Sam is a happy woman, she has a well-off family, loves her husband and 3 lovely sons, she loves travel and water sports. During a trip to Thailand, she accidentally fell from the roof, damaged her spine and was paralyzed from the chest down. The eldest son Noah picked up an injured magpie and took it home for adoption, named Penguin Bloom. In the process of thinking about getting along with Penguin, Sam rediscovered the meaning of life and looked squarely at the care of himself and his family in reality. The film does not follow the realistic route, there are a lot of artistic freehand scenes. The film has beautiful scenery, soft colors, bright light, soothing tone, and no sadness. Most of the time, the lens is filled with a warm orange sunlight, and the whole movie is more like a little cake carefully baked for ordinary people. Naomi Watts (53 years old), the charming nightgown screaming queen in "King Kong", completed this role very well, combining the suppressed unwilling explosiveness in the heart and the physical weakness. The expression came out. Before the film, there were many shots showing Sam's smile, some facing his family, facing former colleagues and kayaking instructors, and there was a weak bitterness in the reluctant smile. And when she was alone, she never smiled. The scene near the end is impressive. Sam went on a trip with her family on a mountain trip. For a short moment, she was alone and her imaginary self was looking at each other on the hillside. Here, she revealed her heart for the first time. Smile. Personally, the biggest shortcoming of the movie comes from the most important animal actor: the magpie. Because the performance talent of birds is far less than that of dogs, gorillas and other common movie animals. Although the crew used 10 magpies to shoot, it is still difficult for me as an ordinary viewer to directly resonate with this bird, and I can only experience it with the reflection of other actors.
In fact, this film is not an inspirational film for paraplegics. In the eyes of paraplegics in reality, the heroine is really lucky to have lovely children, a lover who will never leave, caring for her family, caring for her colleagues, Abundant economic support, beautiful living environment, suitable for their own sports. But even with these, it is still "not enough" for the heroine, and until the end of the film, it is only "better", so the heroine in the movie will ignore the care of others and alienate her family from the beginning. No matter how hard the outside world works, the pain in the heart cannot be healed. This is exactly what the film wants to convey to the general audience outside the screen. Therefore, in addition to helping and caring for those unfortunate people, more understanding and tolerance are needed.
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