You always wait until happiness knocks on the door

Rachelle 2022-06-28 22:24:39

The heroine is smart, withdrawn and sharp, and is judged as difficult to get along with, but under these labels, she is actually just a little girl. She refuses happiness, she refuses happiness, because she doesn't believe they really exist, and she is afraid of losing it again after gaining it. The death of my mother, the neglect of my father, and the emotional pain in college seem to be the triggers for it all.

She has no lovers, no friends or any social activities. So the psychiatrist suggested to her: "Living in bed every day will not make you happy, you need to go out and start a meaningful relationship." He gave her a happy list to try to complete.

The female protagonist is obviously not deep in the world, but she is smart but extraordinarily straightforward and simple. She seems to know the dark side of society, but she doesn't fully understand how to deal with it. She tries to start a relationship, but meets a scumbag again. On Christmas Eve, her loneliness and helplessness were catalyzed by events such as a psychiatrist's incestuous relationship and her father's new relationship.
After a bunch of messes, I asked the psychiatrist

always fail
这一切都让她对成人的世界产生新的抵触,圣诞节她孤零零地一人度过,终于忍不住大吼出声。这时她一直看不上的邻居约她散步,令人意外的是他居然是个有梦想的音乐人,同时为人风趣、浪漫。后来快乐清单被逐一完成,事情都开始朝着好的方向发展,她与父亲和好,和心理医生交心,开始一段真正的恋情。经历了这些之后,她终于明白幸福和快乐于她而言也是唾手可得的(结尾被甜到)。

She is watching fireworks outside the window with her neighbors

Friend told her that if a guy cares about a girl's middle name, it's a real relationship

At the end, the heroine can finally smile happily from the heart

The whole movie is rather bland and has nothing to do with Harvard. The small fragments are connected together to form a girl's growth story. The story itself is not too attractive and creative, but you may find yourself in the heroine. The shadow is not a waste of time.

I often think about the real definition of maturity, because I don't want to become a so-called "adult." After reading it, I got a little enlightenment. I can understand the heroine, because I often have a sense of justice, and I have to tell the truth and black and white. These thoughts and behaviors may be naive, just like the evaluation of the heroine by the two scumbags in the movie (don't act like a child), but they are not necessarily wrong. We can see the darkness, but always look to the light.

I think the best ending for people like us should be: know the world without being worldly, and keep the calendar smooth and naive.

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Carrie Pilby quotes

  • Douglas P. Simpson: Did you just have an orgasm over a cherry soda?

  • Tara: Nobody likes anybody for who they are. That's why we have to pretend to be better than who we are, and let people find out the truth later, you know, once they've already invested.