Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural.
family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness.
Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath.
As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon.
'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out
'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times
(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)
没传说那么差 听过歌没完整看过剧的观众表示有被感动（甚至又get到了politician里的糖刀）
理解了为什么原音乐剧会在北美这么火，剧作描写角度之全面 总有一款能related ，从男主 父母 妹妹 养父母 单亲父母，还有戳中我的，学生会长代表的抑郁群体角度，全全cover了。导演依旧擅长煽情治愈那套，拍法中规中矩没啥问题，但从选中Ben Platt这张老脸的时候这片子就注定完了...论合适的casting比演技更重要。
连霓虹都不得不正视贫困问题，这让那谁情何以堪……
歌一起来我就崩溃了，但电影真的垃圾。演员经不起大特写就别搞这些花里胡哨的。镜头语言就…无语
原来低保户的贫富差距哪里都有呀，想起了很早的一个梗开着车去领低保
看过音乐剧，电影还算是比较还原了。歌曲很感动，新加入的anonymous ones也很好听，让Alana这个角色更立体了。但果然每次看都觉得结尾好可惜，果然参杂了谎言的爱情无法持续吗？表面上相敬如宾，实际上连朋友都不是了。电影里Evan努力找到的Connor的歌算是小惊喜吧。
三星是给歌曲的，影版真的好奇怪，之前看大悲饭桶的影版没有这么水土不服的感觉，这部的拍摄手法就让演员一开口唱歌就变得很奇怪，非常尴尬的感觉…而且Ben的脸上大银幕的确不太适合…
Just hold on and keep going.
211115 - 没有预期中那么糟呀，感觉推上好多巨好笑的差评纯粹是玩梗博眼球。Waving Through A Window还是那么动人，Ben Platt演高中生固然是年龄大了，但是也没有很出戏吧……最遗憾的是父母的歌被删了部分，其它部分的话，比如剧情，有硬伤和有点无聊之类的是音乐剧本来就有的问题，所以我感觉还成了。
20220421 done 感觉不是很好看，剧情比较慢
其实不算那么差，音乐剧改编电影的一大看点之一就是看音乐剧能如何改编成电影，这部其实换个更好的导演，拍的更文艺少些洒狗血就更好了
有些画面舞台不必呈现 有些画面电影不得不呈现 但你要是照搬着舞台的戏剧化程度这就有点unbearable了… 同一个导演能拍出壁花少年来这部里怎么就跟第一次拍电影似的？
灰暗衰败的震后城市废墟和满目绿色生机盎然、建筑完好的景观两相对比，唉～
摩尔和Kaitlyn Dever实在太像母女了（不过也演过母女了
是绝望之声，也是希望之声，那些逝去的或者被遗忘之人的故事，有在被讲述，被关注，也有在因此而改变着一些地方。
看了之后更想去看现场了！但情节衔接真的很不像电影，像是在歌剧里抽取了几个高光镜头和经典歌曲抽进来放。
the story is complete, it's a pity that the suspense is illogical, there is no tips about the darkness of Kaya Kiyohara, the detective is also unprofessional, the story showed the poor people how to live, the darkness of the society is not exposed enough, the surrounding affects people invisible
值得继续咀嚼深思
我爱朱利安摩尔！一直知道咩咩很会演戏但是从来不知道她也很能唱，而且她唱的这一段solo是最富有感情的
导演，不会拍就不要拍了。。。故事、演员、主题，每一个都不错，结果把它们合在一起就拍出了这么一个不上不下平得要死的片子，简直浪费。。。
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