U-Emmy Rossum ungene Izidalwa eziMhle . Njengokuba uDorothy Parker wayedla ngokuthi, Sisiphi esihogo sitsha esi? Sala kakuhle, uHarry Potter kunye nemitshayelo yokubhabha ephaphazelayo eHogwarts. Molo, bathakathi abathandayo eSouth Carolina. Ukufuna ngokungazenzisiyo i-idiotic elandelayo yebhokisi yolutsha ye-box-office yokutshintsha i-vampires enomceli mngeni kunye ne-werewolves e-oversex Ngorhatya uthotho, umbhali-mlawuli-mbhali uRichard LaGravenese urhuqe ngaphandle kweebhola zebhola Izidalwa eziMnandi, i-corny combo ye-Satanism kunye ne-Valentine's Day nguMargaret Stohl noKami Garcia. Inkolo yayo yandulelayo, ke ukubhala ngayo ayingomthetho nje. Olu luhlobo lwemovie olunokujongwa kuphela ngumgxeki oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala ohlafuna itshungama.
I-Gatling, eSouth Carolina, ineecawe ezili-12 kwaye ayikho enye i-Starbucks. Ukuphila ubomi obumileyo ngu-Ethan Wate (othembisayo omtsha u-Alden Ehrenreich), umntwana oqaqambileyo, oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala wesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ophupha iikholeji njengophuma kwidolophu yehashe elinye apho Umbambisi kwiRye itshixiwe kwilayibrari kuluhlu lokufunda olungafunekiyo. Ukwaphupha malunga noLorelei ongaqondakaliyo omrhwebeshela ukuba aphuphe amaphupha amabi embindini wedabi lomlo. Ngenye imini, ungena kwigumbi lakhe lokufundela-intombazana entsha edolophini egama linguLena Duchannes (Alice Englert), ohlala nomalume wakhe uMacon Ravenwood (beza phi naba amagama? Kwindlu endala ebolayo enegama njengendlu enehaunted. Ngapha koko, amaKristu azelwe ngokutsha edolophini aqinisekile ukuba uLena kunye nosapho lwakhe bangabaphangi, okanye abanquli bakaSathana. Oku kunika amantshontsho akwishumi elivisayo ithuba lokuthetha izinto ezinje, Ujongeka ngathi kukutya okutyayo.
U-Ethan akakhathali. Ngomzuzu uLena anciphise amehlo akhe aze avuthele iifestile zeglasi esikolweni, uyathandana. Ukutyeshela ingcebiso yakhe nabani na owakha wambona uBette Midler ngaphakathi Ukugxila kugxilwe, unyukela eRavenwood Manor. Ngaphandle, yindlu endala ebolayo egqunywe yimidiliya. Ke umnyango uvulelekile ukuveza iseti emnyama nomhlophe kumculo wakudala kaFred Astaire-Ginger Rogers. Uncle Macon kaLena ujika abe nguJeremy Irons enxibe ibhanti enxibe ubude bomgangatho ngaphezulu kweepijama ezimhlophe zesilika zaseMpuma, njengeLiberace. (I-Clichés iyangcangcazela: kukho nepiyano enkulu, ene-candelabra.) Ekugqibeleni, u-Ethan udibana nosapho lonke-umama ka-Lena owayesele kukudala efile, uSarafine, othatha uhlobo lolona dolophu uphambili (u-Emma Thompson), umakhulu okhohlakeleyo (u-Eileen Atkins), umalumekazi onobundlobongela (uMargo Martindale) kunye nomzala kaLena okhohlakeleyo uRidley ovela eMnyameni (uEmmy Rossum), oqhuba i-red ebomvu eguqulwayo kwaye alale ejikeleze, neziphumo ezibulalayo. Ndisizela ipolisa lendlela elihluphekileyo elizama ukumnika itikiti lokubalekisa. Bonke balungiselela usuku lokuzalwa luka-Lena lwe-16, xa kuya kugqitywa ukuba ajike abe ligqwirha elimnyama okanye uligqwirha elilungileyo. Oyena mntu unokumsindisa kwaye aphule isiqalekiso nguEthan, kodwa kubhaliwe kwincwadi eyimfihlo kunye nokubhalwa okungabonakaliyo ukuba umntu akanakuthanda ikasta. Ngaba ndiye ndasilela ukuyikhankanya yonke into eyenzekayo ngexesha lepikniki yemfazwe yamakhaya yonyaka?
Imibuzo emininzi ixhaphakile. Ngokuyintloko, kutheni kungekho mntu uzibuzayo ukuba kutheni bonke abantu baseRavenwood Manor benamagama aseBritane? Eyona ntsebenzo ilungileyo kwi Izidalwa eziMhle Ngu-rangy, onesiphiwo uMnu.Ehrenreich, ngubani oya kwiindawo ezinje ngomdlali weqonga. Umnqophiso wabadlali abalungileyo ungumzekelo we-motto ye-movie ethi Slumming Can Be Fun-ngaphandle kukaJeremy Irons, ogqithe kakhulu emsebenzini kwaye eyinkampu kubonakala ngathi utyhafile kakhulu nguBoris Karloff. Umboniso bhanya-bhanya awazi ukuba yeyolutsha oluyifantasy-romance okanye i-satire ephucukileyo ngakumbi apho izinto zingenakho ukuxhasa. Eyona nto ihlekisayo kumdlalo bhanyabhanya kuxa amagqwirha avumayo ukuba ayehlala eWashington, D.C., ade agxothwa nguNancy Reagan — ekuphela kwabantu abafayo ababeboyika. Olunye uhleko kulindeleke kumacandelo amabini alandelayo oko kusongela ukuba yi-trilogy. Kusekuqaleni, kodwa sele ndenza izicwangciso zokuphuma edolophini.
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Ibhalwe nguRichard LaGravenese (i-screenplay), uKami Garcia (inoveli) kunye noMargaret Stohl (inoveli)
Ekhokelwa nguRichard LaGravenese
Kudlala u-Alice Englert, uViola Davis no-Emma Thompson
