The story is simple. Grandma was originally a genius girl, but unfortunately she fell in love, got married, had children, and her career was over. It's okay, her grandma's, she feels that the most stupid thing in her life is to fall in love. So her daughter—Mary (the first female in the film, the little girl)’s mother, who is also a genius girl—has been imprisoned in the world of mathematics since she was a child, even though her 17-year-old daughter eloped, depressed and then attempted suicide is not important. None of these things can be compared with great scientific achievements. The millennial problem is the most important. In fact, grandma's son was also a genius since he was a child. He was already a college assistant professor at a young age, but in the mother's mind, his son is a waste of wood, making him abandon himself.
Mary's mother committed suicide after giving birth to her daughter and completing the millennium puzzle on her own. Before he died, he handed his daughter to the brother of the waste chai, who was the uncle of the hero of the film, the little girl. One of the requirements is to allow the little girl to lead a normal life, and the second is to wait until the grandmother's death before publishing her own research results (this is also the most malicious revenge against the grandmother).
The gifted girl Mary has lived for six years under the care of her uncle, and is going to elementary school. Gold always shines. This little girl's mathematics intelligence has surpassed most professional mathematics graduate students. Listening to the TV news, you know that the EU economy is about to collapse; and the sense of justice is bursting, and the fighting power is amazing. The 7-year-old girl is 12 years old. Boy, if you count that charming smile. Oh my God, who wouldn't love such a little loli.
The evil grandmother appeared again, and after the misfortune of her daughter, she would continue to misfortune her granddaughter. Litigation to earn custody, rotten sons at all costs, and spending money to buy host families, has only one purpose, and that is to let his granddaughter study mathematics and solve the millennium problem as soon as possible.
The ending, of course, is Hollywood-style warmth, and the uncle rises to rescue the imprisoned niece. In the face of her daughter's thesis and last words, the grandmother finally let go of her granddaughter while being emotional, and decided to devote her vigorous energy to the review and review of her daughter's thesis.
The story is warm, the actors have superb acting skills, the plot is compact and reasonable, the beginnings and turns are perfect, and the sensationalism is just right. This is indeed a good film worth recommending. But it is worth recording the following details:
1. Court confrontation
The most impressive scene in the movie comes from the attitudes of the two sides during the confrontation in the court. One is the offensive but straightforward grandmother, and the other is the sympathetic but rather helpless uncle.
As an almighty audience, there is no doubt that grandma is an exquisite egoist with a strong desire for control, but the power of grandma lies in her ability to express absurd views with a sense of righteousness.
Diane is different from ordinary people, she is unusual. Unusual people will encounter peculiar problems and needs. You don't know how strong her ability is, she is the only one among a billion people. Before you make a decision, please think about it from my perspective: My responsibility to her is not only as simple as mother and daughter. The great discoveries that have made human progress come from a very small number of people. Without them, there would be no current human civilization.
Relatively speaking, the uncle fell into self-blame of conscience:
Can I provide Mary with the best living environment?
2. Uncle's choice
The uncle had witnessed the miserable life of his sister. Of course he knew what it meant to hand over Mary to his grandmother. This was also a plan he absolutely couldn't accept, but it was obvious that his uncle had not really found the crux of the grandmother. In other words, although my uncle had doubts and reflections on elitism, he did not fundamentally break with it. This is precisely the intriguing highlight of the show. We might as well jump out of the film and enter an idealized discussion:
1. Is human civilization created by a few elites?
2. Is human progress marked by the progress of science and technology?
The first question may be that many Chinese people are still waiting and hesitating. After all, we have accepted the view that the working people are the creators of history. But for the elites of European and American countries, they have not received the education of historical materialism in the world view. Most of them agree that the contribution of a few elites to human civilization is irreplaceable.
For the second question, most people will agree with it. After all, productivity determines the relationship of production, and science and technology are the primary productive forces. We have long been familiar with it.
In fact, my uncle also accepts this view. Naturally, audiences and male protagonists can easily come to the following conclusions: _* It is a sin for gifted children to miss the opportunity to receive a good education and a waste of resources. *_ And the uncle's weakness in the movie stems from this conclusion.
Next, the questions that need to be considered by the male protagonist and the audience are: _* What should be the best plan for cultivating gifted children? *_
Under normal circumstances, people will proceed along the following lines of thinking:
1. A genius child’s personal happy life is important, or is it more important for him or her to promote the development of human civilization in the future? If between the two, one must be sacrificed, which one should be sacrificed?
2. What kind of environment is conducive to the intellectual development of gifted children, which in turn is conducive to achieving breakthrough results as soon as possible?
3. What kind of environment is conducive to the all-round and healthy growth of gifted children, so as to strike a balance between personal happiness and personal achievement?
4. In the growth process of gifted children, how can they meet their own growth needs as much as possible?
5. If there is no consensus on the above issues, is there a compromise solution?
It should be said that the screenwriter, director and male lead of this play are advancing the plot along this line of thought:
1. Little girls don't like the learning content of ordinary schools. They feel naive and boring, but they feel like a duck in the university research room. Although my uncle persuaded the little girl to go to ordinary school, after all, there was a compulsion;
2. The little girl also longed for her name to survive, which was very obvious when her grandmother took her to the university to see the millennium problem;
3. The little girl likes the piano very much, and the piano has appeared many times as a visual symbol of movies. The grandmother deprived her daughter of the right to love the piano because the music was meaningless; the uncle was unable to provide piano lessons for the little girl because of poverty;
Uncle was weak in most of the film. Although he was firmly opposed to his mother’s actions, he was always in a dilemma of self-blame. When the lawyer kept asking: Do you think you have the ability to provide Mary with something suitable for her growth Environment? Uncle chose to admit failure.
Here is a little discussion about an opinion from the audience: If my uncle continues to be a professor at a university and has social security, won't the above problems be solved satisfactorily? Doesn't grandma have no excuses to fight for custody? Why does my uncle have to give up her formal job and choose to hide in a remote and impoverished area to raise Mary? Let me talk about my own thoughts and welcome criticism:
1. The screenwriter and director have made a lot of effort in shaping the character of the characters. The uncle in the movie is a wise philosophical professional, but he has a weak side.
2. My uncle grew up in an elite family with high IQ and high education. He clearly knows that his mother is not an individual. In an environment where IQ is higher than personality and achievement is higher than happiness, his will is extremely small. In other words, if the uncle is still holding a faculty position in a famous university, even without the strong intervention of her grandmother, little Mary will have a high probability of going to the track of depopulation. This is the real reason for my uncle's resignation. Of course, going to a remote and impoverished area to be a vagrant with no fixed career can also be seen as a helpless move to avoid grandma.
3. Although he knew very well about the disaster brought by Mary's grandmother, he was not ready to break with elitism. In other words, he could not answer: If Mary is more eager to study mathematics and piano, and these are precisely what he cannot satisfy Mary, what should we do?
4. My uncle has been unmarried for many years, and even under the enthusiastic pursuit of the young female teacher, he is looking forward and looking forward to the future. This plot setting has a special meaning: Uncle is also facing an emotional crisis, he is as at a loss as his sister in front of his feelings, so his emotional world has always been passive and weak. In layman's terms: Uncle does not think that his life is a good life, nor does he think that he can bring a good life to his lover (or little Mary). Of course, my uncle is a good person and a conscientious person. It is precisely this complicated and contradictory character that his uncle made concessions and compromises.
Three, one-eyed cat
The one-eyed cat is the literary eye of the whole film and an indispensable key role in the whole film.
1. The one-eyed cat is a stray cat adopted by Mary. It can be regarded as a psychological prototype of Mary;
2. The prototype theory originated from Jung, and it can also be called "the projection of the soul". In layman's terms, it is what you want to be. As a genius girl, Mary actually brings more distress than happiness. And what really brings happiness to Mary is the love and nurturing of her uncle. The relationship between the one-eyed cat and Mary is the relationship between Mary and uncle.
3. As a creature with mysterious temperament, cats are maverick but also well-behaved. This is exactly the characteristic of Mary's temperament. For those you like, you are gentle and charming, but for those you hate, you will be rewarded.
4. One-eyed cats are born with disabilities, and genius children are not monsters or freaks in the eyes of others? The screenwriter and director are well-intentioned.
5. When the one-eyed cat is abandoned again by the foster family and grandmother, it becomes a turning point in the whole film. Uncle finally saw the truth. Behind the elitist-sounding theory, once human beings are blinded by utilitarianism, they forget love, leave love, and lose their emotions from the heart, this is a beast, and this is terrorism. The one-eyed cat was abandoned and almost died by injection. This is just a symbol of Mary being abandoned and step by step into the Jedi of life. My uncle finally wakes up, he can give Mary the best life, and he can also give the female teacher the best life, because the uncle loves Mary and the uncle loves the female teacher. The scene of uncle and female teacher knowingly smiling at the end of the film is very warm. Let us congratulate uncle, his mental disorder is healed.
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