3.5 points
Halfway through the film, my heart is always twisted for the little boy. What does it mean? The prisoner that he accidentally brought gave his mother happiness, but physically and psychologically possessed his own mother? Tricky's plot unknowingly gave the psychological impression that the film was twisted and wandered on the edge of morality . Therefore, the focus of my heart has also changed from the so-called "love" to "family" and "growth". If I were henry, how disgusted and twisted I should be. Whether I will call the police or not, I can't say for sure.
The structure of the film is relatively simple, with two timelines: 1. Frank gets to know his girlfriend, becomes a soldier, falls in love, gets married, has a child, discovers his wife's betrayal (the son is not his), accidentally kills his wife, goes to jail, and escapes. 2. Adele got married, gave birth to henry, tried many times to get pregnant again and had multiple miscarriages, the relationship between husband and wife broke down, divorced, and lived alone with henry.
The pacing of the narrative is generally slow. Only a few passages are edited in parallel to bring out some tension. If the editing of this film is expressed in liquid (I prefer time to be liquid), it is the gentle stream of water with a few small stones occasionally stumbling. However, this gentle stream is the charm of the film's own style (here thanks to Fei Wen's aptness from body shape to performance, the nomination is well deserved)
Henry's psychological development runs through the whole film , and all the narrations are completed by the adult Henry's actors. Therefore, these narrations also contain his inner changes in adulthood to make up for the psychological defects of childhood Henry. To put it simply, the shock that Henry may have faced at the time with his unsmiling heart from a young age can be said to be stormy (day and night...) His life has always been a siren sounding: his parents' marriage relationship broke down, his father's image The lack of; the mother can always crash outside, he must work hard to save his mother from the situation like fire and water; the escape of prisoner Frank invaded, changed his quality of life, consciously or unintentionally replaced his father's role in the family. He doesn't act like a fugitive, which confuses young Henry. Even, frank also brought the recipe that made henry rich afterward :)
The little boy who is attached to his mother and wants to protect and protect his mother has an excellent sample. If in the past he "wanted" to be a man, then after Frank's special training, he "mastered" the skills of how to be a man. The kiss from that precocious girl made this transition of identity and self-knowledge more smooth. The kitchen in the film is a place where hormones are overflowing. The three work together to make peach pie (a symbol of America), and the churning together is sticky and smooth. Peaches, ripe peaches, the first thing you can see is sexuality. The little boy carefully pays attention to every trace of skin-to-skin contact between the two. Looking at it again, the little boy's hand has joined it, and he has brought more flour. In the emotional world, he observes, twists, tenses, probes, experiences, and delights. At this point, wala～Boy is ready to become a man.
The bgm that goes into the painting is also an excellent technique, just like the holes on the surface of the meringue, so that the whole film can be full and full.
All in all, it's a movie that leaves an aftertaste in my heart after watching it. Because of the alternative content of the text, it can also be impressive.
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