How to evaluate the film The Taste of Zanthoxylum bungeanum?

Hello, everyone. This film is adapted from Zhang Xiaoxian's epistolary novel My Passion is Spicy. It mainly tells the story that Xia Rushu (Sammi Cheng) discovered that she had two half-sisters, Ru Zhi (Megan Lai) and Ruo (Li Xiaofeng), in Taipei and Chongqing respectively after learning the news of her father's death.

The three sisters come from different regions and have different temperaments. They first met at their father's funeral. Although they are bound by blood relationship, they are all trying to grow up, depend on each other and rebuild their relationship because of the love and hate of the previous generation.

To tell the truth, the film itself is relatively general and has no strong attraction. The reason for this is the following：

1, obviously trying to imitate Hirokazu Koreeda's diary of the sea street. The problem is that the story of the film itself is too grasping, and many plots can't stand scrutiny. No matter how rich this bowl of chicken soup is, it is difficult to convince the director how to avoid the defects of his father's image.

The style of this film is very different from that of Hong Kong. Unfortunately, Xiyin Mai is not as good as a screenwriter as a director.

3. In essence, several characters in the film are all actors' personal charm above the performance itself, especially the role of Megan Lai, which is cool and quiet, but you can't see the character arc of the role itself.

4. Compared with commercial films, this type of film has lower shooting cost, clear connotation and theme, and focuses on "healing" and is committed to healing and warming people's hearts. However, behind the impetuous society and busy work, most viewers like to watch action commercials and relax in fierce plots and fast-paced fights, while those who like to watch literary films and genre films are relatively fixed. The play has no very favorable highlights, so it is difficult to arouse the interest of the audience.

The taste of pepper is different from the general feature film, and it pays more attention to the expression and expression of the protagonist's feelings. The theme of this film is still attractive. The three sisters in the film belong to single-parent families, but they have not become problem girls because of their growing "lack of love". Instead, stand proudly alone, show the audience the role of "family healing" and teach everyone how to "reconcile" with family and society, how to let go of fetters and face the future.

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