首先我要跟E說：我看完你的review, 覺得你說得太好了，我差不多不知道還要寫什麼才好。
只是這影片給我很強烈的感覺，還是忍不住想寫一下。
要害苦一個人，給他／她一個殘破的家庭便是了。殘破不在外表上，母親還是一個保養得很好，很優雅的女士。只是，她不愛她們，不但不愛，基本上可說是不在乎。她愈不在乎，子女便愈在乎。片子充滿張力和矛盾，這一刻大家大力擁抱，那一刻把心裡的忿怒都全盤傾倒出來；這一刻大家互相痛恨，那一刻把喜事將一切重新蓋過；這一刻充滿歡樂，那一刻往事的痛苦突如潮湧。
Kym（Anne Hathaway）是要把一切大力撥開，大聲呼叫的人，Rachel相比之下是低調的控訴，爸爸是老好人，用食物表達關懷的人。
中學時我曾到好友家，那晚她因遭遇挫折而大哭，她的媽媽不停問著的只有一句：「吃飯嗎？還是快吃飯吧...菜都涼了...要吃了嗎？」朋友哭著說我如此痛苦她就是管我吃不吃飯？還記得在父親喪禮上，一位長輩也只會對哭著的我說：「你要吃飯呀！」
催吃，是表達愛的一種方式。未必是一種好方式，但也是一種方式，翻譯過來就是：「我愛你我關心你我在乎你」
婚禮尾聲的鏡頭很感人，rachel有所有權利去怒kym，但到頭來，她們站著，望著媽媽的突然告別，她們什麼也不是，只像一對被遺棄的小女孩。
我說得不好，但這是一齣很好的片子。
2 comments:
I like the way you describe the film! More on the emotional part of it... I kind of feel that the mother does love them, but she doesn't know how to get past the pain of being in "that family" again. The one that reminds her of her lost child and her failure to certain extend, as a mother. I think she is escaping into her "new family". In a way, she's cowardice for not being there for her children, because the pain of that tragedy is not just hers, it's everyone in the family.
You interpret the father very well... I remember reading something like "what to say to console your friend"... saying "I understand how you feel" is always the WRONG thing to say! Cos when we are in pain, we don't think anyone could understand that... so making sure that your friend has eaten, that she is taking care of herself is probably a better way to help.
無可置疑的係，做母親的演員真係做得好。
Kym同她衝突的一幕拍得很好，很「到肉」。
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