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强尼（帕迪·康斯戴恩 Paddy Considine 饰）和莎拉（萨曼莎·莫顿 Samantha Morton 饰）满怀着对未来生活的憧憬与希望，带着两个女儿来到了传说中机会遍地的大都市纽约，然而，现实生活无疑是一盆冷水当头浇在了夫妻二人的头上。由于经济拮据，一家人只能蜗居在一幢偏僻破旧的公寓内，微薄的工资在扣除了必要的生活开支后几乎所剩无几。贫穷的生活并不能打垮意志，真正让他们崩溃的是儿子去世带来的痛苦。爱情变成了一件奢侈的事情，无休止的悲伤和埋怨逐渐瓦解了他们曾经真挚的感情。 隔壁住着的奇怪画家马提奥（杰曼·翰苏 Djimon Hounsou 饰）让强尼和莎拉心生警觉，可女儿们却并不这么想，她们喜欢这个和蔼又有个性的艺术家。此时的强尼一家人并不知道，马提奥将成为他们改变命运的最大契机。
长篇影评
1 ) the Reflection on "In America"
I have to say, after I watched the heartwarming and terrific film In America, I was deeply moved by the loving family. For a long time, I can’t get out of their struggling story. Without any glaring special effects, just through a ten-year-old girl Christine’s narration, In America beats all the American blockbuster, in my eyes.
At the beginning of the film, the shakily photographed opening scenes gives me a deep impression, which deliberately symbolizes the uncertainty of the future. Through the camcorder, the oldest daughter Christine sees the huge and brightly colored Big Apple. No one knows what’s waiting for the family, even for us… Around by the wows of the two kids in the car, let’s forget all the pains we had, facing the brand-new world.
To escape from the sad memories of their little son Frankie’s death, the young couple with two adorable daughters move into the U.S illegally, with dreams of a better life for their family. They are so poor that have to live in the slum of Manhattan, which is populated by junkies, drag queens, and assorted low-lifes. The new house is just passable, but the family are excited, with their aborative decoration, the house is filled with warmth. This is the point that touched me a lot, no matter how bad the real condition is, they never lose the heart. So, to some extent, In America is actually an inspiring film.
However, the loss of Frankie haunts every single one of the family. There are three plots I remember clearly until now. The first one is that when the immigration officer asks how many children they have, the dad still answers 3, in fact his son has been dead. And the second: after the mum gives birth to a new baby, she cries to the dad, looking for her lost son. The last one: before Christine gives a blood transfusion to the baby in danger, she announces seriously to her father, “Don’t ‘little girl’ me, I've been carrying this family on my back for more than a year.” Through the plots above, we can see the guilt and blame plague the couple all the time, and even their young daughters bear the family’s pain and try to heal their parents. Christine has been talking to Frankie every night, recalling the happy time when the family are in together. This is a children’s world that is often ignored by the adults. The director Jim Sheridan notices it, that’s commendable.
Besides the love between the family, In America gives us a glimpse of the true friendship. On their first Halloween in the states, the two girls dare to knock on the door of “the screaming man”,a black named Motell, in their building and played “trick or treat” with him, softening the dying man’s heart. Gradually, they develop a
sincere relationship. The family pull him out of his depression at the end of his life, show him their love, and make him have the last happy time. Unexpectedly, the kids’ opening arms, the whole family’s kindness finally pay off—Motell pay their debts to hospital as the last gift. We ache for him when his end comes. God bless him.
Undoubtedly, In America is a tear jerker in terms of its theme, about memory, secrets, love, loss, wishes, dreams, families growing stronger, starting over, and America as the land of opportunity, etc. Also it is elevated by strong performances by everyone involved. Paddy Considine plays Johnny, excellently showing a father who is devoted, protective, compassionate, a little crazy and weighed down by grief. And, needless to say, Samantha Morton, the famous actress, gives a stunning performance driven by the despair in her eyes. She captured every emotion a grieving mother goes through, and her nervous breakdown in the hospital is so emotionally gripping. But the most surprise is the real-world sisters, the genuine article of child actors, Sarah and Emma Bolger. They seem completely transparent, not just simple ‘cute kids’, but leave the impression they are not acting at all. When Christine sings “Desperado” at a school talent show, I nearly weep. It haunts me all the week, tugging my heartstrings.
And finally I want to add something else in the part of the text structure and the art of narratology. There are Christine’s three wishes and the image of ET throughout the whole film. The three wishes Christine prays to Frankie form the main frame of the film. And the image of ET emerges in the film several times, at a street fair, the dad wins an ET doll for the kids; a black man who calls himself an ET befriends the sisters; and the ET passes the moon like Santa Claus at the end of the film. In my opinion, maybe the ET represents the miracles, if you believe in hope and love, your dream will come true someday.
All in all, In America gives me so many levels of human emotion, purifying my soul. If only one word to describe it, that is, bravo!
http://ceh-870925.blog.163.com/blog/static/340173672008102322820365/
At the beginning of the film, the shakily photographed opening scenes gives me a deep impression, which deliberately symbolizes the uncertainty of the future. Through the camcorder, the oldest daughter Christine sees the huge and brightly colored Big Apple. No one knows what’s waiting for the family, even for us… Around by the wows of the two kids in the car, let’s forget all the pains we had, facing the brand-new world.
To escape from the sad memories of their little son Frankie’s death, the young couple with two adorable daughters move into the U.S illegally, with dreams of a better life for their family. They are so poor that have to live in the slum of Manhattan, which is populated by junkies, drag queens, and assorted low-lifes. The new house is just passable, but the family are excited, with their aborative decoration, the house is filled with warmth. This is the point that touched me a lot, no matter how bad the real condition is, they never lose the heart. So, to some extent, In America is actually an inspiring film.
However, the loss of Frankie haunts every single one of the family. There are three plots I remember clearly until now. The first one is that when the immigration officer asks how many children they have, the dad still answers 3, in fact his son has been dead. And the second: after the mum gives birth to a new baby, she cries to the dad, looking for her lost son. The last one: before Christine gives a blood transfusion to the baby in danger, she announces seriously to her father, “Don’t ‘little girl’ me, I've been carrying this family on my back for more than a year.” Through the plots above, we can see the guilt and blame plague the couple all the time, and even their young daughters bear the family’s pain and try to heal their parents. Christine has been talking to Frankie every night, recalling the happy time when the family are in together. This is a children’s world that is often ignored by the adults. The director Jim Sheridan notices it, that’s commendable.
Besides the love between the family, In America gives us a glimpse of the true friendship. On their first Halloween in the states, the two girls dare to knock on the door of “the screaming man”,a black named Motell, in their building and played “trick or treat” with him, softening the dying man’s heart. Gradually, they develop a
sincere relationship. The family pull him out of his depression at the end of his life, show him their love, and make him have the last happy time. Unexpectedly, the kids’ opening arms, the whole family’s kindness finally pay off—Motell pay their debts to hospital as the last gift. We ache for him when his end comes. God bless him.
Undoubtedly, In America is a tear jerker in terms of its theme, about memory, secrets, love, loss, wishes, dreams, families growing stronger, starting over, and America as the land of opportunity, etc. Also it is elevated by strong performances by everyone involved. Paddy Considine plays Johnny, excellently showing a father who is devoted, protective, compassionate, a little crazy and weighed down by grief. And, needless to say, Samantha Morton, the famous actress, gives a stunning performance driven by the despair in her eyes. She captured every emotion a grieving mother goes through, and her nervous breakdown in the hospital is so emotionally gripping. But the most surprise is the real-world sisters, the genuine article of child actors, Sarah and Emma Bolger. They seem completely transparent, not just simple ‘cute kids’, but leave the impression they are not acting at all. When Christine sings “Desperado” at a school talent show, I nearly weep. It haunts me all the week, tugging my heartstrings.
And finally I want to add something else in the part of the text structure and the art of narratology. There are Christine’s three wishes and the image of ET throughout the whole film. The three wishes Christine prays to Frankie form the main frame of the film. And the image of ET emerges in the film several times, at a street fair, the dad wins an ET doll for the kids; a black man who calls himself an ET befriends the sisters; and the ET passes the moon like Santa Claus at the end of the film. In my opinion, maybe the ET represents the miracles, if you believe in hope and love, your dream will come true someday.
All in all, In America gives me so many levels of human emotion, purifying my soul. If only one word to describe it, that is, bravo!
http://ceh-870925.blog.163.com/blog/static/340173672008102322820365/
2 ) 继续生活
一个别人家的故事.遥远但是真实.我的屏幕虽然暗了下来，但是他们的生活应该仍然在地球的另一端继续.不记得怎样开始,也不会有结束.
<新美国梦>里面有太多温情,幸与不幸都恰倒好处,巧合和奇迹也都适可而止.就好象我们的生活，公平的谁也别想占到什么便宜.就是这样的分寸，让我愿意相信它的真实.
这是一种不同于以往的感动.似乎没有什么煽情的场景对白.没有大起大落的情节,没有大喜大悲的心境.只是电影一开始,看见克里斯蒂没有笑容的美丽的脸,就觉得莫名的忧伤和担心.磕磕绊绊的生活中似乎还隐藏了巨大的不幸没有现身:( 然而意外的是,他们最终也并未遭受什么巨大的不幸,只是生活保持着不怎么顺利的状态.也许正是因为这样吧,没有特意地要感动谁,反而深深地打动了人心.孩子天使一样的笑脸和声音让我忍不住为她们祈祷,上帝不要对她们太残忍.
难忘几个片段: 克里斯蒂在台上轻轻唱着的歌."" 好温暖的声音,唱得出的希望:)
父亲投球换E.T娃娃的那一段.从一开始兴高采烈的想要试试,到最后掏出所有积蓄作为赌注.我相信我可以想象和理解，人在长久受压抑后暂时想忘记理智的冲动.
小艾瑞尔的柠檬糖:) 我想那是换做是谁都愿意相信的魔法!
快结束时在阳台和法兰奇说再见的那段.爸爸的表情变化令我感触颇深.他终于可以面对和遗忘了:) 是啊,心是空间有限的容器,装满了伤心的往事,期盼的幸福要放哪里呢?!
总的来说，是个基调不怎么快乐的电影吧.看的时候是小心翼翼的.甚至没有机会松一口气.但是片尾曲响起字幕出现的时候,心里觉得很安静,也很放心.不需要眼泪，不需要太多思考.没有觉得夸张到好笑,没有明显的情节漏洞让我失望.亦没留下遗憾和悬念~~~这是最让我满足的一种观影感受.
<新美国梦>里面有太多温情,幸与不幸都恰倒好处,巧合和奇迹也都适可而止.就好象我们的生活，公平的谁也别想占到什么便宜.就是这样的分寸，让我愿意相信它的真实.
这是一种不同于以往的感动.似乎没有什么煽情的场景对白.没有大起大落的情节,没有大喜大悲的心境.只是电影一开始,看见克里斯蒂没有笑容的美丽的脸,就觉得莫名的忧伤和担心.磕磕绊绊的生活中似乎还隐藏了巨大的不幸没有现身:( 然而意外的是,他们最终也并未遭受什么巨大的不幸,只是生活保持着不怎么顺利的状态.也许正是因为这样吧,没有特意地要感动谁,反而深深地打动了人心.孩子天使一样的笑脸和声音让我忍不住为她们祈祷,上帝不要对她们太残忍.
难忘几个片段: 克里斯蒂在台上轻轻唱着的歌."" 好温暖的声音,唱得出的希望:)
父亲投球换E.T娃娃的那一段.从一开始兴高采烈的想要试试,到最后掏出所有积蓄作为赌注.我相信我可以想象和理解，人在长久受压抑后暂时想忘记理智的冲动.
小艾瑞尔的柠檬糖:) 我想那是换做是谁都愿意相信的魔法!
快结束时在阳台和法兰奇说再见的那段.爸爸的表情变化令我感触颇深.他终于可以面对和遗忘了:) 是啊,心是空间有限的容器,装满了伤心的往事,期盼的幸福要放哪里呢?!
总的来说，是个基调不怎么快乐的电影吧.看的时候是小心翼翼的.甚至没有机会松一口气.但是片尾曲响起字幕出现的时候,心里觉得很安静,也很放心.不需要眼泪，不需要太多思考.没有觉得夸张到好笑,没有明显的情节漏洞让我失望.亦没留下遗憾和悬念~~~这是最让我满足的一种观影感受.
3 ) 每个人心中都有一个Frankie
看这部片子是在复读那一年 生不如死
导演把发生在自己身上的真实经历浓缩成了这部饱含深情的影片 片中那个小女孩让我不止一次地想到了自己：伤的最深 也藏得最深 最终她教会了我沉浸在这种悲伤中毫无意义 我们必须向前走 让明天的阳光覆盖昨天心中的阴霾
这一年 我考上了北大
希望更多的人能看到这部电影 在影片结尾处 擦干脸上的泪 和自己心中的Frankie说再见
导演把发生在自己身上的真实经历浓缩成了这部饱含深情的影片 片中那个小女孩让我不止一次地想到了自己：伤的最深 也藏得最深 最终她教会了我沉浸在这种悲伤中毫无意义 我们必须向前走 让明天的阳光覆盖昨天心中的阴霾
这一年 我考上了北大
希望更多的人能看到这部电影 在影片结尾处 擦干脸上的泪 和自己心中的Frankie说再见
4 ) 面对过去，前进天堂
一个爱尔兰家庭经历了丧子之痛，带着2个女儿来到了新的国度，希望忘记过去，重新开始。可是，生活并不是他们想像的如意：父母为生计疲于奔命；在游乐场为了得到女儿想要的玩具，父亲输掉了最后一个硬币；妻子怀孕了，让父亲又想起了逝去的儿子。过去的伤痛一阵阵袭来，挥之不去，也让一家人的生活处于紧张崩溃的边缘。
幸好，大女儿有着远胜于成人的乐观、坚强和信念，她为这个家默默的祈祷，也坚信自己的三个愿望能实现。Halloween之夜，两个小女孩喊着Trick or treat敲开了焦躁暴虐的邻居画家的门，她们的纯真安抚了身患AIDS的绝望的邻居，使他逐渐融入了这个家庭，平静的度过了人生的最后一程，也给父母带来了久违的理解和爱。当父亲终于向小儿子Frankie告别的时候，一家人的梦想开始照进现实了。
看这部片子，被真切的生活细节打动，也被小女孩的纯真坚忍折服。每个人都会遇到各种各样的挫折伤痛，逃避不是办法，忘记只是自欺欺人。其实没有什么过不去的坎，勇敢面对过去，坚持信念，一定会到我们期望的天堂！
PS: 大女儿在学校演出中的这首Desperado，完全不同于原唱Eagles沧桑奔放的西部风情，清澈纯真。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmdpLTyLoLc
幸好，大女儿有着远胜于成人的乐观、坚强和信念，她为这个家默默的祈祷，也坚信自己的三个愿望能实现。Halloween之夜，两个小女孩喊着Trick or treat敲开了焦躁暴虐的邻居画家的门，她们的纯真安抚了身患AIDS的绝望的邻居，使他逐渐融入了这个家庭，平静的度过了人生的最后一程，也给父母带来了久违的理解和爱。当父亲终于向小儿子Frankie告别的时候，一家人的梦想开始照进现实了。
看这部片子，被真切的生活细节打动，也被小女孩的纯真坚忍折服。每个人都会遇到各种各样的挫折伤痛，逃避不是办法，忘记只是自欺欺人。其实没有什么过不去的坎，勇敢面对过去，坚持信念，一定会到我们期望的天堂！
PS: 大女儿在学校演出中的这首Desperado，完全不同于原唱Eagles沧桑奔放的西部风情，清澈纯真。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmdpLTyLoLc
5 ) May love be the boat, driving you home.
After a long journey, finally the Sullivan family enters the United States. The director chooses to start the story at this moment. The moment for the family may be a chance to restart to some degree. And also to us spectators, it can be an easy resource to look into the protagonists’ life.
Johnny and Sarah, with their daughters Christy and Ariel, have settled in a tenement in Manhattan which is occupied by drug addicts and transvestites. However, they are still filled with joy. Sarah finds a job in a restaurant as a waitress to support the family while Johnny can go on taking part in screen test to try to get a role. Nevertheless, Johnny can never find the emotions that the stage director has expected. So he has faced a lot of failures.
With the story promoting, we are told that there is a heavy stone hanging over the family. It’s the accidental death of the young son Frankie. Everybody in the family feels sorrow and guilty. Though they seldom mention it, they haven’t forgotten it for even one minute. That’s the reason why Johnny can’t feel true feelings----he had lost them all at his son’s death. And the movie here brings out an other important protagonist---the Nigerian artist and photographer Mateo. His early actions make us think he is a ferocious guy. But the turning point comes at the Halloween Day. Christy and Ariel knock Mateo’s door for the tradition “thick or treat”. Mateo has treated the girls friendly. This makes the family gradually accept this black friend, even knowing he is dying of AIDS.
Sarah is pregnant again at the risk of losing her life. Mateo falls down stairs and his life is in an emergency situation. Finally, on the one hand a baby is born prematurely and in poor health. On the other hand, Mateo pays off the family’s hospital bill before he passes away. And at last, with the birth of the new baby and the death of Mateo, Johnny finally gets over with the Frankie thing and recovers the ability of feeling things.
Life goes on.
Despite of the various complicated emotions, at my point of view, love is the key word in defining the theme of this movie. Because of loving Frankie, the family has been in deep desperate. Because of loving his wife and daughters, Johnny tried to thrown the ball to the hall over and over again. Because of loving the family, Mateo has learnt how to open his heart and treat others kindly. Love exists everywhere, connecting the Sullivan family, the white and the black, the death and the alive. Love, like warm sunshine, has filled the crevices of people’s hearts.
Just as the <Bible > says:” Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never ends”.
Among the conspicuous protagonists, I prefer Christy most. Most people may love Ariel more for she is actually a cute and active girl. Compared with her, Christy seems to be inner going, silent and mature. With less unconscious words and less impulsive actions, Christy has adopted the camcorder to hide herself behind the lens. However, she is only a child. She believes she has been granted three wishes by her dead brother. She used to talk to Frankie at night until she realized she was talking to herself. She gave Mateo the CPR at once not considering his AIDS. She is used to keeping her feeling in her heart in order to comfort her parents. People are easily interested in Ariel. On the contrary, Christy’s sensibility demand is often ignored. This is an important factor that has influenced her character. All in all, she is a little girl who is kind-hearted, sensible and lonely. She is like the moon, not dazzling as the sun, still bringing the surrounding light quietly.
As her singing in the movie:
” Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be raining', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late”
That’s also what I have found from the movie. Love is a boat, driving our migratory hearts landing home.
Johnny and Sarah, with their daughters Christy and Ariel, have settled in a tenement in Manhattan which is occupied by drug addicts and transvestites. However, they are still filled with joy. Sarah finds a job in a restaurant as a waitress to support the family while Johnny can go on taking part in screen test to try to get a role. Nevertheless, Johnny can never find the emotions that the stage director has expected. So he has faced a lot of failures.
With the story promoting, we are told that there is a heavy stone hanging over the family. It’s the accidental death of the young son Frankie. Everybody in the family feels sorrow and guilty. Though they seldom mention it, they haven’t forgotten it for even one minute. That’s the reason why Johnny can’t feel true feelings----he had lost them all at his son’s death. And the movie here brings out an other important protagonist---the Nigerian artist and photographer Mateo. His early actions make us think he is a ferocious guy. But the turning point comes at the Halloween Day. Christy and Ariel knock Mateo’s door for the tradition “thick or treat”. Mateo has treated the girls friendly. This makes the family gradually accept this black friend, even knowing he is dying of AIDS.
Sarah is pregnant again at the risk of losing her life. Mateo falls down stairs and his life is in an emergency situation. Finally, on the one hand a baby is born prematurely and in poor health. On the other hand, Mateo pays off the family’s hospital bill before he passes away. And at last, with the birth of the new baby and the death of Mateo, Johnny finally gets over with the Frankie thing and recovers the ability of feeling things.
Life goes on.
Despite of the various complicated emotions, at my point of view, love is the key word in defining the theme of this movie. Because of loving Frankie, the family has been in deep desperate. Because of loving his wife and daughters, Johnny tried to thrown the ball to the hall over and over again. Because of loving the family, Mateo has learnt how to open his heart and treat others kindly. Love exists everywhere, connecting the Sullivan family, the white and the black, the death and the alive. Love, like warm sunshine, has filled the crevices of people’s hearts.
Just as the <Bible > says:” Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never ends”.
Among the conspicuous protagonists, I prefer Christy most. Most people may love Ariel more for she is actually a cute and active girl. Compared with her, Christy seems to be inner going, silent and mature. With less unconscious words and less impulsive actions, Christy has adopted the camcorder to hide herself behind the lens. However, she is only a child. She believes she has been granted three wishes by her dead brother. She used to talk to Frankie at night until she realized she was talking to herself. She gave Mateo the CPR at once not considering his AIDS. She is used to keeping her feeling in her heart in order to comfort her parents. People are easily interested in Ariel. On the contrary, Christy’s sensibility demand is often ignored. This is an important factor that has influenced her character. All in all, she is a little girl who is kind-hearted, sensible and lonely. She is like the moon, not dazzling as the sun, still bringing the surrounding light quietly.
As her singing in the movie:
” Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be raining', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late”
That’s also what I have found from the movie. Love is a boat, driving our migratory hearts landing home.
6 ) 握住手中的幸福——《美国梦》
一个人，一个国家，一个民族，探究这样的一个名词到底意味着什么？我想到的一定不同于你认为的，但有一个共性，引人注目的、赢得喝彩的必定是可以传递的文明，是进步的人类故事。 《In America》02年爱尔兰导演吉姆.谢里丹的又一作品，虽然没有赢得像他之前的作品《我的左脚》、《因父之名》那样的震撼，但不失个人拍摄风格的剧情与写实方式，让这部关注移民人群的剧情片充满了温情与希望。 是的，美国是这个世界上公认的的梦之天堂，那里有自由，有法治，有机遇，有希望，但谢里丹要做的绝不仅仅是要简单勾勒这些美景的剪影，也不是要表现一帆风顺的世袭财富可提供的温室人生。他要说的是生活这件事，如果那是人住的地方，除了随音乐舞动的喷泉，脚下也一定涌动着污秽肮脏的臭水。 来自爱尔兰的约翰尼带着妻子与两个可爱的女儿来到了美国，曼哈顿大街上的夜景就像汤姆大叔微笑的唇角，高高上扬，笑着欢迎每一个来美国寻梦的人。但当热情过后，可不要指望用汤姆大叔的拥抱来恒久地温暖你的心灵，保持你不冷的体温。因为人生的路在捉襟见肘的生活窘境里免不了风吹雨打。 没有足够的钱，就住到贫民窟去。这毫无疑问！但在自由女神的注视下，有透明的青天守护着每个人，所以那里的前路充满希望。 于是我们看到，在那里，先抑后扬的现实果真如此。约翰尼一家的邻居是打家劫舍的小混混,是偷鸡摸狗的无业游民，是吸毒贩毒的瘾君子，是搞同性恋的异装癖，是无家可归的流浪汉。有问题需要克服需要解决的人群被收纳到同一个问题盒子里了。 幸好，约翰尼的两个宝贝女儿就像两颗钻石，她们纯净耀眼的光芒放到哪里都能绚烂夺目。我想这就是童真的可贵之处！当然，约翰尼与妻子萨拉坚强而又美丽的精神世界所放射的希望之光，那对一个家庭的意义更是无需赘言的。 美国，是一个随处可鉴证奇迹的大熔炉，是地球物种可有尊严存在的模板之国。好的社会制度可遏制恶，不会像独裁国家去赤裸裸地驯化人性侵犯人权，但人类的人性与劣根性决定了，在有人生活的地方，再好的体制，也会看到瑕疵，自然没有梦想里那般甜美畅快。与本片有关的种族、偏见、歧视、不公这些问题是隐藏起来的，恰是要讨论的，有些成了约定俗成的现象，甚至让人们放大成艺术作品里的深度。影片里提到爱尔兰人在美国都是警察。的确！这是早期爱尔兰移民谋生的方式，做最危险最累的工作，薪水又少得可怜，这就是存在过的现实，又因其他原因，在进步文明的现在也在延续着。而关于有色人种，看一看影片中贫民窟里的居民，就会有所了解。也许不够全面，但对于经历过艰辛的无数移民家庭，这样的生活场景应该不会太陌生。 谢里丹独特的思维模式总能让他的影片带给不同的人不同的人生感悟。移民是为了更好的生活，约翰尼一家也有这样的祈盼。但对于这个家庭，却隐藏着更多的苦难。 夭折的儿子，是谁的过错？选择忘记过去还是勇敢地去面对？一个受了内伤的家庭，在冰冷的社会，会有人来帮助他们吗？所有的疑问，随着黑人马蒂奥的出场，有了行驶的方向。然而这个怪异的黑人也因为艾滋病，正在人生末路上与时间赛跑。 一切都会向前行进，梦也会被封上一个小口，让你以为故事圆满了。只要知道孩子是世界上最神奇，最完美的宝贝就好。就这样，离去的灵魂在星空遥望人世间，新的生命将代替所有的不幸，幸福踏歌而来。 不得不提的是，这部影片就像是吉姆.谢里丹的自传，片中多处引用了他的生活故事，现实中的他也有两个同样可爱的女儿，他的儿子也夭折了。而他在影片中引用的弗兰奇这个名字也正是他的早逝兄弟的名字。所以来自生活的故事是最动人的，虽然有时它很残酷！ 附：作为导演的吉姆.谢里丹主演过一部十五分钟超短的电影《The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife》即《木工和他的笨妻子》。影片另类的演绎方式，得到业内的好评。但砍胳膊砍腿，再安上木胳膊木腿这样的黑色幽默还是挑战眼球的。有兴趣的可以看看。
非常温情的一部反映新移民在美国的奋斗与挣扎的好片。
有梦就有天堂，前路荆棘，坚强面对。影片节奏把握的恰到好处，千篇一律的美国梦主题在导演的镜头下散发出新的光辉，主角表演的都很出色。看完本片很希望自己以后也能有两个女儿~
08.07.16.12点04分.留意到电影结尾dedicate to Frankie,原来是导演的死去的兄弟.生活远远比想象中艰辛.号外~Ewan McGregor and Kate Winslet were originally approach to play Johnny and Sarah at the film's early stages of production when it was entitled "East of Harlem"!!!!!
7/10。真的好无聊。。。剧情人为化痕迹有点重，不过我感谢导演没有煽情过度，投球赌玩偶、躲迷藏、做爱交替黑人发疯的蒙太奇、坐在月亮下劝父亲遗忘失子之痛等几段拍得挺有感染力。生命因希望而美丽，只要活着就有了奇迹。喜欢开头星条旗朦胧的镜头语言，揭示了美国梦从触不可及到逐渐清晰这一主题。
一部治愈丧子之痛的电影，虽然一对爱尔兰父母深陷痛苦，但是整部影片充满了阳光和希望，他们在纽约找到了新的生活。煽情而又紧抓人心而不令人生厌。
美国梦 也许当我去了美国之后会知道那里并没有我所想象的那么美 可是这会使我变的更坚强 勇敢
温馨略带伤感
谢里丹还真能玩煽情。。前面部分不错 然后就开始流俗了点 尾声倒也还可以 在同类题材中还是不敌《幸福来敲门》
本片获第76届奥斯卡最佳女主角、男配角和原创剧本提名。又是一部美国梦影片，所不同的是，为什么要离开加拿大来到美国？影片没有做什么交代。没有对比，真难以让人想像出这就是你要的天堂吗？最让人不可接受的就是那个拿上全家房租去赌一个超级难看的做工粗糙的E.T.玩偶。这不是脑袋有病嘛？！
高一口語課上亞裔外教給我們看的片子，我是為了裡面的desprado開始聽eagles的麼？
生活艰辛，感谢有家人不离不弃的陪伴，感谢有好心人马提奥的帮助，两个小女孩好可爱。
好多事我都理解不了，比如贫穷还依旧生子，生孩子也是美国梦中的一个么，费解
内容有点松散，主要还是表现生活困难但还有希望吧
美国梦啊~~ 也不容易，但坚持下来了，日子会好过的。btw，我挺稀饭演父亲的演员，却忘记是从哪一部短萌上他的了。
因爱之名……
有些松散，大女儿真是又乖又懂事
主题是亲情，美国梦只是个背景而已。小女儿太可爱了！大女儿长大果然走演技派路线。Samantha Morton当时才二十出头吧，就能把这个母亲演得细致入微。导演真的有个得脑瘤死的弟弟Frankie。
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我还是最喜欢看这种温情的家庭电影，本片可以说是很合我的胃口了。而且本片的剧本是真的写的非常好，大女儿的自白台词本身和其切入的时间都非常的巧妙和精确，结局也拍得特别好，非常加分。要说本片有什么不足的我感觉是叙事方式有点太稀碎了，很多地方都处理得太急了。本片的群戏也非常好，两个小女孩的表演是最让我印象深刻的，大女儿扮演者的表现十分出彩，小儿女就像天使一样，这两个角色也是本片的一大亮点。萨曼莎莫顿的表现也非常不错，但是戏份真的有点太少了，感觉能入围奥斯卡女主还挺爆冷的。杰曼翰苏的表现也不错，但也是出彩的片段并不是特别多且戏份有点少
当爸爸投ET玩偶时 我的心紧张得缩成一团。当她们对着月亮挥着手说 bye Mateo, look after frankie 我的心又一次纠成一团。有时候生活很艰难 现状困苦 回忆折磨 仿佛已经无法进行下去。希望生活都像电影一样 历经种种后 会有好的结局。