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Recently, a domestic film has become really popular.

The reason is very simple. Starring Shen Teng and Mary, directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo, it also collaborated with "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

Today, let’s talk about this summer blockbuster——

Catch the Doll2024

Douban: 7.5

Recommended reasons:Shen Teng Mary's new film

duration: 133min

Recommended:★★★

After "Charlotte's Troubles" in 2015 and "Charlotte's Troubles" in 2018, Shen Teng became the golden signboard of domestic comedy.

This time, Yan Fei and Peng Damo are working with Shen Teng again after six years, and they also brought along their old partner Mary.

One look at this lineup and you’ll know it’s a sure win.

Looking at the trailer, it's still the familiar formula, still the familiar taste, telling a dramatic story "starting from childhood".

Next, onto the feature film.

01

Shen Teng's famous works all play with high concepts.

"Charlotte's Troubles" tells the story of the protagonist traveling back to high school, enjoying a life at the peak of her life, and finally realizing what she really wanted.

"The Richest Man in Xihong City" is about a huge sum of money that suddenly falls from the sky. The protagonist can only squander the money desperately, but in the end he bets everything on love.

The same is true for the new film "Catching Dolls".

He filmed the daydreams that everyone has had:

"My father is a super rich man. He made me live a hard life in order to train me, exercise me, and test me."

Ma Chenggang (played by Shen Teng) is a wealthy man. As he gets older, he begins to think about the issue of training an heir.

However, the eldest son's account has been "ruined", so we can only place our hopes on the younger son's account, Ma Jiye, who is still a child.

Ma Chenggang has learned a lot from past experience and decided to do the opposite this time:

We must resolutely carry out the policy of raising children in poverty to the end.

To this end, he moved his family into a dirty and dilapidated compound, wore earthy and ugly clothes, and lived an extremely frugal life.

Not only do they want to influence their children's every move through their own actions, but they also build a 360-degree life scene for this purpose.

An old lady who was an education expert was hired to play the role of the seriously ill mother in bed, and all the neighbors were also pretended to be the employees.

The gardener is a master gardener, the chess player is a mathematician, the newsstand owner is a liberal arts professor, and the passerby is a child's bodyguard;

All these arrangements were made with great care so that Ma Jiye could receive the best education in an immersed manner.

So, although Ma Jiye seemed to be living in an ordinary slum, his life was actually arranged in a very clear manner behind the scenes.

After ten years of repeated education, Ma Chenggang did very well. He realized the importance of hard work in a poor family early on, and his moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor skills were all fully developed.

But think about it the other way around. If a child who has been raised in "The Truman Show" knows the truth, will he really inherit the family business?

02

The biggest laugh point in "Catching Dolls" is two words: contrast.

In order to raise their children, Ma Chenggang and Chunlan (played by Mary) lead two rather extreme lives.

On the surface, they are a poor family. They only buy rotten vegetable leaves left over from the market, and they even "steal" water by pinching the meter.

In order to earn money to support his family, Ma Chenggang had to ride a donkey into the city to work.

Behind the scenes, the two of them traveled in a concierge luxury car worth tens of millions, and wore million-dollar second-hand watches on their arms.

When her son was around, she complained about how hard life was and how she couldn't even afford food. As soon as he left, she immediately put on a facial mask and asked the aunt to do the cleaning.

In short, the couple racked their brains to find hardship for their children, and all the hardships and simplicity of this family were carefully crafted.

After all the drama, the school and the teachers were deceived.

They really thought that Ma Jiye's family was an extremely poor family and even helped to invite entrepreneurs to provide funding.

As a result, when the entrepreneur came home, he was stunned.

What was handed over was high-end coffee and premium cigars, and the seemingly casual accessories were all high-end luxury.

Finally, Ma Chenggang made a pretentious speech:

"The decoration style you see is a choice of our entire family, so I don't want our peaceful and simple life to be disturbed."

OK, OK.

But soon, the peaceful days were broken.

Ma Jiye discovered that his "seriously ill" grandmother was not only able to walk briskly, but could also play basketball.

In order to prevent this "scam" from being exposed, Ma Yougang had no choice but to let his grandmother die. Who knew that his grandmother would "resurrect" at the funeral...

We all know from a God's perspective that the so-called "grandma" is just an actor, so she "lives and dies".

But for Ma Jiye, it was a bit cruel.

What he thought was family affection was just acting.

Isn't it the parents' desire for their son to become successful a kind of erasure of his nature?

At the end of the movie, Ma Jiye learned the truth and chose to walk out of the "Truman Show" that his parents had built for him, while Ma Chenggang might choose to practice playing the trumpet again...

The above is part of the plot of this film.

After removing the high concept and "happy" story setting, this story has a different meaning in our society.

Planned education, pushing children to study hard, and pushing children to grow up have always been controversial educational methods of "Chinese parents".

Although the movie presents it in a very humorous way, it's a bit chilling after the laugh.

As a comedy, it is successful, and as a thriller, it also has a "mirror" effect.

Overall, this film is a comedy with some funny moments and some reflections. Friends who like it can watch it.

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