The story is that three mothers volunteered to go to New York, where their sons work, because they did not receive their son's blessing on Mother's Day, hoping to repair the increasingly indifferent relationship between mother and son. The story also includes the friendship between three old sisters.
(Not pure film review below)
My mother fell ill in March today, and is the type with the shortest survival period among the tumors.
I've been in two cities and two countries for four months in a row, and yet, things continue to take a turn for the worse.
So, while watching, there are several places in the movie that make me cry. In one case, three mothers arrived in New York and, embarrassedly, found out that they knew very little about their son. Because they came uninvited, they were embarrassed to stay at their son's house and found a hotel in the same city themselves; the other was a movie. At the end, Carol received flowers from her son and a handwritten letter with ten reasons to love you.
My mother comes here every year to celebrate the New Year with me, one month a year. During that month, I always had to pretend: I cleaned the house with my partner ahead of time, hid all the photos we shared, had a good voice, reminded each other not to call each other Baby...same as Paul in the film , I've never come out to my mother, friends say she must know, but I know her, she's like "Lynette" (Felicity Huffman) in the film, who values face above all else. Maybe she knew, since she never urged me to find someone, but she'd rather I never tell. I want to wait until I am more capable and tell her step by step, but I don't think I have the chance.
In the last few New Years, I always take her on trips, but even when traveling together, I can still feel the loneliness she exudes from time to time. I have been single for 30 years, and I have been brought up by myself. I couldn't understand her when I was young. When I grew up, I left home when I was able to talk. This feeling of loneliness was an indelible color on her body. I'm always clumsy, taking ten pictures of her to choose one that satisfies her, but I know how proud she is when she posted those pictures to her circle of friends. She had planned to go to Sabah this year, but this plan seemed to never be completed...
When I saw Daniel's mother go through the window and make a lot of food for her son while he was away, I couldn't help but think of the time she came to visit me every year. She always wakes up after we both go to work, and I teach her how to get out and walk around, but she seldom does. She likes to be alone in our apartment and take us to work and keep our house spotless. When I get home, I will find that even the gaps in the floor-to-ceiling windows are clean, and even the airline tag on my suitcase has been torn off, and my five-year-old suitcase has been wiped like new. Of course it's delicious, and it's that time of year when I can be spoiled and eat authentic Chinese food, "Your Mom is spoiling you." My partner always says that. By the way, my mother is also very kind to her. Every time I come here, I bring her gifts. This is also one of the evidences that my friends say that my mother already knows about our relationship.
I have already asked for leave, and I will leave my job in a few days and go home to accompany her. I've been acting badly during this time, and maybe I can't maturely accept this bad news before, who can? I hope that when I go back this time, she will feel that I am a little more mature.
Speaking of the movie, the three old actors in this movie are really good, especially Felicity Huffman, she is so fashionable, proud, conceited, independent just like my mother, and at the same time she is sensitive and insecure, it is easy to take every time. Controversy leads to who is right and who is wrong, and it is easy to wonder if you are not a good mother.
The state and makeup of the three old actors are what I want to be at the age of 50. I lament when China can have such dramas and dramas that are created for middle-aged and old actresses but still have charm and are close to life. Movie? (I'm already brainstorming Chen Chong, Liu Xiaoqing, Siqin Gaowa and Gong Li to play the Chinese version of this film.)
All in all, it's a good movie, but maybe it's only a good movie that can be produced by someone who is a little older.
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