Affleck has always been linked to vocabulary such as bad movies and vases in my mind. Even if he has movies like "Escape from Tehran" and "Mind Catcher", he has won many awards. But after watching this film, I really looked at him with admiration. Inspirational films usually have crying and laughing, passionate, but the film is 102 minutes (not including the ending subtitles), and the time for the male protagonist’s face to have expressions does not exceed 20 minutes, of which 13 minutes are concentrated at the end—— After he went through psychotherapy. Is this still an inspirational movie? In fact, the essence of the whole play is precisely this wooden face, which makes people feel deep despair, depression, numbness... Such a person is just a zombie-like skin. He has completely exiled himself and has no thoughts in his heart-except for drinking alcohol to numb himself. In addition to the pain of losing a child, there are actually more reasons for this. For example, a former basketball star gave up a full scholarship from a prestigious university in order to be angry with his father, and at the same time gave up his bright future. This decision that made him regretful made him sink for a long time. Just a few years after being rescued by his lover, he suffered the pain of losing his son again, and the last straw finally crushed him. Everyone has many dreams, but what should I do if the dreams are shattered and setbacks occur one after another? This kind of depression and pain is indeed a huge threshold. This emotion is brought into full play in the film. The only few facial expressions of the male protagonist can be counted by one palm: 1. The ex-wife asked him to meet. Hopeful, his face was lightened when he saw his ex-wife, but when he learned that his ex-wife just wanted to tell him that he had a boyfriend, he immediately changed back to a wooden face (in despair). 2. His team even defeated the No. 1 team and advanced to the playoffs at the same time, he finally had a little smile. Are there any others? Em... It seems to have been squeezed out. Except for the last period of psychotherapy, he finally burst into tears and began to have an expression of relief. After talking for a long time, it seems to have nothing to do with basketball? This frustrated man still has a dream in his heart, which is basketball, which is like a dying person who has one last breath. He can quit drinking to coach the team because this dream can also awaken his passion and reason. But the process is tortuous. The death of his son’s patient once again evoked his painful memory and asked him to pick up the wine bottle again, thus losing his job as a coach...
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