Yes, life is nothing but tossing around and back to the starting point. The men and women of the middle class are not rich in material things, and their spirits are somewhat empty. The mechanical life is extremely oppressive. The men and women in the small town need an outlet, but the summer is overwhelmed by them.
Passion opens up the stuffy world, as if full of infinite possibilities. An accidental kiss made the lives of Sarah and Brad different. High education made Sarah always out of tune with other housewives in the park. She had a beautiful, sexy and successful wife, but she failed to get a lawyer's license after two years of graduation. Brad, two people whose ideals are higher than life and are unable to break free, and in Kate Winslet's handy performance of such characters, we see a doomed elopement rhapsody of two depressed people.
"Being a Mother" is probably the most common type of film, and Hollywood produces several such films every year. What attracted me most to this film was the atmosphere and the portrayal of the characters. I thought that the supporting roles were more brilliant than the protagonists. The arrival of the pedophile Ronnie made the summer air in the rural town extraordinarily depressing and sensitive. A look in the eyes made the dullness flow, as if finding the fun and meaning of life. And Ronnie itself is also a very interesting character, a pedophile, the classic picture is Ronnie jumping into the pool and the other pool visitors who are panicked, the contrast is especially strong, and Larry, a dereliction of duty and lost his job The former policeman, pinning his hopeless and dejected life on the goal of driving pedophiles out of the town, Ronnie's mother always protected R under repeated attacks, wiping it with soapy water over and over again. EVIL painted on the door of the house, but left them castration, remorse and death. And whether it is Sarah, Brad, Larry, Ronnie or other characters such as S's husband, they jointly present a desperate picture of life for the audience, and everyone is struggling but powerless.
Don't believe in love, loftiness, ideals and others, the inescapable mediocrity is the eternal shadow of life. This movie made me think of Carver's middle-class family more than once. There is no smeared life, no splendid memories. What the director wants to show is the boring, trivial, sad and helpless daily life of the common people, while the emotional depression is expressed in swear words, the football field on a summer night, and the mattress in the basement. Get it right.
Under the calm magnetic voice of Will Lyman's narration, the adults in the story have become like children, making willful decisions as children, and quickly repenting like children. Perhaps it is the original title of the film "Little Children” expresses that these people with briefcases, Toyotas, and strollers to the park are just a group of older children.
America's country roads always lack a bit of life. The hum of cicadas in the thick green of the roadside is the eternal background of everyone's summer. The road passes Sarah, the housewife whose breasts are starting to sag, and Brad's car may be at night. Driving fast and lonely, what kind of road is that, maybe the road Little Children grew up on. After lust and pursuit, reason will always prevail, and tomorrow the sun will rise as always at the end of the road, welcoming the dull days as always.
"Be a good boy."
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