"Kissing Dad" can be said to be a film created entirely for "old virgin" Steve Carell, who is currently the hottest comedian in Hollywood. With the help of an excellent performance in "The Old Virgin", he succeeded in getting to the top, so everyone affectionately referred to Steve Carell as the "Old Virgin". Steve Carell has a face that is a mixture of sadness and humor, and his comedy style is not the one that amuses you directly. There is a little cold and humorous feeling, mixed with humor in sadness and helplessness. This This is the greatest feature of Steve Carell.
He was an old virgin, a fake god, and the uncle who was stupid and ready to commit suicide in the little beauty of the sun... He is married to his wife and raises three daughters independently. Dan is a columnist, and he is serious about life. Faced with two adolescent daughters, Dan strives to be strict with them and strives to be a responsible father. Naturally, contradictions arise. The eldest daughters complained that their father was too strict and didn't understand them. Even the younger daughters who hadn't grown up also learned from their sisters that Dan was not a real good father. Dan himself didn't know where the problem was, and he still disciplined the three daughters in the way he thought was right.
Of course, "Kissing Dad" mainly tells not the story of a single father and three daughters, but a middle-aged single man who has lost his wife’s life and emotions, how to face the new life, and how Open the door to find true love, how to get the affirmation of everyone in a big family, when true love comes again, how to choose the story. However, things were not as simple and smooth as imagined, but Steve Carell could not be so cheap.
Therefore, the screenwriter set up numerous difficulties for this middle-aged man, each of which could not be solved so easily. A poor, sad, helpless middle-aged man, this is Dan. If we say that Steve Carell is unlucky in "Old Virgin", trying to get a normal adult sex life, but always overturning in the gutter, and always committing suicide in "Little Beauty in the Sun" Attempt was unlucky enough. But when it came to "Kissing Dad", it was really unlucky, unable to win the respect and worship of the three daughters, it was unlucky enough to be a dad. Finally, when I met a woman I liked, I realized that it was my younger brother's girlfriend. He always played a pitiful and pathetic role in the entire family. While his relatives sympathized with him, he was almost completely isolated from him. Dan does not lack wisdom. What he lacks is courage and courage. He always does everything according to the plan, but he never thought of being rebellious and brave for himself.
A hapless person, a sad, pitiful and dull middle-aged man, this is Dan, this is the most suitable role for Steve Carell, and the most suitable crowd for the role. Such a character itself has a strong comedic effect, but it depends on what kind of story it is in, and what kind of comedy effect will be synthesized.
The comedic effects of the film are all concentrated on Dan, played by Steve Carell. Therefore, if there is no Steve Carell, the film will completely lose its viewability, and it will be too much. Plain and moderate. With Steve Carell, the film is only slightly more interesting on the basis of plain.
I think the biggest problem with the film is that as a comedy, only one character has a sense of comedy, while the other characters serve Steve Carell, as several other important characters, such as Dan The woman I fell in love with, Dan's younger brother, and Dan's three daughters, seemed too flat and there was no place to dig, so naturally they couldn't produce more comedic effects with Dan. A rebellious daughter is the rebellious appearance that any girl in adolescence should have. Her existence is only to illustrate the generation gap between this middle-aged man and his daughters. The woman Dan fell in love with, although it gave an elegant and mysterious feeling at first, it turned into a beautiful and simple vase in the end. Dan's younger brother, as Dan's secret rival and competitor, this character is also very plain, and there is nothing to do with it. One person's success, the other's failure. Let the film become a one-man show of Steve Carell. Other family members have completely become a white background. The
film should be the most brilliant place. It is the silent love between Dan and his younger brother and girlfriend, and the two people caught between morality and love. What should they do? . The film did give most of the time to these two people, how they winked secretly, how they slowly developed emotions behind their backs, and the jokes that came out of them. However, if it comes to the level of excitement, the film is still slightly insufficient. When the film ended and I started to think about it, it wasn't the hidden love between them, but the few inconspicuous supporting characters that left a deep impression on me. For example, the traffic police who issued the ticket, such as the old woman in the bowling pin.
The generation gap between father and daughter, from not understanding to understanding, from not supporting to supporting. The embarrassing love between Dan and his younger brother and girlfriend, from the beginning of hiding, to the later unhiding and the final happy ending. This story mainly wants to talk about the middle-aged man who is not confused by a middle-aged single man. It's just that it's not the best and most brilliant movie. On the contrary, it was the harmonious, happy and happy holiday party life of the big family in the movie, which left a deep impression on me.
Text/Reprinted by Aspiring Young Women
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