In the dramas or movies I’ve been watching recently, the name has nothing to do with marriage and love , such as “I chose not to get married”, “Not to get married”, “The Hardest Love in the World”, etc. Marriage concept), basically follow the routine of successful career and bumpy emotional road.
The film that I want to introduce to you today is "How to be single", which is very suitable for single people to watch in the background of New York .
In recent years, there have been many film and television dramas selling "single anxiety". There are "Lobster" with a strong sense of push, and there are also Japanese drama "Marriage Objects by Lottery" with new rules of urban marriage. "Single Guide" is a very typical chick movie (Chic-Flick Movie), the cover looks ordinary, but the plot is lighthearted and full of laughs. There is not too much preaching and chicken soup, but after reading it, it makes people feel refreshed.
The director of the film, Christian Dieter, once directed "Love You, Rosie", and one of the screenwriters once wrote " He's jus not that into you " and " Valentine's Day ". by Liz Tuccillo .
Several main and supporting roles in the film are very representative. I would like to use this as an entry point to introduce the plot of this film to you.
Alice (Dakota Johnson)
The heroine Alice is played by Dakota Johnson, who has starred in the famous "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades of Darkness" and "Fifty Shades of Flying" series. After that, she also participated in many films such as "Need for Speed" and "Murder at the Royal Hotel", and last year starred in the remake of the famous 1997 horror film "The Storm".
In the movie, she and her boyfriend Josh (Nicholas Braun) met in college because of an oolong incident, and then began a long-distance love run. One day, Alice proposes that she wants to take some time off to enjoy the joys of living alone. Her boyfriend was very reluctant at first, but finally had to agree and say "I gonna miss your boobs."
Alice, who is alone in New York, under the leadership of her new colleagues, abandoned the image of a good girl in the past and lingered in PUB after work, and rolled with the bar owner Tom (Anders Holm). Before Alice started dating, Tom made it clear that he didn't want a relationship.
At this moment, Alice, who had closed the door, thought of Josh's great desire to get back with him, but was told by the other party, "I guess you only remembered me after you had enough fun with people, but don't worry, I have already started dating others. ” refused. Heartbroken, she ran to her sister and cried, panicking that she would not know how to live by herself in the future.
Not long after that, Alice met the professional elite David (Damon Wayans Jr.) at a job, and quickly fell in love with each other in a very romantic move.
After the two started dating, she learned that David had a six- or seven-year-old daughter, but she seemed to have separated from his wife. So, she spontaneously accompanied the little princess and gained the little girl's trust and love. Just when the two were singing together, David suddenly changed his face and told Alice that the two of them could no longer go on, and hoped that she would leave her home immediately.
Turns out David's wife died a few years ago and he wasn't ready to tell his younger daughter the fact that her mother was gone. The song Alice sang just now was an exclusive song for their family of three, and it was inviolable in his heart. Just after Alice left, David opened the album with his daughter in his arms, determined to tell her about her mother.
On Alice's birthday, her best friend invited her ex-boyfriend and friends to the party, which made Alice very embarrassed and angry. During the period when the two were fighting each other, the words that her best friend roared at her made her savor it carefully after she calmed down.
She recalled the people she had experienced around her, including Tom, who was in love, and David, who had yet to come out of the shadow of his ex-wife's death, and who said that she wanted to marry her when she met her true love, but she wanted to cheat before getting married. Ex-boyfriend Josh who fired. Alice slowly discovered that it is better to find her true self first than to get lost in the relationship between men and women again and again.
She started exercising in a planned way, reading books, and even making a gadget that could help her zip the back of her dress smoothly. Then one day, she finally went to watch the sunrise at the Grand Canyon where she had always wanted to go. If "The Single's Guide" is a female growth film, Alice is undoubtedly the one who has grown up the most.
Robin (Rebel Wilson)
While watching Bridesmaids, I remembered this chubby actress Rebel Wilson. After that, she watched several films and TV dramas in which she participated, such as "Pitch Perfect", "Three Women's Weekend", "Night at the Museum 3" and "Ace Power Spy: Greensby". The show left a deep impression on me.
In the film, Robin, played by Rebel Wilson, is a wealthy second-generation, and she is a singleist who doesn't like to stick to a fixed relationship. During the day, she works as a lower-level assistant in a law firm. After get off work, she is a "party animal" who lingers in various nightclubs, and is used to waking up in different men's bedrooms every morning.
As Alice's new colleague, she is her emotional mentor and best friend. I especially liked the scene where she was with Alice at her ex-boyfriend Josh's Christmas party, where she was angry at Ex. At the same time, I also liked Alice's boldness when she was confused about love, and she tore up her face and scolded the other party regardless of her friend's identity. If you can, please give me a dozen of such girlfriends!
People like Robin should not be particularly common in reality. Because to be able to enjoy being single so much and have fun in it, you must have a very strong personality. Such a person must be a very funny person who is good at getting along with others and being alone. It's really not easy for a person to be so in a single life without worrying about gains and losses and do it with ease.
Meg (Leslie Mann)
Meg's actor Leslie Mann once starred in the smash hit "Seventeen", and this year starred in a family comedy that I like very much, "Escorting Parents". At the same time, she also participated in the dubbing of many cartoons, such as "Crazy Primitives 2", "Rio Adventure 2", "Rio Adventure", "The Simpsons" and so on.
Meg is Alice's older sister, a financially independent and career-oriented obstetrician. After several emotional setbacks, she felt that falling in love, getting married and having children was a matter of losing herself, so she decided to be single for a lifetime. However, working in the obstetrics and gynecology department, she could not resist the nature of being a woman. Looking at the lovely children in front of her, she decided to try IVF and become a single mother.
Meg, who wants to be a single mother, encounters an unexpected love during her pregnancy. She goes to the Christmas party of her sister Alice's law firm, where she meets Ken (Jake Lacy), the younger brother at the front desk. Meg, who only wanted to solve the physiological needs during pregnancy, did not want this love to blossom, but Brother Ken was really attracted by this career-oriented woman.
On the day of giving birth, when Ken walked into the delivery room with the newborn baby in his arms and said seriously "I really love you" to Meg, our single superwoman finally put down her steel coat and accepted it. for this love. Maybe as she said, the age gap will cause a lot of friction in their future lives, but who can say that love at the same age must be smooth sailing?
Lucy (Alison Brie)
I am not particularly familiar with Alison Brie, who plays Lucy, but judging from her resume, this girl has participated in many popular TV series, such as "The Crap League", "Mad Men", "Scream", "Scream" BoJack Horseman, The Lego Movie, etc. But judging from the movies she starred in, the ratings are not particularly high, and it seems that her vision for selecting scripts needs to be improved.
Lucy in the film is a beautiful girl who has both education and career and is humorous. She is addicted to dating apps and uses mathematical formulas to search the world for the perfect man who matches her. Her debate with Tom, the bartender, about finding love in New York was absolutely brilliant (and I recommend watching the movie if you get a chance).
After going around and going through several failed blind dates, Lucy met his Mr. Right at the book club and successfully held hands and entered into marriage. And Tom, the bartender who has been watching Lucy use his theory to find true love, discovers his feelings for her when Lucy gets engaged.
However, this is not a story of a prodigal son who turns back and hugs a beautiful woman. His affectionate confession at Alice's birthday party was mocked as a joke by Lucy, and he was also warned by his fiancé without a trace. At the end of the film, Tom put away the routine device set up at home to stay at home when his girlfriend was not at home. Maybe, the playboy is finally ready to take it easy and don't want to miss out on true love.
(To be continued)
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