A fairy tale is a symbol of pure beauty, but this is a story related to derailment. But let's take a look at the English name of this movie: "Little Children". Yes, we seem to have seen the stories of a few children who have not yet grown up in these 130 minutes. They are forced to live in an adult world, with "hunger and thirst" and "desire" in their hearts, but let them swell and act boldly.
Sara's husband is addicted to adult websites and ignores her. She is still immersed in her own literary world, hates the world, feels that she is Madame Bovary, and bravely refuses to accept an unhappy life. Brad has a childish heart wrapped in a mature appearance. He has a perfect professional wife, but he has failed the judicial examination twice in a row. He was not ashamed of this, showing the calmness of a child. Every night when he should go to the library to prepare for the third exam, he sits opposite a group of skateboarders, as if he is one of them. Such two people whose inner worlds are so similar are destined to meet.
A sudden heavy rain, heartily, the laundry room on the outskirts, the passion that has been hidden for a long time is burning like dry firewood. They make love as if they get the comfort they have longed for. They asked: Is this the right thing to do? Isn't it right? But obviously don't want to make the correct answer. The days together are always sunny. Crowded and noisy swimming pools, cramped and sultry basements, they don’t even need phones or emails, as long as they hold their children every day, they can come together naturally. In order to date his lover, Brad skipped the third judicial exam. Like two children who skipped class together, with a little guilt in their hearts, they were soon replaced by excitement and excitement. Adventure is always a child’s. nature.
Until the night when Sarah won the game, Sara stood proudly cheering and screaming in the audience. Brad suddenly experienced an unprecedented sense of accomplishment. He decided to elope with Sarah. Sarah’s eyes flashed like never before. The light, isn’t this what she imagined? Escape from this world with her own prince to a forest full of happiness, she smiled. Victory is imminent.
In the end, however, they still did not succeed. While waiting for Brad, Sarah suddenly awakened that she could not survive in this society completely according to her own wishes. She could not completely abandon those norms and morals. And Brad was finally invited by the skater during the private meeting with Sara. He bravely rushed down the steps, but broke himself and the fairy tale in his heart. Growing up boys just have to take on everything they should bear.
There is another bright spot in the film-Luyin addiction Ronnie. After he was released from prison, he lived with his mother. When everyone in the neighborhood boycotted him to live in, the white-haired old mother held up a small shelter for him. In the eyes of his mother, Ronnie was just a little bit small. Troubled child. She introduced him to his girlfriend, knelt on the ground and scrubbed the protests on the garden slabs. After his mother passed away, Ronnie received a letter from her: Be a good boy. Ronnie couldn't help crying. This pervert that looked thin and horrified in the eyes of others, suddenly became a young child who didn't believe that his mother would leave him. When the fairy tale was gone, he also became desperate and helpless. People sympathize.
Therefore, in this suburban community, only cold facts and cold preaching remain in adult fairy tales. However, as the end of the film said: "We cannot change the past, but there will always be a new story in the future. It will begin at some time and somewhere..." The prince and the princess did not get together in the end. When they get better, they lose the only person who loves him, but who can guarantee that their future lives will not be happy? While paying the price for their willfulness, they all experienced growth and baptism. The cruelty and ugliness of reality is vivid, but this is life, which needs to be faced, not escaped.
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