Uncomfortable

Lamont 2022-04-09 09:01:09

I happened to see this movie in a circle of friends on my birthday, and I was immediately attracted to watch it because of the unknown title. I was at home on New Year's Day and wanted to watch a movie, so I picked this movie from my most recent list. Online I watched it, but because the network was not good, I was so irritable that it was on and off. It didn't go smoothly, but I still liked it.

At the beginning of the film, I saw Autumn, and the boys laughed at her singing. She didn't get the sincere encouragement and affirmation from her family. Later, when she came out of the house and walked alone, the shaking camera made me terrified. I was afraid that there would be more troubles. Good things suddenly happened to her. Later, I don't know whether it should be said that it was luck or the result. She got a positive result when she tested whether she was pregnant. How did the positive become negative? Positive is positive. Afterwards, the abortion process, accompanied by Skylar, was not very smooth. Pennsylvania, where Autumn is located, requires at least one parent to be present for an abortion for girls under the age of 18. After arriving in New York, she was told that she was 18 weeks pregnant instead of 10 weeks as originally thought. In the end, she was required to spend 2 days in Manhattan to complete the abortion, and she had no money to buy it. The dilemma of the return ticket forced Skylar to sell the boy who looked like the one he had approached to borrow money. The end of the film ends lightly with Autumn sitting in the car returning home.

The title of the film appears before the abortion, when the social worker asks Autumn a series of questions that can be answered. Does your sexual partner force you to have sex with you when you don't want to? Does the social worker refuse to use condoms? When the social worker guides Autumn in a gentle tone to choose from never, rarely, sometimes, always, she Like a child who is always alert after being injured, he slowly removes his defenses. During the whole process of restraint, he still shows an unbearable feeling of injury. These issues are not just about her personally, and she sits there with all the consequences.

The whole film does not have that kind of vigorous climax, and even the background of the child in Autumn's belly is not explained. It seems that in a complete story, only the second half of the story is related to Autumn. There are so many unforgettable details, Skylar and Autumn hook their pinky fingers when kissing the boys, they are forced to be kissed by the manager at the end of their part-time jobs at the supermarket, and so on. A slow-flowing ordinary and true story.

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Extended Reading
  • Name 2022-04-06 09:01:07

    Never expect, rarely resist, sometimes cry, always silent.

  • Kameron 2022-04-07 09:01:07

    Eliza Hittmann's new work won the 2020 Berlin Jury Prize. Although the main theme is similar to [April, three weeks and two days], it is very different in photography scheduling, emotional expression and social depiction. The film uses a lot of close-ups and close-ups, and it is close to the female characters almost all the time. There are only occasional profiles of family and society. It can be said that it completely focuses on the individual in the abortion journey after being sexually assaulted. At the same time, the emotional expression and performance of the actors are very calm and restrained, and the pain in the repression is mainly released through the title of "never, rarely, sometimes, always", which is heart-wrenching. In addition, this strict question-and-investigation process also complements the heroine's lack of emotion, and together achieves a "normalization" effect, interrogating the daily snares of the patriarchal society. Here, the entanglement of men who approached men in the branch line and the men who exposed their shadows in the subway can also be called wonderful strokes. PS: The presentation of the long-distance bus in the film made me think of [Midnight Cowherd]. (8.0/10)

Never Rarely Sometimes Always quotes

  • Skylar: What did the Doctor say?

    Autumn: They couldn't really help me

    Skylar: Why not?

    Autumn: I took a test.

    Skylar: What kind of test?

    [Autumn then retches and throws up]

  • Skylar: Don't you ever just wish you were a dude?

    Autumn: All the time.