I have to admit that when it comes to suppressing the star halo, Matt, Pete and Clooney, Pete did the best, and the other two were not satisfactory. If it is a big commercial production, Matt's appeal is unquestionable. Switching to the warm route and removing the hero plug-in, the performance of the pony owes a little bit of convincing.
"My Family" is a warm sketch about a journalist Benjamin, who lost his wife in middle age and took care of his two children alone. He didn't want to accept the sympathy of others and realized that his life was in trouble and something had to change. On the surface, the reason for the move is that the noisy late-night party in the neighbors affects the rest of the younger daughter, and the eldest son is autistic and expelled from school. The inner reason is that the wife is everywhere in the old residence, and the only way to heal the heartache is to stay away from the familiar things of the past; and this is also the root of the estrangement between the father and the son, because the son's eyes are too much like the mother.
The youngest daughter loves small animals and gets along well with them, so Benjamin buys a zoo that is on the verge of collapse. At the end of the story, the protagonist saves the zoo and a family who cannot move forward because the hostess leaves the venue early.
As an ordinary father in such an ordinary life, I would never have too high expectations for a commercial movie star. In the film, Xiaoma looks simple and honest, optimistic, trying to be a qualified father, but it seems that he is only qualified. I don't know if this is due to the lack of acting skills, or the limitation of the script-warm sketches, and it is destined that the script cannot explore more complex human nature.
I'm afraid who changed, there is no more room to play in such a script. As soon as a family crisis emerges, we all know that it will eventually be a full moon; all kinds of difficulties at the zoo emerge, and we also know that it will be resolved in the end. The test for an actor is to see how he manages the scale of his emotions in the face of various difficulties. Only in terms of entertainment requirements, Xiaoma has done a good job. After all, those little warmth and humor have melted away the harsh requirements of realism.
The scene in which the conflict with the son broke out seems to be suspected of being too emotional; after the quarrel, the son's attitude has changed drastically, and the resolution of the conflict is also inexplicable.
The last scene of the film is a stroke of genius. The father and the children recall the scene where the parents met, with a touching and subtle atmosphere. This ends with an act, in literati terms, leopard tail!
Overall, the movie isn't great. But what about him, there's Matt Damon, there's a little cute kid, there's a ballad soundtrack that touches my heart, there's a sense of bright golden light, there's a zoo, a little touching, a little humorous, a little romantic, and, besides, With Scarlett, it's already worth giving it five stars without hesitation.
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