The beautiful girl on Yuye disappeared in a strange way, and the family members could not escape the suspicion of melons and plums. Is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality?

Susanna 2022-01-15 08:02:56

I have to admit that the trailer is still very attractive. It makes people feel that there is a big conspiracy behind the story, but after watching the movie, I found that it would be better to shoot "The Rule of Law Online", "Moral Observation" and "Approach to Science". More suspenseful and fascinating! How could there be such an old-fashioned plot? Such a weak logical reasoning? This case is full of doubts and clues. It is difficult to solve the case if it is impossible to solve it. It took so many geniuses to get it done. By the way, the heroine looks like "Little Cranberry", the late lead singer Dorothy.

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The late lead singer of the "Little Cranberries" Orchestra Dorothy

1. Doubt 1: Newspaper clippings. The criminals left newspaper clippings of previous crimes, just telling the family that this was a serial kidnapping case, but then sent a text message to inform the girl Irene had been kidnapped. Isn't this unnecessary? Isn't this kind of criminal technique too second? You must know that the more clues left at the scene of the crime, the more disadvantaged you are, and the easier it is to expose yourself. Kidnappers of this level are at large and have not been caught for so long. The Spanish police are not as efficient in handling cases.

2. Doubt 2: Bea, wife of the hostess Laura's ex-boyfriend Paco, received exactly the same blackmail text messages. This clue is too important. The kidnapper also knew the hostess Laura and the wife of her ex-boyfriend Paco, Bea, indicating that an acquaintance committed the crime, and the case has a close relationship with Paco, although it was later learned from the kidnapper to avoid arousing suspicion. But this explanation is far-fetched. In fact, the kidnappers were directed at Laura's family explicitly and Paco secretly. In any case, the family members should be investigated one by one based on this. However, the person who helped solve the case (retired police officer?) noticed this. The clue, but finally put it down gently, why?

3. Doubt 3: Wedding video tape. The family members played the video tape repeatedly, but found nothing. They were speechless. People who have been in contact with Irene are highly suspicious, shouldn’t they focus on investigation?

4. Doubt 4: Irene's asthma. It stands to reason that asthma patients will get sick immediately when they are emotionally excited. Without medicine, they will have difficulty breathing and die. It is also mentioned in this movie, but in the end this thing passed, WTF?

Okay, the movie logic is too unreasonable. I can't analyze the obsessive-compulsive disorder anymore. Let's say something else:

Kidnapped bear kid girl Irene: This rebellious girl played a bit too over. Maybe the Iranian director wanted to completely liberate the shackled Iranian girl, so he projected his personal feelings on Irene and let her do whatever she wanted in the context of the Spanish story. However, Irene is also too out of order, riding a motorcycle with her little boyfriend, speeding up and provoking with the oncoming jeep, messing around with her little boyfriend in the church bell tower, disturbing the hour hand of the big clock, ringing the bell, and despising her little boyfriend who persuades her. Too "girl", it is almost going to heaven, it is a miracle that this kind of rebellious girl can live so much. The director may want to show her liveliness and cuteness, but it is difficult to accept it in the eyes of the audience, so that it is difficult to arouse sympathy for her kidnapping later, and even a bit happy.

Spanish weddings: Spaniards can sing and dance with enthusiasm. This can be seen from the movie, regardless of men and women, meeting is a kiss, but the scene of marriage once reminded me of some vulgar marriage scenes in rural China. The national quality of Madrid, the capital of Spain, is nothing more than that.

Class antagonism: It is said that Spain’s democratic process has also reached a level of progress. Since Franco’s death in 1975, Spain has ended its dictatorship and completed its democratic transformation. It is already a democratic and free society. How can there be movies in Spain? What do you say about slaves and slave owners? Laura's father played poker with others and lost his own land. He still wanted to gamble and refused to accept the loss. He wanted to get the money back to pay the ransom for his granddaughter. From his contempt for the workers, we can see the class consciousness in his bones. Furthermore, although Laura didn't explain clearly the reason for breaking up with Paco, it was clearly a misconduct. At the beginning, Paco was just a worker who worked in Laura's house, and it was impossible for two people to have a result.

This movie is drowsy. After watching it with great energy, I found that it was just a plain story, an ordinary social case, and the storytelling was not as exciting as a social news. Disappointed!

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Extended Reading
  • Marlon 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Irene was kidnapped, and everyone knew that it was done by acquaintances. Asghar Farhadi did not penetrate everyone one by one. The focus of suspicion was on Laura and Baco, who were once a couple. During the performance, it was obvious that they were in the middle of nowhere. The tension between them was weak in the whisper-like dialogue, and the sense of existence of the kidnapper disappeared.

  • Ole 2022-03-18 09:01:06

    Fahati’s new work with a political appeal and quite Petzold’s style was surprisingly coldly implemented by the audience. Today's situation in Iran has been woven into the family ethical relationship by him. It seems that there is one more person in the big family. The daughter who exists as McGeffen has not really disappeared in this work on salvation. She has transitioned from the previous section of history to the next section of history. Therefore, what should disappear most is the past that kidnapped people like bonds. The film finally allowed the "invisible" father to pay off the invisible debt with specific money. This sense of responsibility in "Everybody Knows" sets an example for viewers who want to become fathers, and also brings reflection to the current "father".

Everybody Knows quotes

  • Antonio: Who had the idea to invite offenders?

  • [first lines]

    Alejandro: [admiring the landscape through an IPhone screen] Oh, whoa! Look at that. It's great! It's stunning! Stunning!