Exceeding expectations, a rare good film this year. Of course, there must be a pressured audience at home to be able to resonate.
The male protagonist is an ordinary middle-aged man like most people, born in poverty, a small man who is eager to succeed in the New York business world, full of energy, but some eager for quick success. There was once a glorious deposit of over one million, but ups and downs. I moved four times in ten years. This time I have to go to London to work hard again.
His wife works at a nearby horse farm and has a bit of skill in feeding and training horses. The temper is a bit fierce, and some middle-aged women are neurotic as standard. Under the magnificent blueprint drawn by her husband, she took a pair of children and her husband to London.
It seems that everything is so good. Everything is like a fish in the water for her husband's trading company in London. The boss appreciates it and his colleagues admire it. The husband rented an old manor in the London countryside. The children have entered a good school. There is a large lawn on the manor where the son plays football. He also bought good horses and carts for his wife. She also plans to build a stable. In the future, the wife will set up an equestrian school. Husbands and wives can also participate in gatherings of wealthy people in London, and the picture of a good life begins.
Then, life is not a story, and problems and pressures begin to emerge. Expenses increased, and her husband wanted to make a lot of money quickly, and began to persuade the boss to sell the company, so he could make a lot of money. This stupid trick made him lose the opportunity to get rich overnight and also lost the trust of his boss. The horse bought for 5,000 pounds died, the son was bullied at school, the daughter brought by the wife before marriage became more and more rebellious, the husband’s account was in deficit, and the wife was forced to work for the villager’s cattle farm. All kinds of contradictions are intertwined and escalated, and eventually family life becomes a mess. The couple pretended to be rich and talked about cooperating with customers. The wife exposed her husband's pretense that she had money. The wife shook her face and left, and the business was ruined. The husband, who had no money to pay the fare, walked home all night. The embarrassed husband shed tears in front of his family. He then cheered up and told everyone that he planned to move the family to London to rent an apartment and start a company by himself. , Not only is it convenient to spend time with family, but also has more time to work and make money. This is the end of the movie.
One of the highlights of the film is the story. The director tells the story of an ordinary family who hopes to become a wealthy person, without a preset standpoint or attitude. It’s true that the husband desires success. Ordinary people don’t yearn for the days of financial freedom? Working hard is right. How many people didn't have the mentality of eager for quick success when they were young? It’s okay for my wife to want to live a stable life. It’s normal to complain about losing her temper, not to mention feeding cows and shoveling dung in order to make a living.
Who is wrong?
Remember that sentence: Because you are poor, it is all your fault!
With such a trivial family story, the director's speech was smooth and relaxed, and left the climax of conflicts at the end. It was not boring at all.
The second is the acting skills of the actors, which are very exciting. Especially Jude Law, a big name with natural noble temperament, acting as an ordinary person who works hard to counterattack, can still quickly bring the audience into the plot and immerse you in it.
Finally, I want to say that such realistic themes that face ordinary people's lives are everywhere around us. There are no restricted areas, no restrictions, and no risk of passing the trial. Unfortunately, we still lack such directors and screenwriters who can lean over the people.
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