This video tells us a simple truth: be honest and do not hurt others, if you have hurt, you must sincerely apologize to the other party, avoiding and covering up will only deepen the hurt, and finally If you harm others, you will ruin yourself.
Although the reason is simple, the film is not "simple." The plot advances steadily, and the clues are laid tightly. It can be seen that the script has undergone rigorous scrutiny. It is worth mentioning that the director and screenwriter of the film, and also the "anti-corner" of the film, Joel Edgerton, once played Xiao Li's love rival in "The Great Gatsby", and played Tang Lao in "Warriors" Wet brother.
He has always given people a kind and tolerant feeling, but in this film he injected more content into his character. After all, it is his own movie. The start is very ruthless, which makes this character extremely complicated and pitiful. Hate and even fear.
Compared with Joel Edgerton's transformation from being insulted and damaged to a character controlled by revenge, the male protagonist has undergone a reverse process. The beautiful feathers he woven with lies and deceit ultimately failed to conceal the truth. The wife at 24H has enough time and energy to dig out any of his dirty secrets. The full-time housewife is a dangerous existence. Regarding the final truth, he can choose to believe or disbelief, but he lied into nature, so instinctively disbelief, and disbelief caused pain and became a thorny thorn that tightly entangled his body, the more struggling and stinging Go deeper. There is no room for this role to play, basically just running all of his functions according to the settings of the script. Its meaning lies in the final choice of believe or not, which embodies the ultimate meaning of the film.
And it is naturally the film’s female number one, the male protagonist’s wife that leads these two roles to connect and transform each other. This role is played by Rebecca Hall, who has an elegant neck like a giraffe. This woman is a good-looking woman, so when Joel Edgerton first saw her, she said she was pretty and polite, and the protagonist was jealous. In this film, she is like a Virgin, kind, generous, and has zero tolerance for a lying husband, although her husband treats her very, very well. It is also difficult for such a morally perfect person to have any room for full play. Basically, he just fulfilled his duties according to the script setting—being a high-quality, contradictory tool to punish the male protagonist. The kinder and simpler she is, the more hurt her husband will be.
So the real protagonist of the film is actually Joel Edgerton. Self-directed movies must be finished with a smile. This guy is purely self-high, but fortunately he is very beautiful. The open ending of the film not only makes the actor abuse his heart for a lifetime, but also sounds a wake-up call to the audience-those honest people who nod and bow to you all day long and smile to welcome you, think carefully about whether you have done something sorry for him, such as when you meet him. Scolded him with a stern face and little things?
To sum up, this is a very stable movie. In other words, there are no big surprises. However, the ending is very powerful. Not to mention torturing human nature, it can also trigger the audience's "self-examination" in dealing with people and things. It is worth watching.
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