This year's Spring Festival stall can be described as a high expectation.
After experiencing a trough period, mainland theaters ushered in a "blowout outbreak" of Spring Festival movies, and from the perspective of arrangement, there was even a situation of dominance in the Spring and Autumn period.
And in this forest of masters, the first choice for the Spring Festival file in my heart is - "Exchange Life". The reason is simple, it is a rare family comedy in the Spring Festival file.
In this joyful and happy family reunion festival, after eating and drinking, walking into the cinema with the family to enjoy a comedy suitable for all ages is the best expectation of an ordinary movie fan who has not returned home for three years.
Moreover, "Exchange Life" has a total duration of 110 minutes, which is quite friendly to all audiences, and adults and children can sit in rows and watch it easily and comfortably.
Clear stream family fun, family love
The main line of the story of "Exchange Life" is very clear, after Zhongda (played by Lei Jiayin) and Jin Hao (played by Zhang Xiaofei) went on a blind date, he accidentally changed with Lu Xiaogu (played by Zhang Youhao), a teenager who secretly loves Jin Hao, and accidentally exchanged families, and the two experienced a completely different life in each other's bodies, experienced sadness, sadness, happiness, warmth, and finally understood the importance of family to themselves.
In the film, Xiaogu and Zhongda, one is a young man, the other is an uncle, one is introverted and inferior, and the other is sleek outside. The identity backgrounds of the two are completely different, and the style of acting is completely opposite, and after exchanging lives, the psychological gap between them and the various behavioral contrasts shown are the main sources of dramatic tension in the film.
Moreover, "Exchange Life", as a rare family comedy in the Spring Festival file, meets the viewing needs and social needs of almost all families.
Because, the Spring Festival, the biggest traditional festival of the year, especially pays attention to the festive atmosphere, the family enters the cinema neatly, watches a relaxing and comfortable movie, leaves all troubles behind, and has a happy holiday, which is everyone's wish.
And "Exchange Life" does it to make everyone feel comfortable watching.
Director Su Lun's consistent style is fresh and vulgar, she has previously made the acclaimed and popular movie "Time and Space Cohabitation", whether it is shooting techniques or visual pictures, character plots, it is like a spring breeze, which can make audiences of all ages feel safe.
"Exchange of Life" is still like this, with fresh laughs, clear brains, and funny, which can be said to be a clear comedy. Therefore, parents with children and young people who watch movies with their parents and elders do not have to worry about the embarrassing and cold situation in the viewing process.
One of the clear streams is that the director has played a new trick with the "changing terrier".
Xiao Gu's family of five lives in Shanghai, he does not have an independent bedroom, even sleeping and turning over can not open his limbs, crowded living environment, so that he has no confidence to face the bigger world, and it is easy to be speechless when he is nervous.
Zhongda, on the other hand, is a rich lawyer with a famous brand and exquisite hairstyle, who specializes in helping rich bosses fight "unjudge", so his money is "ill-gotten gain".
Xiaotani is poor but kind, Zhongda is rich but unscrupulous, and after the two change, their inner struggles lead to behavioral disorders, and dramatic conflicts and comedy effects come out at once.
When facing his family, Xiao Gu "combed his hair into the appearance of an uncle", a fat face, a big belly, and called "mom" and "dad" without the slightest timidity, and the whole family was frightened.
When facing his sweetheart, Xiao Gu took a look and took a picture in front of the mirror, finally went out on a date, held a bucket of bubble tea to visit the night market, pulled down the other party's false eyelashes and thought he was very intimate, and the heroine Jin Hao almost fled.
When facing the villain boss, Xiao Gu "put on a handsome suit", but he promised but had a sense of justice, and he roared when he saw the unevenness, and finally broke out the small universe in his heart.
These dislocation scenes based on the change of body create rich laughs for the film.
The second of clear flow is that every plot and guest supporting role of the film are affectionate.
Many lines and plots of "Exchange Life" can be seen to have been repeatedly deliberated.
For example, Sha Yi's father is keen to perform "On the Beach" in front of his mother, which echoes the popularity of Xu Wenqiang played by Zhou Yunfa in the 80s, and a small scene can see that both parents have dreams.
There is also a taxi driver played by Yue Yunpeng, who let Xiao Gu run after the car, which is suddenly reminiscent of the classic famous scene of "swallow, you must be happy". Also, isn't the look of Xiao Yue Yue loving and the passengers nagging a lot, isn't it the moment when every little person struggles to live in reality?
These unexpected plots and finishing touches enhance the comedy texture and make the film have an immersive sense of life. I am glad that such unconventional, fresh and pleasing works can appear in the domestic film market, both men and women of all ages can find fun in it, and no one will feel offended when watching the movie, "Exchange Life" is indeed the most suitable movie for the whole family to watch together.
The most familiar road is the way home
Not only the plot is interesting, but the actors of "Exchange Life" are also very interesting.
Golden Eagle Award to see Di Lei Jiayin, Golden Rooster Award actress Zhang Xiaofei, Temple of Heaven Award actress Wu Yanshu, each actor brought out alone, it is enough to support a play.
This time, Lei Jiayin took a "youthful uncle" with precision. Zhang Xiaofei is also very good, as a beautiful woman, she has no beauty baggage, and a turn and hurdle is already full of dramatic effects.
The old drama bone Wu Yanshu used a line full of feelings to touch the softest place in people's hearts.
There are also sister Yang Enyou, mother Liu Mintao, father Sha Yi, and guest appearances Yang Di and Xu Zhisheng, everyone is remarkable.
In addition to a relaxed and comfortable viewing experience and gathering a group of good actors, a good movie must also have a good core, and "Exchange Life" has a most sincere core - home.
Xiaogu's family, a Shanghai-drift family from the northeast, moved to Shanghai to work hard in order to live a better life.
A small small house, which is the front of my mother's noodle shop during the day, becomes a shelter for the family when night falls.
The sound of "sucking and sucking" eating noodles, the sound of you talking to me, the "squeaking" sound of going up and down the stairs, many sounds are piled together, and it seems that this small room is more crowded. After changing his body, the "fake Xiaogu" who lived with the "Zhongda soul" in his body felt that this home was too noisy, but he didn't know that it was precisely because of all kinds of bustling and lively sounds that this home had a breath of life and warmth.
People who are struggling outside the world, such as Shanghai drift, north drift, and deep drift, will feel extremely cordial when they see the life of Xiaogu's family, and a mirror observation relationship is produced inside and outside the play, making the film more realistic and humanistic.
In the play, the kind Xiaogu, the cold sister, the enthusiastic mother, the hospitable father, the cute grandmother, the contrasting Jin Hao, the witty "good jiyou" and other vivid and down-to-earth characters get together to form a large and small oriental family.
The film presents several different types of families in white drawing, Xiao Gu's embarrassed but very warm family, the rich second-generation good friend with rich but no love single-parent family, Jin Hao debt poor dependent family, Zhongda without the slightest warmth of the lonely family...
These people and these families just confirm a hot topic of public opinion - "the influence of the original family on people". The characters who come out of different families in the film have very obvious personality and personality differences, and through the contrast and contrast of these families and these characters, the expression of "the most precious home" in this film is further deepened, just like the warmth of the Xiaogu family getting together to eat and chat, even if it is a big house and a luxury car can not be replaced.
In the film, there is also a particularly moving bridge, in the singing of Sun Yanzi's "Backlight", the male and female protagonists shuttle through the playground, KTV, and night market, with a strong sense of atmosphere, adding romance to the film. Also, the final court part is the high burning moment of the whole film, and the two souls in the whole person are burned.
Director Suren also worked the English title of the film. The English title of "Exchange Life" is "Five Hundred Miles", an American ballad, the song expresses the homesickness of the wanderers wandering outside, which precisely sets off the theme of the whole film, we often fantasize about "poetry and the distance", and after really going to the distance, we find that the warm family in front of us already contains almost all the meaning of the world.
These meticulously crafted details make "Exchange Life" even more watchable. After watching the movie, it can leave a lot of warmth for the audience.
A lot of unexpected things have happened in recent years, maybe it's not easy for everyone, and it also makes us understand that to cherish the moment, cherish everything in front of us, especially the closest family members around us, nothing can be more important than a family being tidy and happy. This truth is very commonplace, even a little old-fashioned, but the most useful is often the most plain.
As Wang Zengqi said: "Food in all directions is just a bowl of fireworks in the world."
So, go home and sit down with your family for a good meal, watch a comedy with a good laugh, and listen to the grandma in the movie say: "I hope this difficult and complicated world does not change you." ”
At this moment, the sadness of the real world that has accumulated for a long time is all peeled off, and the hardships of the year are finally healed by this warmth, and we return to the determined ordinary daily life, regaining the familiarity and happiness that have been lost for a long time.