Like most fathers, David, who loves his daughter Margot deeply but clumsily, doesn’t know how to express his love; he is strict with his daughter’s life but feels guilty from time to time; he is very curious about his daughter’s life but embarrassed to ask questions. . Since the mother Pam died of cancer, the gap between the father and daughter has grown. The father thought that Pam's death was an eternal pain in the hearts of the two, so he tried to make the daughter gradually forget her mother by not mentioning it and clearing all traces left by Pam. However, her daughter regards her mother's memories as an important part of her life, hoping that her father can regain the same good life with herself as before, but she is embarrassed to take the initiative to mention her mother when she sees her father's attitude. Both of them are using what they think are the best way to protect each other, but awkwardly struggled alone in the pain of Pam's death and drifted away.
It wasn't until the daughter was missing that the father had a deep understanding of the daughter's heart through social networks. The plot is very cleverly designed, combining layers of portrayal of the daughter's character with the deciphering of the case. First of all, the father discovered that his daughter was not as popular as he thought, but rather withdrawn at school. Then he discovered that his daughter might also be involved in money and drug transactions, which completely broke his impression of his daughter as a good girl. The image of an adolescent girl who went astray due to loneliness came to life. In the end, the plot turns around. It turns out that the daughter secretly withdrew the piano lesson just to save the tuition for the strange netizen who was sick with the same mother. She was still that simple and kind little angel. After the daughter started a new life after nine deaths, the father finally realized where the father and daughter were in their hearts. He hesitated and typed out: "Mom will be proud of you." The daughter smiled back happily, and the father and daughter were finally able to face the pain of the past frankly and bravely embrace the new life. The film also ended here, and everyone was happy. From the experience of the father and daughter, we can learn not only the importance of communication, but also how to deal with the pain in life. Is it to try to cover up and forget or to face it bravely and internalize this pain into a part of life and carry it forward. The contradiction between the father and daughter lies in the fact that each other chooses to deal with pain in the name of love, but this has caused both of them to endure even greater torture.
The other parent-child pair in the film is the female police officer Vick and her son. The son simply admired Margot and secretly registered an account to watch Margot's webcast. In order to arouse Margot's sympathy, he lied and said that his mother was as seriously ill as Margot's mother, and that he had to work hard to pay for his mother's medical expenses and eventually faced dropping out of school. And he never expected that the kind-hearted Margot would really give him money. After struggling for a long time, he decided to return the money to Margot and confessed to his face. However, in the process of explaining, he accidentally pushed Margot off the cliff. In a panic, he called his mother for help. Coincidentally, his mother happened to be another police officer, and she knew exactly what this charge meant to her son. As a result, she decided to use her professional skills to exonerate her son, plotting the whole incident into a perfect murder, and even did not hesitate to find a scapegoat for her son. If it wasn't for Margot's father who was persistent and his IQ was against the sky, Margot might have gone from being accidentally injured to being murdered. Similarly, Police Officer Vick protects his son in the name of love, and even exonerates his son by breaking the law. If she cooperated with the investigation at the beginning of the case, Margot would not have to spend five days under the cliff with injuries and lack of water. Not to mention, if Margot's father didn't insist on investigating, and Margot died on the cliff because of their mother and son, and his son killed the girl he liked, what would he think? Officer Vick insisted until the last moment that the whole incident was planned by himself and had nothing to do with his son. Take all the responsibility to yourself to protect our son. Should we praise her greatness? But she was a murderer who tried to murder someone else's daughter! Maternal love makes people brave and irrational. The complexity of human nature is undoubtedly revealed here. A little boy who simply loves others secretly, a female police officer who loves his son and is professional and professional. They all do what they think are right in the name of love, but they become the ultimate murderer of the film, and they have to be embarrassed. And this is the essence of the film: kind motivation does not mean the legitimacy of behavior.
Other interesting things, such as the reaction of the masses after the news. Margot's classmates had an attitude of having nothing to do with Margot's disappearance. After the news came up, they all began to get involved with Margot, and even lied directly that "Margot is with me". The depiction of human nature here is very subtle. Leveraging the disappearance of classmates won't bring them honor and fame, but they still won. This is a phenomenon that is difficult to understand with reason, but it is so tangibly visible in our lives, exposing people's hidden vanity and psychology of concern, even if those concerns are not for ourselves. In addition, the film uses a large number of interface display methods, including how to crack various passwords and how to search and organize the details of information one by one, and show the protagonist’s eagerness and eagerness through the mouse staying on different options. Hesitate (the mouse can become an actor by itself). Coupled with the super expressive face of John Cho, the change of expression without dead ends in the iPhone selfie mode is breathtaking. Without a doubt one of the most surprising films of this year.
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