if you want to rate it, only the acting can give it a 4-5.
I won't talk about the too professional aspects, just talk about the screenwriters. There are
also many movies about people with mental and emotional disorders, such as Rain Man,
My Left Foot, Forrest Gump, The Eighth Day... Probably these films left a deeper impression
. It can be said that Benny & Joon lost a bit from the screenwriting.
Brother-sister and third-party intrusion-emotional conflict-resolved together, the
structure and mode of standard Hollywood emotional drama, the director's handling is quite satisfactory, but for such a
happy narrative mode, it is the theme that is sacrificed, In other words, there is
no sincerity in the discussion of the topic.
In the film, the sick sister is regarded as the focus of life and sacrifices his brother. After Sam's arrival
and a series of incidents, he has become a "big villain" who binds and hurts the sick.
Of course, the film can justify it. It happened for a reason and finally put down the
butcher's knife on the spot. Under the seemingly reasonable and ups and downs of the plot setting, it hides the reality of life:
can a mentally ill and a mentally ill person communicate with each other and love each other? Mental patients need so-called freedom of mind more than guardianship in life? The reason for questioning these truths
is not to criticize the truth, but because it is precisely
the key to the film's theme: how we treat mental patients. The film raises this question and answers
it, that is, handing over a mental patient to another mental patient, to a lesser degree.
This is of course ridiculous in terms of life logic, but from a mid-level Hollywood screenwriter
From an angle, this drama logic is completely established and cleverly set up. It can not only make a gentleman become an adult, but also solve the troubles of a good person. There will be no moral suspicion of "getting rid of the burden". Of course, it will make the audience love it more. JD, as for the theme...
If you are an audience of "Why do movies have to say something about the theme", then this movie will meet your needs. You are willing to watch JD, and you are willing to wipe your tears. Well, anyway, it's worth the money. This is called "very ordinary Hollywood movies".
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