Little Children-The Sense and Emotion of the American Middle Class

Green 2021-12-14 08:01:10

The two views of "Mrs. Bovary" in the film seem to represent the traditional American middle-class values ​​and some of them "alien" private views. Obviously, the housewife reading will interpret her as a slut who has no sense of women's responsibility, while Sarah cautiously said "she may be a feminist". In this middle-class community, the obvious "heterogeneity" may only be Ronnie, a paedophile who was released on parole. Because of him, this seemingly stable and harmonious community suddenly felt a kind of "responsibility", that is, the responsibility of preventing the alien from approaching children. This kind of responsibility comes from the middle class’s innate sense of morality, that is, they believe that the reason why they are the mainstay of American society is not that they are richer than ordinary people, but that they are more moral than ordinary people. This sense of moral responsibility puts the entire middle class in the United States into a spiritual "cleanliness addiction." To put it bluntly, they are the "defenders" referred to by the forefront of the American campus movement. This is blameless for the stability of a country, but it is hypocritical and hypocritical when applied to the individual-just because everyone is not perfect. Morality is also a double-edged sword (a good cliché term). It can not only set a model and regulate people to be good, but also make those selected as models appear nervous, hypocritical, and neurotic.

As a result, the attacks flocked to Ronnie and his mother, especially the retired policeman Larry. Larry once killed a boy by mistake, so he was sometimes very nervous. He spotted the fear of Ronnie hidden in people's hearts, and he indirectly caused the death of Ronnie's mother, and he fell into deep self-blame again. Ronnie, who has lost his relatives, attributed the culprit to his neurosexual pedophilia. He really castrated himself like someone else's curse. Larry finally realized his stubbornness and Ronnie's sorrow. The film made the former enthusiastically send the latter to the hospital. This kind of completion seemed a bit cheap.

The rigid moral principle that is too much to pass will eventually give way to the warmth between people; in another clue, feelings have to give way to the law, or have to give way.

The housewife Sarah and the housewife Brad’s firewood, everyone with a little movie experience knows how this story should develop next: acquaintance-ambiguous-going to bed-constantly going to bed-planning to elope, so far. The bridge segment has been filmed in Hollywood movies of extramarital affairs, but the director's conservatism and the echo of another clue make this typical extramarital affairs movie have more room for maneuver. Although the protagonist had a whim on the night that he eloped and played skateboarding with street gangsters, the plot was too rough, too simple, and the traces of seeking complete closure were too heavy, but at least we can see the ingenuity of the director's structure: (this word It is not particularly commendatory at first, and it is appropriate to describe it-not very good, but at least some ideas.) The interaction of the two clues in order to make the story gain a broader social background and narrative space, especially to capture the two that are almost nothing The common point of the related stories-the emotional and responsibilities of middle-class American families-and the narrative does not have the feeling of rambling, but it increases the depth and thinking space of the main story (that is, the extramarital love story). It is the most successful place for directors and screenwriters. But I don’t know why Rose was nominated again. In my opinion, the best actor in the film is the body of the actor...

At the end, the two protagonists are injured when they are about to elope, which obviously implies that over impulsive emotions will lead to family breakdown and themselves. The damage of the director's conservatism is undoubtedly revealed. This modest position is a typical mood of the American middle class. It is a pity that the director failed to step out of Lushan to take care of more harshly.

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Extended Reading
  • Alessandro 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    It's not good enough, the emotional baggage is not released at the end, the expectations are not reached, the theme is not sublimated, there are wonderful moments, but there is no coherent control, the ending is instantly decadent, and the best is a pedophile drama. Let's all be good people, right or wrong.

  • John 2022-04-24 07:01:07

    In "Revolutionary Road" she is Nora, here she is Madame Bovary. She is so beautiful by the pool~

Little Children quotes

  • [first lines]

    Lucy Pierce: Want to take a walk with me?

  • [last lines]

    Narrator: In his wildest dreams Larry would never have imagined he'd once again be in this position, where precious minutes count. Tonight he could save a life. He knew Ronnie had done some bad things in the past, but so had Larry. You couldn't change the past. But the future could be a different story. And it had to start somewhere.