HumanityoutoftheHardTimes

ThisfilmmainlydescribesthelivesofthepoorintheGreatDepressionwhenPresidentHoverwasstillinoffice.Hundredsofthousandsofcitizenslivedinsufferingthen.Basically,therearenottoomanyclimaxorawholeconsistentstoryinthefilm.Itismorelikethelivelihoodstoriesofatwelve-year-oldboyAaronKurlander.HeandhisfamilywassupposedtoliveintheSt.Louishowevertheycouldnotaffordthelivingexpenseanymore.Aaronsmotherwasseverelyillwhilehispapacouldntfindajob.SohismotherhadtogotoasylumforcurewhilehisfatherhastosendAaronsyoungerbrothertoanotherrelativesplaceandleavehislittleboybehindandwenttoanothercityforhisnewjob.SoAaronhastofindallwaystogetfoodandcontinuehisstudiesatschool.AaronisluckytogetaneighbourLester(castbyAdrienBrody)whoactslikehiselderbrotherandtookquitegoodcareofhimduringthedays.IwassurprisedwhenAaronspapajustlefthiminthehotelandsaidtohim,”Iknowyouareasmartboyandyouwillbefine”.Ididntmeanthathisfatheriscruel,afterall,hehastoleftthemsothathecouldmakealivinginanothercityandpickthembackwhenhemakesafortune.However,itisjustthewaythathisfatherputthewords.AaronisasmartboyandstraightAstudent,intheend,hewassurprisingly(ofhimselfbutnotaudience)wontheBestStudentofall.ConsistingofsmallfragmentsandclipsinlivesofAaron,audienceswouldactuallygetaglimpseofpeopleslivesintheGreatDepression.Withjuxtaposingcontrasts,therichandthepoor,thedepressedandthepressed,themen,thewomen,thestudents,theteacher,allmingledinthescenesofAaronslife.Nomatterhowhardlifeis,whatIcanseeinAaronsishisunsinkablespiritandbrightheart,searchingforthelightinthemiddleofdarkness.InRottenTomatoes,itissaidtobeoneofStevenSoderberghsbestandmostcriminallyoverlookedfilms.本文版权归作者阿契所有，任何形式转载请联系作者。