从心开始

<Reign Over Me>060

Release date: 2007-3-23

Type:Drama

Running time: 124mins

Recommendation Rate:★★★★

Four questions:

1、What’s the main idea and the message or value of the movie that the director is going to convey?

A person's happiness is not about money, position or knowledge, it's only your choice.

2、Find three points that most touching or what you think is the most important details(conversation、picture or plot).

A/ Chandler, a dentist, very decent job, he always find the psychologist to ask his questions. Actually, he feels lonely and his wife arranged all his spare time without disscussing with him. Mostly, we'll think that people should be happy to live Chandler's life, but chandler himself feels different. That depends on inner side of the people.

B/ Adam's heart was broken, when he saw his family's picture, he was torn apart, only can listen to music, in that way, he wished he forgot everything. His parents in law, though lost their daughter, they still have each other. Adam had nothing, only those sad memories left. It was hard for him to live normal life, he just couldn't walk out from past and those memories.

C/ Finally, Chandler dares to express himself in front of their collegues. Adam healed him, he was save as well. No one knows why Chandler blocked his heart to all the people around him. I think it's a choice. He just chose to do that.

3、What did you learn from the movie?

Learn to be with yourself, to know how to be happy, no matter what happened, never lose the ability to make yourself happy. Happiness is a choice, which can practice.

4、The background of the story.

Adam lost his wife, three daughters and a dog in 9.11. After that, he blocked himself from all those people who knows him and only music, game and decorate kitchen. Chandler is his roommate in college, a dentist, who has happy family, beautiful wife and daughters, but he seldom talk to people, even his wife, he is not happy.