Some people say it is the American version of "Thunderstorm." Makes sense. The film shows how a family's scars and contradictions brew and ferment, and eventually explode and fall apart.
Compared with those family ethics films that sing praises of beautiful family, this film is like a torn from the beginning to the end. The dramatic conflict is very strong (similar to the first episode of "Tiger Mom and Cat Dad"), and the actors also gave excellent performances (almost every line is quarreling and tearing, God knows how to memorize it, especially Mei Gu)
However, perhaps because it was adapted from a stage play, some people were not accustomed to the situation, the plot conflicts were too dense, and the force was too much. If "Little Times" is an extended version of the MV, then this film is a mixed-cut version of the stage play. The movie still needs to grasp the rhythm of the narrative, well, take a breather.
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