A true story of a family and town's effort to save a beloved and heroic dog named Semper Fi. The father, a Captain in the US Marines and his homemaker wife, contend with the "not so earth shattering" problems of their twin, fifteen year old daughter and son as well as the antics of their precocious six year old daughter. Their lives tumble along, as most families do, until they must face the grave diagnosis of their faithfully and very loved Golden Retriever, Semper Fi. The family cannot afford the expensive surgery the dog needs. The children jump into action with a plan, spear headed by the fifteen year old daughter. They plan a community yard sale, donating all of their most prized possessions. The family's grumpy neighbor plays an unlikely and unexpected part in the ultimate success of the fund raising. Before Semper goes in for his surgery, he displays a heroic act that almost ends his life. The story unfolds during the holiday season.
萨德拉·布洛克的演技不输东城梦魇的凯特·温斯莱特，整部剧也足够克制。可惜后面为了救赎，为了达到一个光明的结局，剧情走向太过刻意。
碰巧看过本片导演的上一部长片《系统破坏者》，节奏掌控很高级了，当然剧本好才是真的好。
Life is hard; Life goes on
偏见无处不在，放哪都一样。桑姑终于不再是个“傻大姐”了。喜欢最后那一个拥抱
影片不是不好，只是不“流行”而已。这种程式化的救赎主题曾经无往不利，靠类似的角色和表演形式的演员也曾频获奖项。桑德拉•布洛克的表演没问题，只不过影片本身“过时”，所以她得奖概率渺茫，建议她还是一起卷入同性影片的大军中吧。
剧作特别的讨巧，现实时空的三个家庭配桑德拉布洛克一个人。刑满释放的女主不断和自己的过去还有现实中的三个家庭产生冲突，牵出一条更生人在社会上的艰难线给女主做背景。绝对的大女主戏，桑德拉布洛克靠粗粝的表情把人物吃的死死的。人立住了，电影也立住了，绝对是靠演技撑出的一部电影。桑德拉布洛克应该能拿到这届奥斯卡最佳女主的提名，太会挑剧本了。
桑德拉布洛克的每个角色都像是在演自己，没有兄弟姐妹的人泪点都被引爆，只想说声姐姐你辛苦了……
Amazing act by Sandra Bullock - challenging movie with a deeply moving ending. The film is powerful in its imact and message. It is harrowing in places but the ending gives you hope, something that is in desperately short supply in the world.
Sandra Bullock is good. And lots of Vancouver-pretend-to-be Seattle scenes made me excited…
还好最后是圆满的结局，实在是太虐心了！5岁小孩儿就会开枪？感觉有点夸张。配角都是老熟人啊！
为什么非得这样暴力驱赶啊，她也只是个孩子啊哪怕已经成年了🤷♀️非要采取暴力，哪怕是嘴上说着要给两个女孩腾出房间的男人在暴力闯入的时候也不是什么好人了不过是glorified的警徽暴徒罢了，条子真的不配，他的蠢货儿子们也是两个放不下daddy issue的有毒男子气概条子进入system再为这个没救的system添砖加瓦罢了 桑婆演技很绝，和另外三个女性的互动也写得好好，女性导演的作品就是令人舒适
总觉得应该是个悲剧，做成小团圆不是那么回事儿。
低估了低估了。娓娓道来，后劲十足。哭得一塌糊涂。
剧情虽然不是很有新意 但是镜头太过真实 大脸特写特别给力
没有惊喜，表现手法中规中矩。最打动我的是Linda Emond的表演，强装镇定的表情下流露出的小慌乱，把女性对女性的同理心表达得如此真实善良。
我还以为不可饶恕的是女主，或者是女主的仇家，结果原来是弟弟
“当你看到那些并非生来就享受你这般权益的人时，不妨考虑宽恕他们亦或是再给他们一次机会。”
故事的核心我可以get到。可人设稍微没立好的感觉。角色太多又没有起太大作用。（主要最大的悬念也太好猜了
除了遗腹子的部分都很喜欢，绑架什么的太突兀了
女性群像和共同体刻画得很立体，可惜还是太满了，好莱坞匠气
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