王冠
发表于6分钟前
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:即将毕业的女大学生路野萍受市婚姻家庭 研究会和妇联的委托到区法院调查城市婚 姻状况,特别是离婚问题。法院负责接待 的恰是她当年在农村插队的恋人罗南,他 们一起采访了几桩离婚案例。第一桩离婚 案是一对年青夫妻,男的喜新厌旧,要抛 弃自己的妻子;第二桩是一对老年夫妇, 女的和老头结婚,是为了让他替她还债, 结果男的没钱,无法偿还;第三桩是一对 中年夫妻,男的经常打骂妻子,规定她不 许和别的男人来往;第四桩是一对三十来 岁的青年夫妇,女的经常虐待丈夫和公婆 ,男的实在忍受不了,告到法院来。在采 访过程中,她们还接触到两件奇怪的案子 :有文化、有身份、有地位的中年妇女白 茹君十年动乱中无情地抛弃了丈夫。如今 ,丈夫已死,她即要求和死人复婚。幼儿 园临时工李小典是个孤女,不满一岁时, 父母离婚,被送给别人,自幼没享受过父 爱和母爱。由于也是生活中的弱者,屡遭 不幸,有被生活遗弃之感。她想控告自己 的亲生父母,可又不知道他们的姓名和地 址。自从路野萍和罗南相遇以后,她知道 他已经结了婚,妻子还在农村。但由于共 同的工作和生活,使得两人旧情重新复苏 了。恰在这时,罗南的妻子盼秋从农村来 到城市探亲,她看出他们之间的微妙关系 ,经过痛苦的思想斗争后,她认为路野萍 和罗南才是最合适的一对,从心里希望他 们能结合,于是决定提出和丈夫离婚。罗 南看着妻子的离婚起诉书,内心充满矛盾 和痛苦,他觉得对不起自己的妻子,因为 他们曾经真诚相爱过。可现在他们的感情 开始淡薄了,他觉得自己又喜欢上路野萍 ,真不知道如何处理和妻子的关系。轮船 的汽笛响了,盼秋悄悄离开了罗南,当罗 南追到码头时,船已离岸远去。罗南转过 身来,忽然发现路野萍也站在岸边,他望 着她,不知该怎么办……
大泽誉志幸
发表于9分钟前
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:Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with hisher partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...