亲情、友情、爱情:人类永恒的主题
亲情篇:1、天伦之旅 Everybody's Fine
Frank Goode (Robert De Niro), a recently widowed retiree, is getting ready for his children, David (Austin Lysy), Rosie (Drew Barrymore), Amy (Kate Beckinsale) and Robert (Sam Rockwell) to come visit him. One by one though, each of his children call to cancel on him at the last minute. Feeling a bit down by the rejections, Frank decides to head out on a crosscountry trip, visiting each of his kids, despite warnings against travel from his doctor. He is chronically ill with cardiac and respiratory problems from his life work making PVC-covered power lines. He deceives his children about his health, telling them that he is fine.
As Frank travels to each of his children's homes, beginning with his son David who’s absent from his New York apartment. His other son and daughters side-step his surprise visits and make excuses for not having him stay long. He begins to suspect that something is amiss.
年迈的弗兰克(罗伯特•德尼罗 Rovert De Niro 饰)曾是给电线涂保护层的工人,他的工作保护了电线不受外界的侵蚀 。对于自己的四个孩子,弗兰克同样是百般呵护,可是在妻子去世的8个月时间里,他发觉自己和孩子们的距离越来越远 。弗兰克不顾医生的告戒,独自踏上了拜访四个孩子的旅程 。然而,在弗兰克的心目中应该成为画家的小儿子不知所踪,大女儿Amy(凯特•贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰)的婚姻生活似乎并没有表面上那样幸福,本以为会是乐队指挥的儿子Robert(山姆•洛克威尔 Sam Rockwell 饰)其实只是个鼓手,而从小就喜欢跳舞的女儿Rosie(德鲁•巴里摩尔 Drew Barrymore 饰)似乎同样对父亲有所隐瞒 。就这样,老弗兰克带着满腹的猜疑踏上归途 。途中由于心脏病弗兰克住进医院,孩子们终于齐聚弗兰克的医床前,可是小儿子却依旧没有出现……
2、当幸福来敲门 The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film based on Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle with homelessness.
In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his family's savings in portable bone-density scanners which he tries to demonstrate and sell to doctors. The investment proves to be a white elephant, which financially breaks the family and as a result, his wife Linda (Thandie Newton) leaves him and moves to New York. Their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) remains with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of his scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees into a subway station where he barely escapes the cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker.
克里斯•加纳(威尔•史密斯饰)用尽全部积蓄买下了高科技治疗仪,到处向医院推销,可是价格高昂,接受的人不多 。就算他多努力都无法提供一个良好的生活环境给妻儿,妻子(桑迪•纽顿)最终选择离开家 。从此他带着儿子克里斯托夫(贾登•史密斯)相依为命 。克里斯好不容易争取回来了一个股票投资公司实习的机会,就算没有报酬,成功机会只有成功机会只有百分之五,他仍努力奋斗,儿子是他的力量 。他看尽白眼,与儿子躲在地铁站里的公共厕所里,住在教堂的收容所里……
他坚信,幸福明天就会来临
。3、弱点 The Blind Side
For most of his childhood, 17-year-old Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families, largely because of his mother's drug addiction, throughout Memphis, Tennessee. Every time he is placed in a new home, he runs away. His friend's father, whose couch Mike had been sleeping on, asks Burt Cotton (Ray McKinnon), the coach of Wingate Christian school, to help enroll his son and Mike. Impressed by Mike's size and athleticism, Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record.The Blind Side was a box-office success, grossing over $300 million. The film was well-received by critics, who most notably praised Sandra Bullock's performance.
黑人奥赫(昆东•亚伦 Quinton Aaron 饰)自幼父母离异,无家可归 。不过,木讷的他却因为极强的身体条件和运动天赋,幸运地进入了一家孤儿院 。虽然,他科科零分,但是一些细节却让他显得与众不同 。一次排球比赛后,他主动收拾垃圾的行为,引起了陶西一家的注意 。于是,陶西太太(桑德拉•布洛克 Sandra Bullock 饰)决定收养奥赫,并把他培养成橄榄球选手 。陶西太太让他感受到了家庭的温暖 。同时,陶西的儿子还帮助奥赫训练,使他很快地融入了橄榄球队的生活,不断激发运动的潜能 。终于,在一次比赛中,他因出色的表现崭露头角,开始获得了球探的关注,随之带来了一系列的甜蜜和麻烦……
4、我家买了动物园 We Bought a Zoo
Recently widowed Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon), still grieving his loss, starts life over by buying a large house with a zoo in the back. Although reluctant to take on a zoo and all of its animals, he decides to give it a try, delighting his 7-year-old daughter, Rosie (Maggie Elizabeth Jones), but causing his 14-year-old son, Dylan (Colin Ford), to unhappily retreat into his artwork (drawings and paintings which have grown more macabre since the death of his mother). The zoo staff, led by head keeper, Kelly (Scarlett Johansson), help Benjamin to start renovating the zoo. Benjamin soon runs into financial trouble, however, and the workers' morale sinks, fearing the property will be sold. Meanwhile, Dylan befriends a young girl named Lily (Elle Fanning), who has a huge crush on him to which he is completely oblivious. When she tells him that his family might be leaving, he is overjoyed, which hurts her feelings.
Benjamin discovers that his late wife has left him an investment account with instruction to use the money wisely while listening to his heart. While this lifts the zoo workers' morale, Dylan is unhappy about having to stay. He confronts his father, and a heated argument ensues. They reconcile the next morning, and Dylan admits he misses Lily. Benjamin gives his son advice on reconciling with her.
Prior to the zoo's grand opening, the facility passes a very stringent inspection, and Dylan, following his father's advice, confesses to Lily that he loves her and she forgives him.
作家本杰明•密(马特•达蒙 Matt Damon 饰)生性喜爱冒险,然而半年前的丧妻之痛令他至今无法释怀,儿子迪伦和小女儿洛希同样不能适应失去母亲的生活,迪伦因偷窃和阴暗的美术创作导致被学校开除,本杰明没有听从哥哥邓肯的建议,拒绝从新的爱情中获取乐观心态,也放弃了专栏写 作,筹划和儿女换到全新的环境继续生活
。而本杰明的新家居然是一座荒废的动物园!因为看到了洛希和动物的友好接触,本杰明决定接收这座还收留着众多动物的野生动物园,并带领管理人凯莉(斯嘉丽•约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson 饰)率领的留守团队重新修葺动物园,希望在夏季开放之前,迎来动物园的再度营业和自己家庭的新生……