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this is life
Kole 2022-10-31 16:52:22
The style of the film and the color of the picture are very good. I like Helena's performance. The image of the stepmother is sexy and vivid, which makes people hate it. At the end of the film, Nigel Slater starred in person, giving the young Nigel the opportunity to enter the hotel, telling little Nigel that he would do well, and also telling everyone that becoming a chef is Nigel Slater's own choice, and the opportunity is also given to himself. The middle-aged Nigel Slater is still chewing toast in his mouth. It can be seen that the status of the mother in his heart is unshakable. This is one of the reasons why Nigel and Helena's stepmother in the play constantly struggles with cooking. The father is actually the victim of Nigel's struggle with his stepmother. In the second half of the film, "enough fighting, enough food" is no longer temptation and attraction, but struggle and pressure. In the end, the father died in the struggle between his son and his wife. The death of his father was sad for Nigel, but it also made him feel relieved. He let go of his love and hatred for his father, and resolutely left to choose his own life. From then on, he never saw his stepmother, leaving only two words for her. The words "You did this" "Thank you". Helena is worthy of sympathy. She comes from a humble background and has nothing to say about elegance. She only talks about food and cleanliness, but she knows what it's like to be lonely, and she longs for her husband's love, so when her stepson begins to challenge her to cook, Her performance was so frightened and angry that her husband's death ended her war with her stepson and brought her back into loneliness. At the end of the film, she called out "son, son, come back, Nigel!" The stepson became her only support. She had regarded him as a relative. The hostility of the past few years collapsed instantly after her husband's death, but the stepson would never look back. "What do you mean, thank you?" "What do you mean?" Although the ending is not what I expected, this is life, Nigel Slater's life, and it will not change because of your preferences.
Extended Reading
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Mrs. Potter: I brought you a cup of tea, nice with a cake.
Nigel Slater: I don't want to, I don't have to have it. I don't want you in my life anymore!
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Nigel Slater: It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.