"The Other Woman": Love and Undesirable Things

Grady 2022-03-29 09:01:10

(Written by Zhi Ning on May 23, 2011)
Watching the film "The other women", you will be pleased with Natalie Portman's excellent acting skills. The woman's interpretation is sensible, especially the helplessness and grief of a young mother whose daughter died three days after birth is vividly and touching. In some clips, only by the change of eyes, Portman gives the character's inner ups and downs . This film, which was released in 2011, was filmed in 2009. At that time, Portman had no experience of being a pregnant mother, but he had such a vivid performance. It is no wonder that the Oscars will be blocked in the future.
The film is adapted from Ayelet Waldman's novel "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits". I personally think that this name better reflects the theme and connotation of the film than "The other women", which was later named after the film. Chinese translations, such as "Love and Pleasure", can also play the role of finishing the outline.
The plot of the film is not complicated, what is complicated is the emotions and hearts of the people in the film. The content of the story presented in the film is not only how the bereaved families who have frequently appeared on the screen in recent years get out of the haze, nor is it a simple publicity stunt. It describes a period of change encountered in the process of pursuing a happy life, a period of unexpected, a last resort, a period of unfulfilled expectations, and how to deal with this change and how to reduce unnecessary harm is very important. What matters, and ultimately connects human emotional relationships, is not some kind of event, but love, understanding, trust and tolerance.
Lover Emilia (Natalie Portman) becomes the wife of boss Jack because of an unplanned pregnancy, and Caroline, who has to become an ex-wife, has her 8-year-old son William (Charlie Tahan) from time to time. Unfavorable feelings are passed on to Emilia, and the topic of dead babies can always provoke Ma Emilia, as if the cause of the marriage did not have a good ending, stimulating the hearts of young mothers. At the same time, Emilia and her father, who has status, status and love history, have a deep conflict, which has been incomprehensible for many years. As a result, while enduring the pain of losing her daughter, Emilia continued to live without any hindrance, but she often lost control of her emotions when family conflicts occurred. As Jack said, she will hurt those who love her most.
There is no lack of love. With love, nothing can guarantee that everything will go smoothly. There are always things that are difficult to force, there are always inexplicable accidents that crash into the door when you are not aware of them, and there are always conflicts that persist for years. Deep in the human heart, it rises and stirs up and down from time to time. If you want to deal with these things well, theoretical rhetoric is often easy to put into practice. Sometimes, an unexpected person will bring an opportunity to a person in distress. In the film, Emilia's opportunity comes from William, a sensitive and intelligent 8-year-old boy who, at the most critical time, was in Immy When Leah was away from home, it gave her a straw of hope, freed her from the torture of guilt, and made her begin to examine her relationship with everyone around her.
The film was flat, and the highlight was obviously the heroine's performance. In addition, "Phoebe" Lisa Kudrow in "Six People" played an angry, strong and successful ex-wife, and she didn't have much in the film. Seeing Kudrow again, I really miss that quirky Phoebe.
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The Other Woman quotes

  • Mindy: We all end up marrying our fathers, don't we?

    Simon: Yes, I only fuck men in shorts and black socks who make me join Little League. It's weird.

  • Emilia: You don't have to think about Harvard. Harvard sucks.

    William: You went to Harvard.

    Emilia: Exactly!