1) At the beginning of the film, it is described that Joshua has extraordinary IQ and calmness. The director views the family from his perspective. On the surface, harmony actually hides the crisis. For this reason, a scene was specially selected to gather together for the arrival of the newborn and reveal the information through daily performance: the mother has postpartum depression, and the grandmother is a religious fanatic-the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. So nervous, my father looked hearty but a little careless.
2) Compared with Joshua’s high IQ, his parents are relatively mediocre. They often respond speciously to Joshua’s questions. It is inevitable that Joshua will have a sense of loneliness that is not understood by people around him, so he and he can see through the problem. 'S uncle is still closer.
3) Joshua said to his father "you don't have to love me", and my understanding is "you don't have to love me because of obligations." In fact, Joshua is not like some people commenting on the lack of love. Parents may not take good care of him because of the arrival of the newborn, but as long as they find that he is in the situation, they will still care, even if the father later suspects Joshua, but this When the little devil pretended to be pitiful, his father would still accompany him. The problem is not out of love they give to understand, such as a curtain Joshua and his father talk about the mummies, the next day his father gave him to buy the book "Valley of the Kings" of
4) behind Joshua rebuild family order, the film has a lot of Metaphors, such as Joshua’s name itself (from the Bible), and Seth, the god of order in ancient Egypt. Finally, the porter sorted things, and the mouse corpses stitched on the abdomen and the gloves under the bed that the camera aimed at also echoed the front quite well.
The film is not as scary as imagined. Its excellence lies in the details, the control of the delicate family relationship, and the expression of emotional descriptions. For example, the mother’s acting skills explode, and the gradual collapse of depression after pregnancy is very delicate, and it gradually breaks down until it collapses...Can't stand the distress of her daughter, but sticks her mouth with tape. Once she finds her daughter is missing, the anxiety is crazy. His father’s paintings are also quite wonderful. From the beginning of his family career, he became exhausted because of his wife’s depression, and finally became depressed because of the collapse of the family. Joshua was irritated by Joshua and couldn’t help but act. The language is vividly expressed.
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