Today I bring you this film, which tells the story of a small-town American youth. The repressive life of an imperfect family, the intellectually disabled brother, the obese mother who does not go out, these flawed characters make the story more real, and make the bland plot ups and downs. Let people have a feeling after watching it, this is the feeling of life itself.
Gilbert was an ordinary young man from a small town in Andora, his brother was mentally inferior, he was about to turn eighteen, and his mother planned to throw a birthday party for her. Playing his brother is Leonardo DiCaprio.
He also has a hard-working sister and a rebellious sister. The mother could not face the fact that her father had committed suicide, and had not stepped out of the house for seven years. The family lived in the house left by their father, and her sister helped Gilbert take care of the family together. Her mother's weight has far exceeded normal levels, but she is reluctant to change her life.
The younger brother especially liked to climb to the opposite water tower, and every time he would attract the police and the crowd to watch.
Betsy and her mother's motorhome happened to pass through the town, and they decided to stay in the town for a while, and she went to the store to buy groceries and met Gilbert, who worked in the store.
Gilbert sneaks into Betsy's motorhome to peek at her and is found by her. Betsy invites Gilbert to share dinner with her mother. Gilbert took Betsy around the town, and he felt a rare sense of freedom. Gilbert was attracted by Betsy's beauty and freedom, and the two got closer and closer, getting along very happily. And Betsy and his brother can get along very well.
The younger brother climbed the water tower when everyone was not ready, and the police took him away and announced that they would take him to the hospital, but did not agree to be taken to the house to take care of him. The mother decided to go out to the police station to bring back her troublesome brother, and her mother's figure was watched and ridiculed by passers-by near the police station, which made the happy family fall silent.
Gilbert and Betsy establish a relationship with each other, but Betsy suddenly announces that she is leaving the town to continue their journey. Gilbert knew he had no reason for her to stay, and in their time together, Gilbert understood that he should have his own life in addition to his family. On the day of the birthday party, Gilbert and her brother were reconciled, and her mother confessed to Gilbert for the first time that she knew she was a drag on her family, and she was sorry and grateful for everything they had done for the family.
Betsy came over to say goodbye to them and left the town. For the first time in seven years, the mother re-entered his own room and then died peacefully in her own bed. What happened during this time gave Gilbert a new idea. At the end of the story, he burns down the house left by his father and begins a new life with his family.
In the end, everyone went their separate ways in their freedom, and although it was so precious and joyful for them, I felt a little sad in my heart, and I always felt that at this point, home might be gone. The masterpieces of the two super male gods when they were young, especially realistic, the changes of a family, a messy life, what life is like under pressure, when a beautiful girl broke in, like a ray of sunshine, illuminating the hazy sky, love always makes people see the light again. Then the young Depp and Leonardo, youth is also a blink of an eye.