The way home

Laurine 2021-12-24 08:02:07

Unexpectedly, Sam Mendes’ new film is so refreshing and comfortable, without the melancholy atmosphere of "American Beauty" or "Road to Revolution." Suddenly, I even thought I was watching a movie by Wes Anderson or Cameron Crowe.
Naturally, the plot is still a Sam Mendes-style family story, but without the misery of the middle class. The heroine and heroine became two ordinary people who were not wealthy. The girl was pregnant and planned to live near the man’s parents’ house to facilitate the growth of the child in the future. Unexpectedly, the old couple sold the house and ran to France to get away. In order to find a suitable place for their children in the future, the two began a great tour of America. The film is basically the foundation of a road movie. The two travelled all the way from Phoenix to Tucson in Arizona, then from Wisconsin to Montreal in Canada, and finally to Miami. They met relatives who were nagging like a monk and talking about sex with their children. ;Resolutely do not want a baby stroller, and a couple of "Pioneer" classmates who sleep with their children on the same bed; Adopted a bunch of orphans with different skin colors, but a family where they have never been able to have children... The minds of the
two ups and downs along with the journey Fu: The insecure Verona resolutely refuses to accept Burt's marriage proposal, but hopes to be with him forever. After seeing all kinds of weird families, Verona finally understood where she wanted to raise her children. She took Bert back to the big house left by her parents, and took him to find her childhood in the dilapidated house. memory. Sitting in the yard, she told Burt the story of how her mother and their sisters hung various fruits on the small tree, which surprised the father who opened the door in the morning. In fact, you can think of the ending, because the whole film is like the feeling of a child returning home after a long day of travel: the breath of grass, interesting and absurd memories, and the complex world is ultimately attributed to the desire to go home after exhaustion. .
From the perspective of "American Beauty", the film can be seen as a break for Sam Mendes, or as a kind of return. "Moving for the Son" is not just a portrayal of love and family, it can even be seen as a strong desire for tradition by Americans (although the director himself is from the UK). Maybe they are tired of the terrorist attacks, wars, and financial turmoil in the last decade or so, and want to go back to the magnificent but dilapidated house in the past-the film itself may not carry such an obvious image, but that kind of free choice is a return to tradition The breath is permeated in many American movies in recent years. Even if you ignore these, "Relocation for Children" is still very good-looking, and the witty and warm atmosphere is very suitable for a detailed experience in winter, like a pot of warm and sweet fragrant tea.

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Extended Reading
  • Chasity 2022-04-21 09:02:48

    250 relatives and stupid friends hahahaha

  • Raquel 2022-03-25 09:01:12

    Mendes' sketches are still tantalizing

Away We Go quotes

  • Verona De Tessant: Burt, are we fuck-ups?

    Burt Farlander: No! What do you mean?

    Verona De Tessant: I mean, we're 34...

    Burt Farlander: I'm 33.

    Verona De Tessant: ...and we don't even have this basic stuff figured out.

    Burt Farlander: Basic, like how?

    Verona De Tessant: Basic, like how to live.

    Burt Farlander: We're not fuck-ups.

    Verona De Tessant: We have a cardboard window.

    Burt Farlander: [Looks at window] We're not fuck-ups.

    Verona De Tessant: [Whispers] I think we might be fuck-ups.

    Burt Farlander: [Whispers back] We're not fuck-ups.

  • Burt Farlander: Do you promise to let our daughter be fat or skinny or any weight at all? Because we want her to be happy, no matter what. Being obsessed with weight is just too cliché for our daughter.

    Verona De Tessant: Yes, I do. Do you promise, when she talks, you'll listen? Like, really listen, especially when she's scared? And that her fights will be your fights?

    Burt Farlander: I do. And do you promise that if I die some embarrassing and boring death that you're gonna tell our daughter that her father was killed by Russian soldiers in this intense hand-to-hand combat in an attempt to save the lives of 850 Chechnyan orphans?

    Verona De Tessant: I do. Chechnyan orphans. I do. I do.