I can't write a short review, but it's not a movie review either

Arvilla 2022-01-15 08:01:59

I watched this film with my boyfriend. After the film, he chatted about his thoughts. He said, "So it’s necessary for lovers to point out the darkest part of each other’s human nature." When the other party pulls down from the moral high slope, he builds his own high platform at the same time, and the lover is nothing more than that.

I also talked about the possible differences between men and women. Most women are always more sensitive and intuitive in the face of emotions than men, but because of lack of logic, they always have to pass a language labyrinth to reach the end. Or maybe it is the shame of pure emotion that makes men and women always wait until there is no other topic as a shield, so that they can become honest about their emotional needs.

In the film, when Malcolm said to Mary in the bathtub, "You don’t believe that someone doesn’t need you but still loves you", I cried. I read an article about avoidant attachment personality and said, "Be aware that you can be respected." And love, even if you didn’t become a particularly successful person," you cried. When I was young, I took the test paper and waited for my father's love or indifference. When I cry, I need to repeatedly explain how good I am when I face my lover. Then her boyfriend said, "Even if I have a cleanliness addiction, and you dropped your hair in the bathroom and grape seeds in the kitchen, you download dating software when we quarrel, and I still love you." I still couldn't help thinking "Because I have other profitable things." No solution.

"Thank you Mary" at the end reminds me that one day in 16 years, I was cooking at my ex’s house. He was lying on the sofa and his roommate came out of the room and greeted us and went out. After I left, my ex jumped up and hugged me from behind and said "Thank you for making me face." That moment of honesty and gratitude made me feel that it was the cutest moment in our relationship.

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Malcolm & Marie quotes

  • [Marie walks into the room with a knife]

    Malcolm: Marie, what are you doing? Put the knife down, please. Marie?

    [she kneels down in front of him and plays with the knife]

    Marie: Do you remember those antidepressants I was on? I'm not on them anymore. I'm not doing well. I'm really, really not doing well. I've never been clean. And I don't plan on getting clean. I'm a piece of shit. I'm a liar. I cheated on you. I fucked your friends

    [she laughs]

    Marie: I fucked your friends. God, I feel like I'm crazy. I've stolen from your mother. And you know what the fucked up thing is? I don't even care. I don't mind. Because I deserve it. Tell me where the fucking pills are. Tell me where the pills are.

    [Malcolm struggles to answer, Marie puts the knife down and acts like herself again]

    Marie: And that, Malcolm, is what authenticity buys you.

    [she flips him off with both hands as she leaves the room]

    Malcolm: Well, damn! Why didn't you do that in the audition?

  • Marie: You know, life is gonna get easier, but it's also gonna get harder.

    Malcolm: What do you mean?

    Marie: Just don't believe the hype, Malcolm. And don't push away the people who ground you.