Connecting the two works is the famous "Rachel". Her beauty, including hairstyle, is the focus of the public, not to mention the super life show - from the skinny to the divorced woman. After the fairy tale marriage collapsed, she insisted on moving to the big screen, and the gossip media only paid attention to her low-key dress up. Even the vixen Angelina gave birth, and did not forget to report the "reluctant" smile on her face, doing her best to add fuel to the jealousy. However, fate doesn't seem to take care of her. Several films she starred in have failed consecutively. Aniston's performance has never been recognized, and it will almost become "box office poison". In short, before that, she could not get rid of the shadow of "Rachel", and she had almost reached the bottom of her life and career. Fortunately, finally, in this movie, she is finally no longer "Rachel".
Aniston's performance in this film gradually deviates from her previous model and feels more deeply and closely related to the role. Perhaps, the role in the film is just close to her: she gave up a promising career, lived a completely different life, worked hard to earn every penny, and also looked at the faces of her former friends. So she acted naturally and smoothly, with a lot less contrived traces than "Meet Polly".
But the excellence of the whole movie depends on the other three heroines: also famous and powerful actors. Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand, Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actress Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack, plus Aniston who has won the Golden Globes and Emmys, the lineup is indeed the best , No two at all. The four big women with both talents and colors are on the same stage. There are many examples of success and failure. The gratifying fact is that they succeeded! I think the most successful thing is that they don't compete with each other, no one is more important than the other, and the film shines because of each character. This should be the director's credit.
A few small details that I like are quite memorable.
The fitness coach Rachel met was really weird. On the first date, she turned to chase after her ex-girlfriend, and every subsequent date was in the room she cleaned for others. Rachel's Christmas present is actually a maid's bodysuit, and then she plays role-playing games and even makes love on someone else's bed. The most excessive thing is that every time I have to take a share of Rachel's salary, the reason is "I help"! My God, is there really such a person? Why can't Rachel leave him? I don't know where the writer came up with the idea.
The celebrity royal clothing designer has no worries about food and clothing, but she is full of grievances every day. Her husband's intimacy and friend's affection were all rejected and even laughed at one by one, and her life was as she said: "Waiting for death every day". It's too scary, does this happen when people reach middle age or menopause? But the strange thing is that her design genius is basically not shown in the film, and the only time 4 people tried on the costumes for the charity banquet did not feel very beautiful. She hasn't washed her hair for many years, and it's dirty and stinky. I don't know how a big star can endure her stench + stinky temper. I feel that the character setting is good, but the presentation is too one-sided and unbelievable.
Her husband was even stranger. Every friend said he was "He's so gay", but every time he went to bed, he asked for love and was rejected by Jane. really weird! Indeed, as soon as he appeared on the stage, he was choosy about the matching of his clothes, and then almost every time he went out alone or with a group of people, he was chatted up by handsome guys. Finally, the sock owner showed his love naked to him. I wonder why his appearance is so popular with comrades, or what rules are there, and what information does his performance reveal? I didn't see it. But he enjoyed it. I don't know if he was forced out by Jian's refusal. :) In the
end, what I couldn't understand was that Rachel said that she would not be a maid, but she was not a fitness coach as mentioned in the previous article, but "with makeup" related". What is it? Cosmetics tryouts? ! There is no introduction to the movie at all, which is unreasonable.
And she keeps harassing her ex-boyfriend on the phone throughout the movie, even yelling at his wife, including during a date with a fitness trainer. But suddenly after being with a sloppy man, he became tolerant and let go of the past. This transformation process should have been an important part of her mental journey, but it was not involved at all. So it doesn't look good. As for the sloppy man becoming a rich man, she seemed to have recovered, and quickly went from the table to the bed. Fall into the clichés! After many years of independence, Rachel still wants to follow the old road of friends, and live on her husband's money? So what is her ideal that she has insisted on for many years, and what is her pursuit of what she said? The foreshadowing of the previous hour has all been cancelled out, greatly diminishing the meaning of the film.
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