The story is set in the United States in 1991. Liu Xing (Liu Ye), who came from all over China to be a graduate student, was trembling and extremely excited. Doing research work for the famous professor of Cosmology, with excellent grades, he is favored by the professor, but the self-respecting professor is not satisfied with Liu Xing, who is too aggressive and aggressive, and finally will not pass his graduation thesis, unless Liu Xing I am willing to change the calculation method.
The film starts from the position of a director who borrowed from China, and tells the story of my Chinese study life in the United States in the early 1990s. I also went to the United States to study in those years (two years later than Liu), so I also It resonates with me, but the film is about students from the mainland, which is a bit different from those who went to Hong Kong. The film deliberately makes a bit of sarcasm at the mainland students, but fortunately it is a director from China, otherwise it may be hailed as discriminating against China International students.
Those sarcasms are actually quite fleshy. For example, international students come to the church and hope to get some benefits. After listening to the pastor introducing the church, when it comes to the food supply, everyone gets up and runs to the table where the food is placed, forgetting the pastor. When Liu Xing went to the coffee shop to buy coffee, he could not understand the language and wanted to drink tea, but thought "to go" was the name of tea and called it "Togo". When the professors held a party after the seminar, A group of students from China are
rushing to eat, and they also say that they need to eat a little bit more for dinner. These are actually quite funny, and also reflect the mentality of the Chinese people who are greedy for petty gains and disturb the small circle. The impact is well described, the language barrier, the sexual openness of foreigners, the students from China are always the most diligent in the eyes of Americans, etc. The director is good at portraying in a humorous and relaxed way, which makes people feel comfortable The feeling of making the audience more engaged in the characters in the story.
I like some framing of the movie very much, and some of them are deeply impressed. For example, in the first scene, when Liu Xing went to the university to sit on a bench, waiting to see the professor, he saw Liu waiting alone from a distance. During football chess, the camera is shot from below the football players, which is very beautiful.
The music can be said to be a combination of Chinese and Western, but it is mostly Chinese, and the effect is good.
Liu Ye's performance is very good, and his performance of Liu Xing reminds me of him in " The role in Lan Yu', I don't know if director Chen Shizheng also chose Liu Ye as the male lead because of "Lan Yu". Of course, the heroine Meryl Streep also played very well, but the role is less than expected, I believe there is a chance to cooperate with her , Liu Ye will never forget it in this life.
The movie has a lot of laughs, which makes the first half of the film feel relaxed and engaged. The singing of the wife of Lawrence, an international student, really makes people laugh; the moans of the classmates imitating foreign girls also bring There was a lot of laughter.
The clips of Liu Xing's parents in China in the movie are also very good, working-class parents, intermittent silhouettes, giving people a deep impression.
Liu Xing chose June 21st on the calendar, which is the summer solstice, no I know what it has to do with the universe and dark matter he studies.
The ending of the movie is really shocking, and I won't reveal the details here. I thought Liu would only end up by himself and face failure, but I was a little surprised by that scene.
It's worth it The movie I watched, after all, is a good script, but the ending is indeed a bit sad.
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