Even Amy Adams gained weight and pretended to be ugly in order to better play her role.
(Hillbilly Elegy) I felt painful when I watched this movie. There are mainly three protagonists. Two (mother and grandmother) are emotionally unstable and always quarrel.
The other is the male protagonist but portrays more boringly. Most of the film time is spent in the alternation of quarrels and boredom. After watching it, I definitely feel that I understand why the male lead must leave this home.
Although the film was thought to make Amy Adams (#Amy Adams#) and Glenn Close (Glenn Close) is recognized in acting, but because their roles are relatively single, it is difficult to get sympathy or likes from the audience.
Since Trump was elected President of the United States in 2016, American elites and Hollywood have realized that they may not understand the lives and thoughts of those Trump supporters, that is, some blue-collar white Americans. For this reason, this autobiography (Hillbilly Elegy) published in 2016 once became a national bestseller selected by the New York Times, trying to get people to understand the United States through the struggles and struggles of a white male and his family in the central and southern United States. The voice of the people at the bottom.
Perhaps after watching this movie, everyone will understand why most people in Ohio voted for Trump. It is indeed difficult for Americans like this one to keep up with the so-called elite.
The story tells that Jed Vance (Gabriel Besso) from Southern Ohio is a law student at Yale University and previously served as a member of the Marine Corps.
He was about to get the job he dreamed of, but his mother was admitted to the hospital because of drug addiction, which forced him to return to the home he desperately wanted to escape from.
The film goes back and forth between Jed Vance’s adult experience and childhood experience, always reminding people of the connection between their present and the past.
Now that he is about to realize his dream, he comes from a family struggling with poverty in Ohio, and has been beaten by his mother since he was a child. His mother is temperamental and short-tempered, and often vents her family because of the unsatisfactory life.
Although his grandmother is also a reckless person, she also puts family first, and she is also the most supportive person in her family to leave home to study.
It can be seen that the mother, who is drug-addicted and constantly making trouble, has become the most difficult challenge in the life of the male protagonist.
He tried to change his life, but he could not get rid of his past. But in the end, Vance realized that perhaps it was everything in the past that shaped him today.
Although Trump was defeated in the recent general election, he still won the support of nearly half of the voters in the United States, and most of them are still whites from the central and southern United States.
Although stories like this one are about the experience of a white male, they try to make people understand that in addition to minorities and overseas immigrants, there are also many whites whose American dreams are not so easy to realize.
But the problem is that the film was released a bit late.
It may be new if the remake will be made immediately after 2016, but everyone is already familiar with this kind of story, and this election has once again deepened the divisions and contradictions.
It seems that it is only an understanding of the differences in class and the difficulties in life. It is not enough to change people’s opposing ideas and perceptions of Trump himself.
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On the other hand, even if you put aside the social significance of the story, just look at the family, because the male protagonist himself is portrayed very plainly and the actors are not well-known. It is difficult to get the attention of the audience when he is played. Only two actresses still have a show.
It can be seen, but it is too crazy and rude. In particular, the role of Amy Adams will domestically abuse her own children and often make unreasonable noises. It is true that part of the plot can be said to be a “shatter-woman-swearing” feeling.
She really played very hard, but people could only sigh when they saw it, thanking that she was not her own mother.
In our lives, we also encounter mothers getting angry and sometimes emotional, but most mothers still love their children very much, love their family, and are selfless.
Most of the time, they have to ask their children after scolding them. The type that has not eaten enough.
But if such a single villain mother role in this film is no problem in a horror movie, but if you want to compete for acting awards in the awards season, it is more difficult and requires more levels and resonant roles.
Even if it is hateful, there must be something pitiful. And this mother is drug-addictive, and it is difficult for the audience to sympathize.
Glenn Close’s grandmother is still human, and may be nominated for a supporting role. After all, there are few films this year.
