Glenn and Suzanne are theatre professors at a University. They enjoy a playful, tempestuous marriage surrounded by students and family. Their two sons Nicholas and Chris have grown up and left the nest, making homes in New York. When Glenn becomes ill with cancer, the family waits out his last summer days together, and his eventual death prompts curious, contradictory reactions. Unable and ill equipped to attend to their mounting emotional needs, the family implodes, finding release in alternatively abhorrent and comic ways.
同样是讲述死亡的片子,更喜欢海边的曼彻斯特的处理方式,无论是在节奏把握,情感表达,或是对于生活变化的描写。反观这片,实在是用力过猛.。何况,if someone wants to move on, u got no right to neither judge her nor criticize her. Mind your own fuckin life man.
有自然的优雅松散。视觉语言很优美,特别是摄影;那些静态的life moments也很真实。在Nicholas身上能清楚地看到人性中恶劣的、被困住的、不停找寻的、四处乱撞的那一部分。演员们很棒。电影开场和结尾都很好,是生活的平常和死亡的形态的展现。
价值观令人费解
It's um...confusing 人物关系混乱,剧情混乱,开头我以为是个play,还挺喜欢,但是越看越头晕。奇怪。