Light version of "Road to Revolution"

Gennaro 2021-12-24 08:02:07

Sam Mendes finally didn't depress me anymore, but he didn't move me either. This "Relocation for Children" is simply the first part of "Road to Revolution", just like "Road to Revolution" is very similar to the first part of "American Beauty", but each of the three films is more deliberate, "We" I put everything I wanted to say on the table, the preaching atmosphere was too strong, and it wasn't such a profound truth, why bother?
By the way, the friends that this young couple has met all over the world are too nervous, one is more extreme, especially the mother who doesn’t use a stroller played by Maggie, and of course the bare-mouthed mother played by Allison. It's not representative. If the director chose the two plain-looking starring actors to give the audience a more common sense of story, those crazy friends just weaken this feeling, making the whole film look plain, plain, simple, and acrimonious. Nonstick.
Before watching this film, I thought it was a story with great potential. After watching it, I realized that the blame had to be as influential as Mendes’ previous works. Did he and his wife both win Oscars, and Mendes lost the motivation to make good films? Hehe, it should be just a short relaxation.

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Extended Reading
  • Ima 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    Atypical Sam Mendes, heartwarming, warm road movie

  • Tamia 2022-03-26 09:01:08

    When love walks into the door of marriage, what should we do?

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.