Never, rarely, sometimes, always

Claudie 2022-04-19 09:03:16

The whole movie is rather depressing.

The three most striking are:

First, Autumn pierced her own nose, as if to flaunt her own growth or the first clue that she wanted to abort her child. It's also like using this kind of pain to tell yourself that the past is not worth it, and that men are shit. There seem to be a total of four main male characters in the play, if I remember correctly. The first should be Autumn's boyfriend, who yelled slut during the game; the second was his stepfather, who hypocritically told Autumn that you were great, and then pointed at the dog and insulted women; the third was the manager of the supermarket, caught She has the opportunity to engage in sexual harassment; the fourth one looks like a person, but in fact it is also for what happened with the protagonist's cousin. So the men portrayed in this movie seem to be shit. Of course, this is not exactly the case in reality, but there are indeed many such people. Relatively speaking, the female characters in the film are portrayed more tenderly, as described below.

Second, the social worker's silence and concern when inquiring about Autumn's sexuality. I was actually a little surprised here, because abortion care seems to be absent in China, but it was a doctor in Pennsylvania and a social worker in New York, and the conversation was very cordial. Repeatedly mentioning that you can choose to answer or not, I just want to keep you safe. But when it comes to "never, rarely, sometimes, always," the answer is "never." Women's passiveness in sexual life comes out at once, so women's care is necessary, because women are inherently weak in this regard. I hope China can get better and better in this regard.

Third, when cousin Autumn kisses someone she doesn't like, her little finger hooks up with Autumn. This is the tacit understanding of the two girls, the helpless insistence on reality, and the true voice of women's hearts.

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Extended Reading
  • Gideon 2022-04-12 09:01:10

    Perhaps the most expensive thing in modern society is no longer life itself, but spiritual freedom. From Pennsylvania to New York, the heroine has gone through layers after layers of indifferent and firm moral systems, avoiding potential dangers that may cause her secondary harm again and again, and passing one innocuous test after another in order to obtain and enjoy a kind of "" freedom" rights. All the signposts are leading the journey's end to this subjective and one-sided freedom, but no one has really asked the heroine's real needs: what she needs is not freedom, but time. A life is racing against time in her womb, and she must buy time to end it. As a result, time and life are undoubtedly wasted mercilessly by the above rules, which is the most ironic and distressing part of the film. The author does not set a moral standard, and it is precisely because we have the freedom to choose "Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always" when confronted with morality that we gradually lose our security. In the end, the girl dragged her tired body to sleep slowly. I really hope that everything we see is just her dream.

  • Shakira 2022-04-06 09:01:07

    The sense of oppression created by a large number of close-ups and close-ups is as ubiquitous as an invisible wall. This is precisely the predicament women face: suddenly one day they have to face the world, but they find themselves completely powerless to deal with it. Although the overall mood is calm, but the "never, rarely, sometimes, always" is still hit when it appears, the title should never be mispronounced again.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always quotes

  • Skylar: Don't you ever just wish you were a dude?

    Autumn: All the time.

  • Social Worker #2: Whatever your decision is is totally fine, as long as it's yours.