Unfortunately not. Most of the time, the film went in an unclear direction.
Jason Reitman has always been a very good mocker. He lightly turned the big ethical issues into ordinary little stories, and then, in the end, defeated you with the truth. This way of filling emotional dams and letting it burst its dyke in the most wonderful second has been shown very well in "On the Clouds" and "Youths", and has become Gartman's own signature.
"Labor Day" also tried to tell stories through this structure, but after 110 minutes, I always felt that something was not going smoothly. What went wrong?
The ending is still good, and the emotions are sublimated and warm. The encounters of life have dispelled the loneliness of life enough to bring tears to the eyes, but the first 100 minutes of this movie are still out of touch with the next 10 minutes.
Gartman's films actually win in simplicity and clear goals. In "On the Clouds", he focuses on the narrative that started with an affair, and leads to the original life with a sudden dream shattered. Several of the images in the film are classic facial images (Clooney even played both in and out of his play. The best diamond king and the fifth role). "Youth" takes another direction. He focuses on strong character creation, and his smashing force portrays Charlize Theron as this sad and selfish inner childish "young adult", without emphasizing the unexpected and unpredictable plot of the film. Too dramatic.
In this "Labor Day", Jartman is different. On the one hand, he tried to tell a different "hijacked" story. On the other hand, he tried to shape the "love hunger" mother played by Winslet, and then , Presenting this story from the perspective of a child, and at the same time using flashback to explain Brolin's "scars"-this is really greedy. In the end, the plot was laid out calmly, the image was too abrupt, and the perspective was much more present. The flashback narrative flashed several times before letting the audience understand what it was doing.
If the "woman born for love" played by Winslet can really be portrayed to the bone, I think the effect is at least better than the movie. The fragility and desire presented by this character are enough to perfectly combine the sadness and heartbreak that Jarman is good at.
Because love makes people haggard, Kate is like this in the film, and Jartman was also confused by this "love" story when filming.
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