In the opening shot, the red maple leaves covered the whole picture, which established the fairy tale tone of the film. The setting is also very attractive: an infertile couple wrote down their expectations for their child on paper and buried it in the dirt of the yard, but unexpectedly, a little boy grew overnight. With the tone and setting, the story unfolds. I thought it would do something along the fantasy setting, but there is no fantasy element except for the leaves growing on the legs of the little boy. Instead, the camera focuses on the various fetters between the boy and his parents. Of course, there are countless excellent works about family affection. From the perspective of a child, it is easier to attract people's love. Unfortunately, there is a pot of good material in this film, but there is only one lack of good master. What will finally be presented in front of the audience can only be a tender one. Running account.
The biggest problem with the film is the narrative technique. The ambition of the screenwriter is not too grand. A leaf tells a story, and the themes involve love, death, family affection, and education. These topics alone are enough to make a full-length novel. Unfortunately, the director accepted all of them, but he did not. The ability to control, each story can only pass by. Of course, the director is not without designs. Every wish made by the Greens at the beginning corresponds to the story that happened later: love and being loved, humor like Uncle Barney, Picasso with a paintbrush, honesty and never give up, rock audience , scored the winning goal. It is a pity that this correspondence only stays in the literal sense, and it is difficult to obtain the audience's approval. For example, the so-called "humorous like Uncle Barney" is nothing more than telling a few bad jokes about sandwiches; "rock the whole court" is the whole family dance; Just like Messi possessed; the funniest scene was at the factory staff meeting, when Timothy was forced to show the leaves growing on his body, and the well-informed townspeople were not surprised, the focus of their attention It turns out that the factory can start working again!
If the plot flaws mentioned above can also be used to prevaricate the past with "fairy tales", the setting at the end of the film makes people alert to this layer of fairy tale coat. The background of the film is that the protagonist couple receives an interview with an adoption agency. Coincidentally, the author has just watched the movie "Instant Family", which introduces the adoption process in the United States, and knows that families who are eligible for adoption must be carefully selected. At the end, the protagonist couple successfully adopted a child. There is no doubt that Timothy's story moved the adoption agency. According to this idea, it is not difficult to find that Timothy has many characteristics of adopted children: for example, the first meeting of Timothy and the protagonist couple is a little boy who can talk and dance; They were all born from their mothers; they were isolated and bullied by children because of their speciality. The story also has another meaning. The mistakes the protagonist couple make are common mistakes made by adoptive parents: comparing their children with other parents; imposing their own regrets on their children; worrying about their children being isolated and ignoring their children These warm little stories have been transformed into the best footnotes to show the protagonist couple's rich parenting experience, and at the end, Timothy praised them as "the best parents in history".
Perhaps some viewers are still willing to believe that Timothy really exists, he is an angel, and his brief stay in the world is only to teach the Greens how to get along with their children and prepare for adoption. Such audiences are kind, but they ignore one point. People love to read fairy tales and don't care about their authenticity, but are moved by the sincere emotions in them, which are often connected to specific objects. The film spends three-quarters of its time depicting the Greens' bond with Timothy, but ends with them accepting another child without any hesitation. As for our little protagonist Timothy, the spirit of hiding merit and fame is praiseworthy, but it is inevitable to complain: "Where is "The Strange Life of Timothy", this is clearly a "Days of Leaving Lei Feng"."
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