The meaning of this film to me is that, being far across the ocean, I also understand that American family relationships are not as distant as we imagined. There are also fathers as big parents, mothers as glue, and reunion dinners, which makes me feel happen around. The movie is about the liaison of a family of six, that is, not long after De Niro's wife passed away, Lao Luo felt a little old and lonely at home, and wanted to have an American-style Chinese New Year reunion dinner, but the four children did not come, and he had nothing to do. Going to look for his four children one by one, firstly, he has always attached more importance to the role of the father, and secondly, he wants to know about the recent living conditions of several children, so he conceals, disappoints, deceives, and reflects again and again, scene by scene. The contrast between childhood memories and the reality of growing up is heartwarming. Until the father, who got on the plane but had no medicine, cried and struggled on the plane, and when he was about to die, he returned to the small and medium-sized hospital with his guessing dreams. The four childhood children argued with their father on the table, and the conversation In the end, it came back to the younger son, who was the proudest but also the least worrying heartstone for his father. A fierce quarrel, rain falling, thunder, heralding the final bad news (the death of the youngest son). After waking up, Robert was lying in bed listening to the bad news for the first time, and he was in tears. . .
But in the end, the movie finally returned to the original warm and harmonious atmosphere of reunion, because there is no pain to be remembered, and no relationship is more important than family love, especially fatherly love. The older generation always emphasizes that work comes first and family second. I always disagree, but I understand the feelings of the older generation. I won’t say much here, but I want to talk about the current Sino-US tensions. The culture of China and the United States is quite different based on the historical background, cultural environment and political atmosphere of the two countries. In addition, China's "rise" and Trump's desire to make the United States Great Again have cast a shadow on the relationship between the two countries. The emerging media war of public opinion makes the people of the two countries feel that the cultural differences between the two countries are really big, which will inevitably exacerbate the estrangement between the two peoples, but through this movie, you will find that human emotions are common. Regardless of the current situation, the Chinese leader's proposal for a community with a shared future for mankind is right, while Trump's American first proposal is wrong.
To sum up, no matter which country it is, the love of parents is the greatest and selfless in the world. At the same time, the education of children should be extra careful but at the same time, let it be. To be extra careful is to ask yourself to take the role of the father as the protagonist like the father in the movie, and to be good at guiding children to be positive. Going with the flow means not being too strict and imposing his own subjective will on him. For example, the younger son's artistic achievement depends on his father's strictness, but the son who is engaged in music is dissatisfied with his father's strict requirements and implies that his choice of career is his father's idea, which is also a contradiction in the film, and the father also reflects on his previous strict requirements. Everything has degrees, and there is a big difference between being reasonably strict and being too strict. For me, who will become a father in less than two months, this is indeed a lot of ideas, so I marked it today.
PS to add, when I wrote the above text, I was still waiting for the baby to be born, and now he has been in this world for 7 days! The responsibility is heavier, the pressure is increased, and the motivation is stronger! I hope to recall the essence of this movie, and be able to be a responsible father who wants his children to grow up naturally!
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