Spoiler as always: a new family in a high-end community, the house is decorated in style, the furniture is elegantly configured, and all the appliances are of extraordinary taste, trendy and yet high-quality. Father Steve is a successful man, confident and unrestrained, mother Kate maintains a stable and elegant family, and his sons and daughters are youthful and fashionable, showing off all kinds of sweetness from time to time. Such a family instantly attracted all the attention they deserved in their new circles. At first, I was a little repulsive of them, worshiping money, showing off, and vanity are synonymous with such people, and often things that look good are festering inside. So, I guess the one and a half hour story is about to reveal the holes beneath the surface of this seemingly perfect family, which was confirmed when the couple slept in separate beds, but the scene where the daughter crawled into her father's bed late at night seemed a bit too much. , startling.
The questions were quickly answered. This is a fake family. The four of them are fighting each other and carry out sales activities for different groups of people, and the leader is Kate, who is developing rapidly. Then there is the process of how these people use their own communication to sell, which is equally novel and interesting, and even began to covet the ultimate goal of idol families because of their outstanding performance. But the quest goes awry when the son and daughter fall in love with the wrong person, and is ultimately dashed when Steve's confession is triggered by the suicide of neighbor Larry.
I think the director may be using the failed relationships of the sons and daughters in the process to add emotional color to the story, and try to sublimate the theme with Steve and Kate's fake feelings. But it is a pity that after the wonderful presentation of the first part, it seems that the stamina is insufficient and the audience's emotions are not well mobilized, and finally because of a vulgar and hasty reunion ending, it seems anticlimactic.
But the idea is really great, and although the emotions are not mobilized, the novel perspective of the story firmly caught my eye. Their family life is all about work, and their rest time is to get out of the family. This reversal of dislocation is enough to make it a good movie. And this unique sales method is indeed worthy of admiration. It captures the psychology of people's vanity and follows suit, and maximizes the calling role of a model family. Larry's death is indeed enough to shock the new Steve, but we can't seem to criticize anything, because it just takes advantage of the current popular consumption factors, does not steal or rob, makes people voluntarily pay, and it is not suitable to say that it is a scam. In this process of acting as a show, although fake shows and true feelings are inevitable, it cannot be said that it is noble because of this, at least he is not a qualified liar.
In one sentence, this movie could have been made better.
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