The first half of the film confused me a lot. Ben looks very beautiful, everything is in his hands, car dealership, quick son-in-law, teaching little boys to pick up girls in college, and teaching little girls how to get high. From the moment he was nibbling on the little girl who was his stepdaughter immediately, I felt it was time to turn around.
Since then, he's lost his dealership, lost his chance at marriage, and fell in love with his daughter's friend. To be honest, when I see this, I feel that this guy is a bastard, and he is too hungry to eat. The reality is the same as always. He has lost his source of income and can't even find a job to make ends meet. In the end, I had to go back to my good friend's fast food restaurant to help. Perhaps, this time was his quietest day, with old friends and not too many troubles. Until, his past mistakes gave him punishment again.
The most honest is the word I've been chewing on. I don't know what themes the writers, directors want us to find. In fact, everything in itself is not new in today's America, in today's life. There is too much deceit, too much filth, and it even appears aboveboard. However, Ben was only poor and down and out, and the people were betrayed and separated. Quite incomprehensible.
Ben has always been in control, calling the wind and the rain, like a lion, but God, through his doctor, told him that there were things he couldn't control. He chose to escape, trying to escape. At the end of the film, Ben hesitated for a long time and stood up, but no one knew whether he was going left or right, maybe, let us choose.
Escape is also an option.
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