Some people think this is a food healing movie, like Eat, Pray, Love. Food is like positive energy, and recipes are like a family tree. The finishing touch is at the end of the movie, the little girl Elizabeth standing on a stool, making the same coarse corn salad as Mr. Church in the opening title. Charlotte mistakenly thought that in the cheerful jazz music, Mr. Church, who had accompanied her since childhood, was resurrected, and she called "Henry" for the first time instead of "Mr. Church".
Some people think that this is a movie with warm boiled water , a man with a soft heart and a moon-like man who has illuminated three generations. This is a library that loves to read classics and walks; this is a cook who can dance and play the piano; this is a man who likes brown, eats creamy walnut ice cream, and loves to read The Falcon of Malta; this is a man at a funeral Sobbing are all such elegant gentlemen. Wearing a top hat, tying a tie, getting home drunk and insisting on getting home, he said a lot of inner monologue, restoring the way life should be.
Some people think this is a movie about pure friendship, there is always one person in your life worth counting on. Mr. Church and Charlotte's mother, who are not related or related, came to take care of her for the last six months of her life at the request of her lover. I didn't expect that this would be the company and guardian of three generations of women for the rest of their lives. Little C changed from the rebellious girl at the beginning to the cardamom girl, from the female college student to the single mother, and Mr. Church also switched to different roles. Many would say that he took on the cycle of father, husband, and father again. In fact, from start to finish, he is synonymous with friendship, spanning years, genders, and races. Don't forget, the first book Charlotte asked Mr. Church to borrow was "The Three Musketeers", and the most touching plot in this book is friendship. Don't forget, the director's old work is "Driving for Miss Daisy", which is a classic movie in which a Jewish old woman and a black driver developed friendship over a long period of time before "Green Book". At the end of the credits, Daisy says to Hawke, "You're my best friend".
But I don't think so. I don't think the director needs to pay tribute to his past self, he won't get lost in his heart . Just like the name of the film, Mr. Church, this is a film about redemption by "Mr. Church". He repeatedly preaches a truth: saving people is saving yourself.
Charlotte's friend on the bus, who just got his driver's license, ran into a neighbor's house, killing his four-year-old, and was sentenced to be banned from driving for life and to take public transportation. After Charlotte's pregnancy was run over by a skateboarder, he shivered to start his car, saving two lives. At his wedding, he told Charlotte that in fact they were the mother and daughter who saved him, because he couldn't bear the alcohol that day and bought his last bottle of wine and a bunch of medicines to kill himself. The groom who shaved his beard is so handsome. This is a story of saving people and saving yourself.
When Mr. Church died, Charlotte sorted out the relics and found a group photo of the three of them. On the night of the group photo, Charlotte insisted that Mr. Church join because We are the family. Mr. Church treasures a photo with his father, but every time he gets drunk, he has to argue with his imaginary father. He can't get the caress and security of his family of origin, but is willing to continue giving for free after the six-month commitment period. What he longs for is the feeling of home. Throughout his life, he has been a source of love for the Charlotte family, and the Charlotte family has given him a sense of security and a sense of home. This is a story of helping others.
The book Charlotte borrowed most often from Mr. Church's library was Tess of the d'Urbervilles, which ended up in Mr. Church's belongings. Tess in the novel has a tall and straight body and a delicate face, which is the pure and beautiful image in her heart that Angel pursues, and Angel herself is also an angel to Tess. Both are deeply attracted and infatuated with each other. Owen in the movie is probably a projection of Angel in the novel. Ten-year-old Owen was the best boy on earth and on other planets. Fortunately, Owen invited Charlotte to be his dance partner on the prom. If Tess hadn't been sexually assaulted, and at the age of 16, if the dance partner that Angel invited happened to be Tess, maybe they would have fallen in love and got married. But Hardy's Tess is a tragedy, and she ends up killing Deb. It's also a story of redemption, a story of one person's soul at the expense of another. Charlotte read "Tess" three times, and she didn't go the way of Tess, who was Tess's subtitle "A Pure Woman." She has another long list of borrowed books. When she didn't know how to choose, she read "Pride and Prejudice", when faced with uncertainty about love, she read "Jane Eyre", when she was confused about love, she read "Pride and Prejudice" "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". This is a rescued but independent story.
Hardy once quoted Shakespeare's words in "Two Gentlemen of Verona" as the inscription for "Tess": "A distressed and hurt name! My breast shall be your bed, and let you sleep!". I think this sentence also applies to Mr Church.
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