——If the film is positioned as the kind of Hollywood soap opera that can be seen every summer, then the plot should basically follow the above path. In fact, if I hadn't read some reviews before, just the first ten minutes of the film could indeed give me this illusion. However, the answer is No.
Kym's indirect negligence to kill his brother Ethan many years ago seemed to be the fuse that caused the divorce of his parents and the rift in his family; but in the interaction between Rachel and Kym, this line seemed less important. Kym is very attached to Rachel. Although she has a lot of dissatisfaction, she is very eager to get trust and respect from Rachel. The bridesmaid is not her. She went to Hawaii for her honeymoon without telling her, which made it difficult for the extremely sensitive Kym to accept. Rachel’s attitude towards Kym is even more subtle. She didn’t seem to blame Kym too much for killing Ethan. When Kym came back from the drug rehabilitation center, when Kym almost had a car accident and appeared in front of her with a swollen nose, Rachel showed care and Love is also completely the standard demeanor that a sister should have. But these two sisters are far from being in the same world. Rachel is excellent in all aspects, Kym is an out-and-out problem girl. And their father is not biased in caring for the two of them. In fact, according to our general experience, problem members in the family often get more attention from their elders. Parents believe that good children’s problems can often be solved by themselves, while bad children need them to worry more. So good like Rachel, but subconsciously jealous of Kym-this contradiction erupts most obviously in the issue of wedding seating arrangements.
In the first half of the film, Kym’s self-willedness and self-consciousness are indeed very inviting and disappointing, especially the ridiculous long talk at the wedding rehearsal, completely ignoring the feelings of others, completely self-centered; even if it is an angel I'm afraid that I can't bear to have such a broom star messing up on my grand occasion. Rachel had shown enough tolerance for Kym being a bridesmaid, changing clothes and colors, until this place was finally intolerable. In the ensuing quarrel between the sisters, Rachel completely prevailed, and Kym was tired of parrying with her harsh words. The most powerful thing is that she suddenly throws out the good news of her pregnancy when the arguing is so intense, and the atmosphere is completely reversed in a short time. Kym was aggrieved and yelled that it was unfair. One was because he was angry and couldn't immediately congratulate Rachel with a smile; the other was because the two people hadn’t separated their quarrel (in fact, Kym was at a disadvantage from the beginning), Rachel It took everyone's attention away from her (this is actually Kym's overly self-centered performance). As the first climax of the film, this scene is really exciting.
This kind of sisterhood is really the norm that can be seen everywhere in life. Although they love each other deeply, they cannot communicate fully because the world in which they live is so different. In this festive wedding centered on Rachel, Kym, who is always aggressive but extremely sensitive, must be disappointed because she can’t melt into this atmosphere. Although she is really happy for Rachel, she is too sharp and fragile. Her self-esteem and the same degree of low self-esteem make her reaction inevitably overreact. Kym's numerous scars were largely carved by himself. On the one hand, he complained that he couldn't get everyone's understanding. On the other hand, he was too deprived of the city. Any thoughts were on his face and blurted out. How could he not get hurt. Kym's salvation, I am afraid it still needs a true love to be possible.
After Kym left, Rachel looked very relaxed. For her splendid life, this troublesome sister was a discordant note that made her love and hate. In the beauty salon, she found the lie that Kym had told, and her next reaction was actually overreact, because the lie was actually wrong and wrong, and it brought good results (to regain the confidence of Kym's patient), and time passed. I didn't have to worry about it; but Rachel felt unbearable, she was very angry, not just the reason that she said "she lied to show that she did not completely succeed in detoxification", but also the subconscious dissatisfaction with Kym. The result of the explosion-imagine that if the lie was exposed at the beginning of the film when the sisters met, Rachel might have laughed and grumbled and passed away. Judging from the film, Rachel has many friends and her in-laws with different skin colors and cultures are also very satisfied with her. It is obvious that she has a good cultivation in life. But the harshness of her and Kym's tit-for-tat confrontation was unexpected. People who want to be more tolerant will be more lethal once they erupt. In the final analysis, the root cause here is that although Rachel loves Kym very much, this kind of indelible affection cannot be reconciled into her value system. She doesn't know how to accept, understand, and in her usual life model. Changing a sister like Kym, so she can let her, make it easy to get out of control when she doesn't go down, and when Kym's face is scarred in front of her, her affection is so natural and unimpeded. So for Rachel, Kym disappeared from her life and it was the easiest for her. Kym left temporarily, then everything is back to the normal track that can be controlled. Although the trouble has not disappeared, but the eyes are not upset, and the life can go on well.
Therefore, at the end of this film, it is not that "love can smooth all the cracks", but that no problem is solved. Rachel and Kym's similar conflicts must have happened more than once before, and if they meet in the future, I'm afraid it will be unavoidable. The life of this family is continuing, and the cracks are still dazzling, but now that the biggest instability factor has temporarily left, the apparent calm and the waves can last for a while, and the days will still go by, not to mention Rachel’s upcoming child is a happy event. A pile. In fact, this is the true face of our lives. Every family has problems like this, and when everyone gathers together on funerals, funerals, and holidays, it is precisely when all kinds of contradictions are most likely to erupt. The hug after the quarrel is because family affection cannot be separated, which does not mean that the problem will be solved and you can sit back and relax. The interesting thing about this film is that it talks about things within three days, but it also faintly outlines the tragedy of many years ago. Kym finally asked his mother, why did you feel relieved to leave Ethan to my care? Kym was already taking drugs at the time. It can be seen that Ethan's death was not the cause of her astray. It also shows that this family had many problems before Ethan's accident. Kym has been blaming herself for killing Ethan (other family members must also be blamed on her, although it is rarely stated clearly for the sake of protecting Kym), but she finally has to carefully ask this long-held doubt-what is the responsibility? Not all in me? The mother’s defense was very pale, and then the inexplicable rage proved that she was absolutely at fault in this matter-maybe she had an affair and alienated the family at the time (from the scenes and lines that her current husband appeared on) It seems that she is a handsome businessman with a successful career), the trace of guilt never disappeared from her heart, but she chose to completely escape from the original family, comforting Kym "not all to blame you", in fact this The irrelevant attitude puts all the blame on Kym. Another person who cannot fail to mention is the father of Kym and Rachel. Perhaps he was the strongest but most helpless person from beginning to end in the family turmoil. Throughout the whole process of the wedding, the father tried his best to make a strong smile, but he couldn't hide the haggard and oldness on his face. When Ethan's plate suddenly appeared in front of him, he finally exploded, but his way of exploding, like his character, was restrained and silent. The sudden cold in laughter is actually as effective as a loud roar in calm.
Speaking of this, I think of Brothers and Sisters. I watched the first season of this show three times, and I couldn't like it. The second season was purely inertial and insisted on following up; the third season finally couldn't watch it anymore. Every episode has to pinch up some contradictions and noisy, and then the embrace theory at the end of each episode gives people the illusion that the world is peaceful from now on, and it is unbearable to toss repeatedly. This drama actually ended at the wedding at the end of the first season. It was perfect when the family jumped into the swimming pool happily. Shooting again, you have to repeatedly ravage the character and the relationship between the characters for the sake of the plot. This is the most unbearable part of the American life drama-because it is no longer the true face of life, but it says "story needs." The mask with four characters is gone.
Rachel getting married, such a movie, truly reflects our lives. Sometimes we are the protagonists in the film, entangled in the emotions and sorrows that cannot be avoided in the family, and life staggers forward in helplessness; more often, we are the group of guests in the film, appearing in the corner of other people’s lives. Watching their joy and pain tacitly, clapping and laughing wisely and decently, and stepping aside in time, pretending to hear nothing.
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