Max is a real jerk. A long time ago, the successful lawyer had turned over all the routine duties of family life to his wife Nathalie.His comfort and leisure time were a far greater priority. Sell the roadster and buy an efficient family car? No way!But then, Max’s fast-paced life suddenly screeches to a halt when Nathalie is hospitalized for several weeks with a complicated fracture.Alone with their two children and the dog he hates, Max quickly reaches the boiling point.As if having to play father was not bad enough, he is shocked to the core when he discovers passionate love letters written to his wife and signed “From G. in love”. Feeling that his life is slipping out of control, Max’s first impulse is to find out who his rival is. Then it dawns on him – could the way he has treated his wife be the reason why she has sought out another lover?Now Max attempts to see his situation from a different point of view. Last week he was ready to plan the yearly guys’ vacation he takes with his best buddy, but now things have changed.Max recognizes just how much he needs Nathalie’s humor, her organizing talent and her optimism, but also just how important to him she and his family really are. Max tries to discover the mysterious lover’s identity, but because of his new insight, he takes an additional step.Unfortunately, when he learns that the mystery man is Gregor, Max realizes that not only does the man have all those qualities - he is very attractive as well. His struggle to become a better husband and father suddenly becomes far more difficult.Hoping to knock Gregor out of the picture and get back in Nathalie’s good graces, Max makes an appointment with a successful life coach. But turning his life around is far more difficult than he had imagined.To make matters worse, Gregor turns out to be a loving, family-oriented man just what Nathalie needs. Max is desperate – he knows there is a real chance that he might lose Nathalie and the children.Willing to put everything on the line to keep his family intact, Max makes the biggest sacrifice of his life. Then something happens that is the very last thing he could have ever counted on…
以母女关系从冲突到修复作为主线，去讲女儿的心态变化，也有一些移民心态的体现，生活细节的描绘上确实非常到位，非典疫情的部分贡献了几个有力的单场戏，演员发挥也非常好，但是感觉导演在情感处理上用力不均，而且女儿的成长线做的还不够到位，演讲比赛的部分个人感觉应该展开。（7.5/10）
给五分主要是个人经历类似。成绩差，在学校被体罚，到陌生的国度无法融入，如定时炸弹般的家人，难以面对的现实。
有很多不成熟，泛泛而谈没有伸展开手脚的地方，但在靠近-远离，争吵-缓和，要崩不崩，要解不解的内部结构里反复纠缠出了亲人关系状态里的“临界”风景。
小女孩好，这个故事能完整能入戏一大半靠她的表现，可惜辨识度不高，再过6/7年长次了就可惜了
林嘉欣还是那么美，虽然芳仪设定性格不太好，但我还蛮喜欢她慢吞吞的样子
1.全篇色调过于阴沉，使人感觉太压抑
不同于《喜宴》《推手》中出于LS或ZZ原因、生存需要移民的海外华人家庭，本片中的移民家长出国动机竟然是傻白甜的“美国梦”，回国仅仅是因为家庭经济无法支撑其在海外治病，也许这些情节都以导演的经历或见闻为蓝本，但这都注定与广大群众的朴素爱国情感冲突，更何况这是发生在如今令人发指的对岸社会。关于移民二代的家庭问题、归根后的水土不服、主角与时代的相互影响都没深挖，只讲了一个看似抛开各种TAG也无碍的问题家庭故事。哪怕只看亲情呈现，两个在美国成长的孩子和父母、和新环境的矛盾欲言又止，芳仪最后究竟是想开了、释然了还是麻木了不点明白的话，这个故事拍出来难道只是靠噱头拿奖？电影本身的话，或许是同样有相关经历，林嘉欣和小演员的对手戏挺好的，但这么为刻意营造影调而不顾氛围说服力打低调光的画面还能拿摄影奖真的匪夷所思
3.6/林嘉欣可是我童年的女神，一部十分台湾的台湾电影，一切看起来都平平无奇，但是情绪很饱满也很丰富。
平淡真实，内涵丰富，耐人寻味。
看到非典，仿佛就是如今眼前的一幕。她渐渐接受了现实和生活，我想最后大女儿不会再想回到美国了吧。
看到非典，仿佛就是如今眼前的一幕。她渐渐接受了现实和生活，我想最后大女儿不会再想回到美国了吧。
只有事件的、轮廓的东西？好像不断在发动情绪，可是背后的机制没讲好？
从非典到新冠，这19年间好像什么都没变又好像什么都变了🚬
用一种很细腻的方式呈现了在非典背景之下，一个移民/癌症家庭的困境——小孩有小孩的迷茫与恐惧，大人有大人的无力与痛苦，无法沟通，无法理解对方，所有的情感都只能通过愤怒发泄出来。因此女孩与马的互动成为一则寓言——无法驯服对方，但放弃驯服，便能对视，并在这种对视中看见彼此，理解脆弱，达成身份与关系的和解。虽然也许可以有一个更好的结尾，但并不妨碍它是一个很好的故事。
从故事到表演都没有留下太深印象的小品。“同龄人电影”这个属性这一回没有加分。
她把女儿带到了美国，却要责怪她拥有了美国人的思维，真是可笑
美国移民在再回台湾的纠葛，女孩与父母最后的和解
不同于《喜宴》《推手》中出于LS或ZZ原因、生存需要移民的海外华人家庭，本片中的移民家长出国动机竟然是傻白甜的“美国梦”，回国仅仅是因为家庭经济无法支撑其在海外治病，也许这些情节都以导演的经历或见闻为蓝本，但这都注定与广大群众的朴素爱国情感冲突，更何况这是发生在如今令人发指的对岸社会。关于移民二代的家庭问题、归根后的水土不服、主角与时代的相互影响都没深挖，只讲了一个看似抛开各种TAG也无碍的问题家庭故事。哪怕只看亲情呈现，两个在美国成长的孩子和父母、和新环境的矛盾欲言又止，芳仪最后究竟是想开了、释然了还是麻木了不点明白的话，这个故事拍出来难道只是靠噱头拿奖？电影本身的话，或许是同样有相关经历，林嘉欣和小演员的对手戏挺好的，但这么为刻意营造影调而不顾氛围说服力打低调光的画面还能拿摄影奖真的匪夷所思
看完自然而然地就跟同期的《瀑布》和题材近似的《小伟》对比，这部家庭关系题材的影片更细腻琐碎，也更贴地真实，爸爸的那句“爱恨就是一体两面”真是点题。大女儿的演绎真不错，感觉有她就撑起了大半部影片了
首部长片，金马为她推了很大一把力呀，从当初的短片三个角色过渡到回台湾发生的故事长片时剧作上失控了，情节设计太过刻意，情节剧式表达方法的还是写的很棒的像「家庭吵架戏」。妹妹这个角色如此「脸谱化」在前作短片刻画的如此生动的妹妹，到了这成了可有可无的角色。还有场景细节，非典捅喉咙，令我我无法接受一部现实题材如此虚假。
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