The film begins with announcing the situation:
"The Greek myths have a story that they were boring, so they made humans. But they were still boring, so they invented love. Then they weren't boring, so they decided to experiment with love for themselves. , they invented laughter. So they can endure the world." The
film revolves around three main characters and 5 couples in this situation:
Teacher Harry (Morgan Freeman): Socrates in Life
He is a teacher Harry, every day Walk around the community, read everything around you and enlighten others.
While he still appears and teaches those around him as the wise old man I know, he can't escape the pain of bereavement in his own twilight years.
Stray Girl Chloe (Alexa Davalos): Angel of Joyful Spirit
She is young, happy, Casual and free, others cannot but be infected by this joy.
And her happiness is accompanied and diametrically opposed by a series of misfortunes that have and will happen.
Cafe owner and amateur artist Bradley (Greg Kinnear): Petty bourgeoisie who never gives up hope.
Just the opposite of Harry, a person who has the three qualities of kindness, inspiration and fun, but is not good at listening and paying attention, and who is brave to give love but repeatedly fails to reciprocate is not unexpected
, Harry heals Bradley's sadness..
Unexpectedly, for Harry himself, this time it was Chloe who cured his heart disease, and a young stray girl acted as his Socrates.
This is a simple but heart-pounding movie, without evading harm or making a fool of yourself. Through countless vivid details, it creates a touching film. For example
, when Harry came home for dinner after a day of walking, his wife always asked: What am I missing?
Harry replied, "You missed the breeze, the softball game, and two women in love."
This kind of touching happens almost every second of the movie. The movie is star-studded, but this touching can't be a skill, it's definitely It is the sincerity of director Robert Benton and the actors, a force that returns to the ordinary after the film art reaches its peak.
This is not a sweet story of 5 couples who finally find true love, but a story of the pursuit of true love. In the process, they encounter loss, hurt, pain, powerlessness, and finally go to the plight of being brave, helping others and saving themselves.
I had a taste of this in hey Jude: Take a sad song, and make it better
. After Lennon's divorce, Paul McCartney wrote hey Jude that comforted countless sad moments:
Hey Jude, Don't make it bad;
Take a sad song and make it better a
few years later, when Lennon was assassinated, his son Julian realized that the song was actually written for him when his parents divorced when he was young. Once told him to live more bravely in the face of pain.
Take a sad song, and make it better
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