Forgive me for not able to empathize with Jia more but the film fails to make me feel something for him. A shallow, superficial display of a lone, alienated, cosplay male who idolizes among other things Taxi Driver is just not very interesting anymore, even though it's still a societal problem larger than many may be willing to admit. The formal gimmick feels just like a gimmick.
Frances O' Connor作为导演交出的第一部作品但给人的感觉或许远远超出了作为“新人作”或是“跨界操刀”可能拥有的生涩与不成熟精心架设的镜头细细打磨的角色倾诉以及各种方法烘托的情感层次;在近来以《欧美人体艺术》作为代表的试着用全新模式、更新时代精神的角度重述文学传记故事的潮流之下它却反而创作了一部方向上更加严肃与正统的年代片更让观众置身这个偶尔允许想象却也与主角感知世间万物的着迷世界风格对人胃口不过感觉Emma Mackey在这里依然有些不够用也算作某种遗憾吧