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.
本,才华横溢,拥有事业,美女,度假,多少人羡慕不已,可是他的问题是什么?工作没有超过一年,5年换7个公寓,女朋友没有超过三个月,即便如此,面对个人的习惯也会习以为常,并不认为是什么问题,直到在一次校友演讲时,说起自己的光辉成绩,他发现只能说出工作上广告如何成功的事情,除了工作,生活上的感悟那?而昔日暗恋的女同学没有那么高薪的事业却娓娓道来,多年生活的感动和时光,同学踊跃提问,可是当说到本的时候,居然没有一个同学举手提问。于是,他开始反省,我的生活到底是什么?我的目的到底是什么?
每个人的生命都是一场修炼和发现,机缘不同,也许是你的孩子,是工作,是爱人,让你突然醒悟,电影里的本,就是那个暗恋的女同学让他开始反省。
故事并不复杂,也没有那么多激动的情节,看到最后,我想他在告诉我们一个道理,有时候坚持不懈才能发现生活的真谛,坚持我们热爱的事业,虽然没有新鲜感,仍然醉心其中,坚持我爱的人,哪怕再多辛苦,也要勇往直前。
坚持,只差一点。
原来澳洲人呢对颜的看法,还是有点不一样的。女主有点像妮可基德曼,和主流的审美感觉不是特别契合。男主的脸好方,和罗伯特帕金森似得。。。。PS第一个女朋友长的挺糙的。。。
说会剧情,有点像前几天看的美国电影,重返年轻时候一样的,不过那个到了中场画风一转,变成悬疑的感觉了。。。汗。。。
这个片子也是无非澳洲悉尼的白人高帅富(额。。其实这个估计就是正常的工作族吧。27岁没有孩子也没有固定的女友),厌倦了工作,不断跳槽,和不愿意被女人绑定,周而复始的故事。
画面晃得有些厉害,音乐感觉也还好。剧情到了后面有些拖沓。中间那个俄罗斯网球女明星的,邂逅吧,有点痴人说梦的感觉了。
总是觉得澳洲的音乐或者戏剧都是有着阳光的味道,当然也包括他们饱受阳光的皱纹。
没事儿看看,挺好的。
毕竟人生的意义,放在哪个国家,哪种文化,都是很难的题。