In fact, the plot of this film is very simple, or there is no plot at all. It is about a thirty-year-old single female teacher Bobby, an ordinary old maid, a hopeless optimist, how to face the whole life with a smile all the time , how does her smile bring joy to the world. Very light, very loose, but very sweet, a pure and melodious little tune. The first ten minutes that have to be mentioned, all the comments about this movie will mention the first ten minutes, because it is so infectious. It's Bobby who rides a bike on the street alone, very happy, the kind of happiness that most of us will never ride a bike, this is Bobby, she has an incredible optimism in the face of life, it seems that no matter how ordinary life is in her eyes God's most precious gift is worth enjoying. That kind of feeling is not contrived at all, and it doesn't even seem to be acquired, just like a person who is born with neither sadness nor depression. She rode her bike, entered a bookstore, joked with the owner, and went out to find the car was gone. What is her reaction? She said, "I haven't said goodbye to it yet!" Lu said, how is this possible, there is no such person in the world, who should feel distressed if they lose their car. Yes, none of us can be that optimistic, maybe there is no such optimistic person in the world, Bobby is not necessarily a real person, she is just an idealized model. But just because we'll never be that optimistic, Bobby means so much to us. We need her to tell us how beautiful the world can be in the eyes of human beings, how human beings should live, and how we can still give the world such a beautiful smile. We won't be Bobby, but at least we will know that there is still Bobby in the world, and there is still a kind of pure joy in the world.
The story behind it is very simple, it's all the little things in life, but Bobby's smile never changes in the face of all things. The so-called conflict is how lonely and autistic people are subtly infected by Bobby's optimism. The whole film is about infecting you with that kind of optimism in the nitty-gritty. Bobby is not Emily, she herself does not try to bring joy to others, but people are infected by her joy unconsciously. This is the power of pure optimism. This movie is pure optimism, so it feels very pure and pure joy. Sally Hawkins is far from being as simple as a laughing aunt. Her performance leaves no trace, but has a magical charm. It really makes people feel like an angel who is always carefree, always smiling to the world and making our Mind smiles.
The director of this film, Mike Leigh, has long been a British master. His previous works have focused on very profound and even obscure social and human relations issues. This time, such a brilliant comedy is quite surprising. Speaking of the film, he said: "There are endless problems of this kind in this world, and the atmosphere of pessimism has spread in the face of the future. But I want to say, no matter what, we still have to move on." In the end On, doesn't everything want to be solved only by a hope? With hope and future, we have a way out. This world is actually really beautiful, isn't it, we are lucky to be alive, right, we have to have hope.
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