Cinema is the sanctuary for escapists. Everything works out well in the film. But only after you get there, you realise there's no perfect solution for your real life, which will be the cause of deeper depression.
一切都有点太浮在表面…也许我对一些美国喜剧的过低评价骨子里还是因为自己对美国文化缺少认同Pic’s first hour, which is devoted to one year (1977), is nothing short of brilliant, both narratively and technically. But subsequent chapters, which become increasingly shorter, and numerous subplots and secondary characters make the saga too sprawling and a bit too messy for its own good.(VARIETY)