For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldn’t be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex (Rachael Taylor) and Jim (Ed Kavalee) in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong. Ben is the only speaker not to be asked a question by the school kids. This triggers a year of soulsearching and looking for answers in all the wrong places.
From his best friend Andy (Christian Clark) whose solution is that they both take another holiday, to his mentor Sam (Lachy Hulme) who loans him a sports car in the belief that there’s nothing like excessive speed to resolve emotional turmoil. Not even Ben’s father (Rob Carlton) or friends Nick (Daniel Henshall) and Em (Felicity Ward) can offer much in the way of meaningful guidance.
Of course, it’s not easy seeking enlightenment in nightclubs, or on the ski fields of New Zealand, and when you start dating a Russian tennis star things can get really complicated. As the poster boy for a generation desperate to tick every box, Ben begins to suspect that the meaning of life may well reside in the things he's already doing - and a girl he used to know.
离合悲欢忘川渡
A new old play 非常不错，拍摄手法和画面都很棒，全剧四川话也让我感觉十分亲切。每一个转折点都是一首判词来揭晓，新又新。很久没看华语片了，很惊喜。唯一觉得不足的是，太长了。
如果有女性视角的叙事就叫女权电影的话，那平权还有很长的路要走。
问题不少，但乡音一起便得恍然，直沉在川中四塞的山河人鬼中。所谓的“大时代小人物”不过是长久的叙事惯性，而真正应该关切的却遮遮掩掩。舞台强化的是印象，但虚弱了苦痛。可是又如何呢，那是故乡啊。
4.5，光怪陆离。#AustinAsianAmericanFilmFestival
PS：被朱迪·科默美到！
比起戳破强奸犯的谎言，这个片子更精彩的部分是戳破丈夫的谎言。嘲讽拉满，特别悲凉的地方又特别好笑。女主演得太好了！
从《痴》《姑奶奶》到《椒麻堂会》，一路证明，邱炯炯是天才。
形式做到满了，非常非常有诚意。然而坐在今日的时代，确实难言这是我最今年喜欢的电影，说是文艺片但表达逻辑却是商业的。我大概期望看到跟个体有关的，最直接的电影。似乎在写人，其实却是在写戏。
对应TV剧的6～10集，初遇大BOSS鬼舞辻无惨。
非常风格一致完整的片子，三个小时也并不觉得闷。既有历史的波澜壮阔，也有生活细节的体贴入微，魔幻和现实平衡得刚刚好。还是觉得以前的人一生有个手艺贯穿一辈子也蛮有意思。
全部拍摄都在一个400米左右的棚里，邱炯炯无中生有构建了完整的电影世界，更加成熟和完善。
小成本电影超出想象的精彩，四川话对白好喜欢
影片从卡鲁日母亲告诉玛格丽特自己也曾被强奸时才正式开始。从三人不同角度陈述的罗生门式的“玛格丽特是否被强奸”的故事提到了女性发声的高度。最后卡鲁日在决斗中胜利不仅赢回了脸面，也是长久以来一直被“强奸”的女性对强权的一次胜利。
老的新剧，新的老剧。现实的虚幻，虚幻的现实。阴间的阳人，阳人的阴间。电影的戏剧，戏剧的电影。片里处处是可以列举出的矛盾性反差。三个小时完全不觉得冗长，只是后半段感觉到时间紧迫下叙事略微的赶。在近几年已经放弃对华语电影的兴趣的时候重燃了我对地方性的希望，被舞台与置景完全戳到。4.5
马特达蒙虽丑，但实在没有丑到能把亚当司机衬成大帅比的程度。
看了一串菜单没有吃到菜 L.Anthology
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虽然和《英雄》一模一样的三段结构（更早是《罗生门》）但细节填充得很漂亮，果然问题不在于重复，而在于怎样完善细节。
本想说三段式的结构推进高明有趣，结果看完了觉得大可不必。
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