost warm feeling. It's like you sacrificed all your courage, gave all your energy, and finally got the simplest and most natural feeling of care. In this movie, the actors' acting skills are bursting, and I give full marks.
The only thing I find unrealistic is that Lizzy's transformation is too fast. Lizzy's mother's betrayal at the end, according to normal human psychology, should make Lizzy more suspicious of the world, and even become distrustful of everyone. After all, if her biological mother would lie to her, then others would be no exception. But Lizzy suddenly fell in love with Ellie and Pete's home. I believe that time can change a person, and can make a child full of love, but it takes time, not something that can be changed overnight. In this episode, Lizzy's transformation was a bit sudden.
I am still young, never a wife, never a mother. Maybe after many years, I have a husband and children, and I will have new feelings when I come back to watch this movie. But now, being single, I think this is a film full of warmth and emotion. recommend!
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