Jennifer Aniston 第一次不是傻大姐,而且她也清楚表明自己不是St.Aniston。医院一段:
Nina:You're probably wondering about the cake.
Claire:I didn't want to be rude, but yes.
Nina:Remember when Annette asked us what our dream would be if we didn't have chronic pain?
Claire:God, I always hated her drippy little exercises.
Nina:Yours was to have sex with the entire Madrid soccer team.
Claire:And yours was sickeningly sincere.
Nina:What's wrong with a mother wanting to make her son a birthday cake from scratch? Everybody in the group cried when I told mine.Everybody except you.
Claire:I had my reasons.
Nina:I know that now.
Claire:I know you know. To be honest, I was never impressed with the whole Saint Nina thing.
Nina:Saints don't jump off bridges.
Claire:I give you points for execution.
Anna饰演的Nina不是圣人,Jen饰演的Claire更不是圣人。相反,她一开头在互助小组便咄咄逼人,其后更是以控诉威胁达到自己目的。对丈夫、对情人皆是冷淡,大概唯一对其好的只有墨西哥佣人Silvana,她为她解围(但似乎并没有支付她人工哦),对Nina的先生或许有点陌生人的温柔。此外,她基本上与世隔绝。
我也不太认同说Jen一个人撑起了整部戏。虽说她为了片子增肥、素颜、变丑,但整体演技还是不行,过于惊乍。反观墨西哥女演员Adriana Barraza每次讲西班牙语都大赞。梅姨女儿饰演的医生、Felicity Huffman和William H. Macy夫妇、Sam Worthington,他们出场不多,但都推动了剧情和情绪。
这里还忍不住说一下Anna Kendrick近年什么片子都要唱一下,这个片子她终于没开腔。
特别喜欢的还有卧轨的一段,Anna和Jen卧轨对谈,adorable.
兔子洞和蛋糕。
每个人都说这部片子像兔子洞,没错,像兔子洞。但是兔子洞里面的Nico有丈夫、有朋友、有邻居,她跟肇事者还有沟通。这些Jen都没有。事实上,她也受到了事故重创,全身都是疤痕,只能靠各种止痛药镇静剂活下去,物理治疗的医生说她的情况半年都没有丁点好转。
究竟为什么纠结一个蛋糕?最后那个女孩,原本就是为了偷东西,Jen突然不bitch了,她带她到了LA,让她做一个蛋糕。当最后女孩偷钱走佬,她也不再追究,而是让Silvana也品尝蛋糕的滋味,“This thief can cook.”
Nina死后终于知道Claire为何不为自己的蛋糕故事而感动哭泣,也许蛋糕也就是Claire对自己对儿子的一个亏欠。这部分没有明确交代,但总之最后她终于释怀。