U-Lee Jones kunye no-Streep bangena Ithemba Springs . (Imifanekiso yaseColumbia) Kwiminyaka yenkunkuma ye-idiotic egcwale ezinye izinto eziyinyani kunye nabaphindezeli abanetyhefu kwizambatho zeHalloween, andinakukuxelela ukuba ichukumisa kangakanani, ibuyisela kwaye ityebise iivithamini kukubona ifilimu emnene, ethembekileyo kwaye ekrelekrele eneenkwenkwezi zoluhlu oludlala ngabantu bokwenyani abajongana iingxaki zangempela kwihlabathi lemihla ngemihla. Endaweni yamagags osisiyatha kunye neepunchline, Ithemba Springs luphononongo lomlinganiswa kwii-pasteli ze-elegiac malunga nendlela abantu abathanda ngayo, emva koko batshintshe kwaye ekugqibeleni bakhukulane bodwa-kunye namandla otyhafisayo abawathathayo ukubuyisa i-mojo yabo yakudala ngelixa i-apile isaluma. Ngokwahlukeneyo, uMeryl Streep kunye noTommy Lee Jones bobuncwane besizwe, kodwa xa bebonke ngaxeshanye banomtsalane kwaye bayamangalisa. Andikaze ndithande namnye.
Badlala uKay noArnold, isibini esikumgangatho ophakathi esivela e-Omaha, sitshatile iminyaka engama-31 kumanyano olwalufakwe i-spark plugs, ngoku luyancitshiswa ngumkhwa ojijekileyo wendlela engaphefumlelwanga emtshatweni omdaka ofuna ukuhanjiswa okutsha. Abantwana babo ababini bakhulile kwaye bazimele; balala kumagumbi ahlukeneyo, uArnold uchitha ixesha elininzi kwibala legalufa kwaye ubukele imidlalo yeTV ephindayo uKay encwina, Kufana nokutshata ne-ESPN. Ubomi bakhe benza isiqendu sebhonasi seeyure ezimbini Oomama abaphelelwe lithemba jonga njengemizuzu eli-10 ye-aerobics. Umsebenzi onzima ekhitshini uvelisa ukutya okutyiwe kuthe cwaka nguArnold ngaphandle kokugcuma ngaphambi kokuba athathe umhlala phantsi aye emhadini ukuze abukele umabonwakude ngaphambi kokuba alale. Ukuba uthe wanikela ngengubo yokulala evuthayo kwaye watyibilika egumbini lakhe lokulala evuswe lulindelo olukhulu, ujonge phezulu kwimagazini yakhe yegalufa kwaye abuze ntoni? Abazange babelane ngesondo okoko wazalwa uGqirha uPhil. Uchulumanco olukhulu kukubhalisela enye yezo ntambo zedijithali zijongana nazo zonke ezo majelo ongezelelweyo kwaye akukho nto kufanelekileyo ukubukela. Emva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu yokukruquka, uKay, ukuyibeka ngokuthobekileyo, akuxatyiswanga-njengoMeryl Streep ngaphandle kwempumlo yomgunyathi okanye isimbo sasemzini.
Utshata lowo utshata naye-ungubani-ayitshintshi, utsho umhlobo wakhe (uJean Smart) kodwa uKay udiniwe kukungafunwa rhoqo kunye ne-terminal ennui. Ngenye imini evenkileni, uyayikhupha iiglasi zokufunda, akhangele indlela yokwenza iishelufa eBarnes naseNoble, kwaye athenge incwadi ebizwa Unako Ukuba Nomtshato Ufuna, yingcali kwezobuhlobo egama linguGqirha Bernard Feld, oqhuba inkampu yezibini ezinikezela iingcebiso eThemba Springs, eMaine. Unethemba, uyayikhupha imali kwimali ayigcinileyo, afake iidola ezingama-4 000 kwi-Intanethi, aze abhalisele unyango kangangeveki. UArnold uyothuswa ziindleko kangangokuba uyala ukuya, kodwa xa kufika intsasa kwaye emjongile esiya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ephethe ityesi yakhe, ukhululekile kwaye ulandela ngokukrokra. Eminye imiboniso bhanyabhanya ibonisa, ngononophelo nangaphandle kokuyila, kwenzeka ntoni xa abantu ababini abahloniphekileyo besemngciphekweni wokuthotywa kunye nentlungu yokuvavanya iimvakalelo zabo zangaphakathi ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba bahlawulele oko bakuzincamisileyo kubudala nangobudenge. Ufuna ukubuyisa ubudlelwane obulahlekileyo emtshatweni wakhe. Ufuna nje ukubuyisa imali yakhe agoduke. Umtsalane uyamsinda. Ucelomngeni kwaye uyacaphukisa nangamaxabiso etyhuna kwindawo yokutya yasekhaya yekhaya, uArnold luhlobo lwe-curmudgeon oye wabona iimovie ezininzi kakhulu zikaWoody Allen, kodwa njengoko iinkumbulo ziphuma kwiiseshoni zakhe zokucebisa, ubumnandi bakhe buyavela. (Xa bathandanayo ekholejini, wayifihla indandatho yakhe yokuzibandakanya kwi-sinamon bun.) Efunda ukubamba kwakhona, ukungathandeki kwakhe kuhamba kancinci kwaye kuthambile kwaye uvuyo lwakhe lubuthathaka kodwa luyabonakala.
Ubuhle bepristine kunye nobume bobufundisi belali enomtsalane yonxweme lwaseMaine iThemba Springs (edlalwa yi-colonialism emhlophe yaseStonington, eConn.) Lunyango lwayo nayiphi na into ekuphazamisayo, kwaye ngexesha uKay noArnold bafikelela kwinyathelo elilandelayo kwimisebenzi yabo yasekhaya izabelo -ukujonga imbali yabo yezesondo-useto luye lwaba luyinto ekhululekileyo kwizinto ezihlazo abazityhilayo malunga ne-orgasms, fantasies kunye ne-erectile dysfunction. Andizange ndikhululeke ngesondo lomlomo, uKay uxelela uGqirha Feld (Steve Carell, edlala ngokumodareyitha kunye nemfesane). Ngokupha okanye ukwamkela? uyabala. Ibinzana ebusweni bukaMeryl Streep xa ejongeka emangalisiwe kwaye ebuza, Huh? kuye kwafuneka kubonwe ukonwabela ubuninzi. Ukuzama okokugqibela ukuvuselela iintsuku ezothusayo zolutsha, uArnold wenza amalungiselelo ngokuhlwa kwigumbi elinendlu entle yobukoloniyali ene-champagne kunye ne-strawberry-dipped strawberries ezijika zibenomtsalane xa uthando luthamba lunciphile, njengomngxunya omdala. Akukho nto iqhekeziweyo kwaye yonke into ayinakulindeleka kwicala eliqinisekileyo nguDavid Frankel ( UMtyholi unxibe iPrada) kunye nemiboniso bhanyabhanya ekrelekrele kaVanessa Taylor, emenza ukuba abonakale kwifilimu emva kokubhala kunye nokuvelisa iinkqubo zeTV ezingasentla Imidlalo yeethrone kwaye Everwood. Umsebenzi wekhamera ucocekile kwaye uyathandeka ngaphandle kweewow ezininzi ezibonakalayo, ivumela abadlali ukuba babe negumbi elininzi lokuchaza kwisitayile sendalo.
Bayayazi into abayenzayo, kodwa akukho mbuzo Ithemba Imithombo ngekhe ibe sisityhilelo ngaphandle kweenkwenkwezi ezimbini ezinobungangamsha. UMeryl Streep kukuzithemba kwakhe kwesiqhelo — ukulumkisa, ukuzibophelela, ukuhlalutya, ukwenza ukubala kwemizuzu yonke. Kodwa ngenene nguTommy Lee Jones othusayo kunye novuyo, ukuthelekisa inkwenkwezi yakhe yomzuzu ngumzuzu, imeko ngokwenzeka. Andizange ndimbone ngokwenyani kangaka ubandakanyekile. Nokuba kwi-gruff cactus kunye ne-sage sagas ebekwe kwindawo yakhe yaseTexas, akaze abe ngaphantsi kokumangalisa. Kodwa ubonakala ephefumlelwe ngokwenyani ekusebenzisaneni nomzobi ngobugcisa bokwenyani. Ngenxa yokugcuma okucaphukisayo, igxalaba eligxothiweyo kunye neenwele ezingwevu, uArnold wakhe akanamonde kwaye uyacaphukisa, kodwa unolwazelelelo kwaye uyindoda, ngokuqonda okupheleleyo kweempawu zokuhlekisa. Ngokumangalisayo, ujonge ngamehlo kwiimbombo zamehlo akhe ngobuso be-poker, okomntwana obanjwe ngomnwe wakhe kwitsheri ngaphambi kokuba afike etafileni, kwaye ndiyakulinga ukuba ungahleki ngokuvakalayo. Khange abenendima enje kule minyaka, kwaye akanasiphako ngokupheleleyo.
Ngaphandle kokunika nantoni na, Ithemba Springs iphela ngekoda efike ngesiquphe kwaye isombulule iziphelo zayo ezicocekileyo kancinci ngokucocekileyo, kodwa oko akuyiphunguli impembelelo. Ndicinga ukuba yonke into malunga nomdlalo bhanyabhanya inobuqili kwaye iyinyani ukubhenela kuyo Batman Inani labemi, kodwa kubabukeli abaqolileyo abalibeleyo ukuncuma, kuthatha phi Egqibelele
Ihotele yaseMarigold engaqhelekanga uyekile.
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