A road adventure film, from a juvenile perspective. Most of the journey movies are about two people, encountering one after another, encountering different people, such as the 囧tour series, Green Book, etc., there are usually absurd plots, at least unexpected events, if you focus on plots, it is easy to become Farce, if it focuses on characters, it will resonate in the plot. If there are some philosophy of life or social issues, it will lead to in-depth thinking. With magical music, magical character modeling, and magical adventure stories, this film beautifully tells a profound fable.
The preface of the movie first introduces the teenager's state of mind, the family is on the verge of breaking up, the mother is drinking heavily, the father is having an affair, and he is also marginalized at school. Cheek is a character who is in a similar situation to him, but has a distinct personality contrast. Their combination has become a vent for the teenager's emotions. Cheek first pulled him to break through the psychological barrier and went to the birthday party to regain his dignity; after that, during the journey, all kinds of fun, crushing in the cornfield, playing with food, escaping the police, stealing gasoline, swimming in the reservoir, orgasm It's high speed racing. The premise of all this is because he feels that he is not responsible, and everything is safe, and ignoring the danger must bear the consequences. At the end of the film, he takes the initiative to admit his fault, perhaps because of friendship, perhaps because of A sense of justice, but more importantly, he has learned to face and has a sense of responsibility. This also implies that he has already surpassed his giant baby parents. Ironically, his father is still using violence to vent his emotions like a child. It can be seen that this boy who loves fantasies and can only vent through video games has finally achieved his desire to escape from the predicament in the absurd journey with Chick, tasted the thrill of breaking out of the ordinary, and learned to face the predicament. He grew up in gaining self-confidence and a sense of responsibility, and when he no longer limited his vision to the direction that everyone is flocking to, he also completed his own transformation.
In the branch line, the girl you meet on the way is also a character who dares to take risks and does not succumb to the status quo. In the meantime, the simple juvenile heart completes the break in the feeling of love. Here, the expression of the film is very delicately expressed by the expressions and dialogues of the actors. And the girl's departure was so sudden, just like the lover who disappeared just after each other in life, the boy learned to say goodbye with a smile here. There is also an interesting branch line, encountering a family of children in the village, and playing a quiz game for drinking yogurt, which is quite ironic and seems to be a mockery of modern education.
The journey is just a microcosm, and the companion is actually another different self. Experience can make people grow. As the saying goes, one has a beautiful face on the way, and one encounters a golden house on the way. The value of life on the way lies in each person's precious and unique experience. The memories we left in our travels are like the words imprinted on the ground, waiting for the day when we meet again in our memories decades later. Although the movie is called Cheek, the focus is on the character of the boy and the mapped topic of psychological growth, and Cheek is more like expressing a fearless heart ahead.
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