The title of the film "Little Children" turned into "As a Mother" is quite in place.
I feel that the film is more about how to look at the man (the child) from the perspective of a woman.
The roles of these men:
Brad: He has a beautiful and professional wife, but for him who has not obtained a lawyer's license to bring children at home, her wife is more like a mother with a sense of distance. This mother has high hopes for him, loves him but ignores his desires and ideals, even a small wish: a mobile phone. As a man, this dilemma can be imagined.
Richard: Although I am already married, I am incurably hooked on pornographic websites. I can't help myself out of it, just like an adolescent child. This kind of situation has become insignificant and unreasonable because it happened to an adult.
Larry & Ronnie: Two adults who have made mistakes. Adult mistakes are not easy to be forgiven. Even if you are a mistaken person, it is difficult to be considerate of other people's behavior. It's like Larry's attitude towards Ronnie, hysterical.
And looking back, how their lover treated them, Brad's wife is like a mother who wants her husband to become a dragon, suffocating. Richard's wife, Sarah, has no feelings for the big house "left behind" by her husband's ex-wife and deeply dislikes her husband's behavior. Of course, she lacks the patience to communicate. Ronnie's mother is a very important role for the whole show. In the eyes of others, Ronnie is an extremely hateful pervert who should be castrated, just like a mouse crossing the street, everyone is punishable. It's such a person, but there is a mother who loves her so much, trusts him, and treats him tenderly, which is sigh and pity. Indeed, the mother's love is selfless, does not ask for return, and it is also the first beauty that most evokes human nature.
Men, regardless of whether they become potbellied or gray-haired, actually have the side of children, who like to stimulate rebellion, love fantasy, like being praised, and easy to make mistakes; however, what women prefer to see is their mature, stable, persevering and tall side. And unable to accept their childlike thoughts and behaviors.
Yes, children make mistakes, but you are no longer a child.
Because of this kind of dialogue, men do not want to grow up, but they are always growing up. What they need is a lover who treats him unconditionally and tenderly like a mother.
Did Xi Murong also say that if you fall in love with someone, please be sure to treat him gently.
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