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After one week of release, the box office exceeded 1.5 billion. Regardless of whether there is controversy or not, the success of the summer season movie should be attributed to "Catching Dolls".

Besides, comedy has always been difficult to do. It is considered vulgar, and the audience can laugh knowingly and relax physically and mentally, but it is difficult to praise it as high-level. In my opinion, comedy that is sophisticated and makes people laugh and cry is worthy of praise.

From this point of view, Yan Fei and Peng Damo's new work "Catching Dolls" is full of human touch and full of laughs. The jokes are not vulgar, nor are they clichés picked up from the Internet.

Not only that, it is actually a play within a play, which is so excessive and crazy, with fake acting and real emotions, that it makes the audience "laugh and cry" in the cinema.

The movie sets up an exaggerated story: a rich father who has suffered all his life since childhood adopts a very extreme approach when faced with the difficulties of parenting.

Adhering to the idea that "only those who have endured hardships can become great people", he changed from raising his son in wealth to raising him in poverty, and even created an illusory world like a glass house for his son, trying to control every aspect of his son's growth in order to shape an ideal personality in his mind.

This kind of bizarre "fancy parenting" is a little absurd, but it is not floating above the reality of today. Nowadays, raising children has indeed become the top priority of many families and the largest part of family expenses. It can be said that money is spent like water.

In an era of extreme involution, parenting is a war, an arms race between families, and a competition for resources. Even celebrities are doing "retirement-style parenting". Whether they are from poor or rich families, they are all worried about education.

In addition, the development of modern science and technology and communication technology has threatened our information security and privacy. Big data is like a magical giant claw, controlling us like another God.

The boundaries between games, virtual worlds and reality are becoming increasingly blurred, and people's consciousness is becoming more and more dreamy. You don't know whether you are in a parallel universe, the protagonist in your own virtual game, or the NPC in someone else's game.

Under the reflection of various realities, the crazy comedy becomes meaningful.

In the movie, everything is a lie, but it also contains a lot of truth. The audience in the cinema cried and laughed, probably because of the emotions flowing from time to time in the deception.

Although it is also subject to the usual sensational tactics of melodrama, it is still moving due to the control of the plot rhythm and the empathetic performances of the actors.

A good actor has the charm to move people's emotions.

Shen Teng and Ma Li reunited on screen, and their cooperation with each other came naturally. Shen Teng said in an interview that he was under great pressure and that every role he had recently had was difficult to handle, but in this "Catching Dolls", he performed very well in terms of emotional intensity and comedy rhythm, and his acting skills were rich in layers and depth.

The father he plays is the main character of the film. On the one hand, there is the mutual care between father and son, and on the other hand, there is control and counter-control. The son tries to break away from the bond with his father but cannot do so. The father-son relationship presents a complex dimension.

Several scenes are quite touching, such as the concern for the broken shoes and the emotional climax of picking up bottles. In addition to the younger son, there is also the lazy older son, who went from wanting to be seen by his father to living an independent self, which is also a supplement and reflection of the main father-son relationship.

Another scene that made people laugh and cry was the chaotic scene at grandma's funeral. The emotions in this scene were extremely intense. Parents can control their children's lives at will, but they underestimate their children's true feelings. Everything was full of guilt, vanity and irony.

As the plot develops, one can indeed feel the different personalities of the actors. For example, Shi Pengyuan clearly tends to be more critical of reality.

His appearance and performance have a tendency to criticize reality, which makes this comedy more cold and reflective.

Putting yourself in the shoes of the pony he played, you can feel a chill and fear. Although it is a white lie, it is still a lie. Although it is protection and help, it is also a shadow and harm.

Although it is a carefully designed film wrapped in love, it also contains the arrogance and selfishness of parents who want to act like God. Shi Pengyuan performed the struggle of being in the information cocoon. His growth of self-awareness and counterattack also gave a blow to the manipulator, achieving the reversal and climax of the film.

The film is also a warning to Chinese-style parenting. Education has been taken to the extreme, with love and shackles heavily besieging children, causing damage to intimate relationships.

"Don't think that I have changed your lives. Our lives have also been changed by you." Just like what Lao Ma said in the film, while controlling others, you also suffer from it.

If "Charlotte's Troubles" is a Mahua-style alternative youth love drama, "The Richest Man in Xihongshi" is about the pursuit of career and wealth in the prime of life, and "Catching Dolls" is about how people in middle age face the issue of the next generation. This group of comedies has achieved its own growth.

Movies have their own vitality, and we hope that through this journey of watching movies with both laughter and tears, they will continue to multiply and grow among the audience.