Max is a real jerk. A long time ago, the successful lawyer had turned over all the routine duties of family life to his wife Nathalie.His comfort and leisure time were a far greater priority. Sell the roadster and buy an efficient family car? No way!But then, Max’s fast-paced life suddenly screeches to a halt when Nathalie is hospitalized for several weeks with a complicated fracture.Alone with their two children and the dog he hates, Max quickly reaches the boiling point.As if having to play father was not bad enough, he is shocked to the core when he discovers passionate love letters written to his wife and signed “From G. in love”. Feeling that his life is slipping out of control, Max’s first impulse is to find out who his rival is. Then it dawns on him – could the way he has treated his wife be the reason why she has sought out another lover?Now Max attempts to see his situation from a different point of view. Last week he was ready to plan the yearly guys’ vacation he takes with his best buddy, but now things have changed.Max recognizes just how much he needs Nathalie’s humor, her organizing talent and her optimism, but also just how important to him she and his family really are. Max tries to discover the mysterious lover’s identity, but because of his new insight, he takes an additional step.Unfortunately, when he learns that the mystery man is Gregor, Max realizes that not only does the man have all those qualities - he is very attractive as well. His struggle to become a better husband and father suddenly becomes far more difficult.Hoping to knock Gregor out of the picture and get back in Nathalie’s good graces, Max makes an appointment with a successful life coach. But turning his life around is far more difficult than he had imagined.To make matters worse, Gregor turns out to be a loving, family-oriented man just what Nathalie needs. Max is desperate – he knows there is a real chance that he might lose Nathalie and the children.Willing to put everything on the line to keep his family intact, Max makes the biggest sacrifice of his life. Then something happens that is the very last thing he could have ever counted on…
老洪头的电影不必多说就俩字好看。可是他真的越来越过分了，以前还是拍敏喜的同时顺便表达一些自我，到这一部甚至完全没了自我，就是单纯想示爱以及炫耀wuli敏喜！重点是还拿了奖！好过分！好嫉妒！！
人生无处不尴尬，人生无处不趣味。尽管室外场景大多都在过曝状态，还是觉得洪常秀的黑白片质感比彩色片好很多。结尾一定是故意的，这表白方式也没谁了倒是……
节奏很舒服，不断遇见作家、导演、演员并展开对话，关于生活关于艺术。有种难言的真实感，比如总是两个人对话另一个人在旁观看，以及对话中的人物有司空见惯的尴尬，也有相见恨晚的投契。那小女孩在窗外的张望乃神来之笔。
看了两部洪尚秀的电影之后本来心灰意冷，以为可能他就不是我喜欢的类型，这部完全改变了这个想法。故事并不是重点，有一个想拍的演员，捕捉到她和有连结的其他角色之间的自然互动和气场，一部电影就成型了。最后十分钟是绝对惊喜，谁能不爱这样天真烂漫又随性的金敏喜呢？
一部纯真的爱情电影，看到最后竟然有点感动。
第一部洪尚秀 固定机位长镜头人物说话
洪常秀拍演员的vlog，电影技法基本为零，仿佛很符合题目……但明显李沧东拍的更像小说家拍的电影（有点先入为主的意思……或许返璞归真的艺术性更打破评委们的审美疲劳僵局吧……刻意的礼貌和共同话题……看得有点累。
书店老板和酒友是小说家的部分过往，女演员和电影学生是一种未来的可能。过往、现在和未来齐聚一桌，把酒畅谈。小说家也借此避开对不公现实（导演夫妇）的愤慨，就像她开头避开书店里的争吵声那样。最后短暂的彩色画面是小说家眼前一束光。
让所有高度戏剧化的电影叙事消解于庸常极简的日常对话，早已忽略观者的感受，他们只是沉浸在喜欢的艺术创作方式中顺带炫耀羡煞旁人的爱情。
整部电影的最大精神喜悦就在于观者感知到创作本身的活力的时刻。影片中所有角色无不为创作瓶颈所困，站在了或多或少的精神迷茫中，一次次巧合的偶遇，激发了一次对所有人而言都伟大的创作，好像每个人心中的阻塞都在不知道什么时候通开了。但最后，这次创作终究彻底地以背景板的形式一笔带过，最重要的落点还在人本身因生活因奇遇因创作而焕发新的丰富的美好感受。世界真美好啊。
3.5星。借片中小说家之口，洪常秀道出了自己的创作观与创作过程，摇身一变成为了导演阐述电影创作的元电影。
-，目光变得极柔和的女性电影，纯粹作为客体形象的金敏喜。
中间有好些年洪常秀都不怎么拍黑白片了，这几年又开始了。全片大概也就二三十个镜头，基本上是几分钟的长镜头居多，有两个十分钟以上的长镜头，还有一个超长距离的zoom in。印象中这大概是第二部没有烧酒出现的洪常秀，甚至烟也不怎么抽了，情欲也没有了。这他妈的都是爱情搞的鬼啊，洪常秀跟金珉禧简直是绝配。
与其说这是小说家的电影，不如说这是导演的生活录像。洪尚秀再一次用他和金敏喜的灵魂爱情撑起了一部电影。台词依旧是文学式的，但静止空间的大篇幅对话到底是不是电影呢，电影不更应该是没有台词也能够运转下去的吗。
—黑白？
很随意又很刻意，相比较于生活的神奇，可能开篇会更得我心～
女性与女性之间的互相欣赏，两人的轨迹因散步而重合，变得形影不离，至小说家的电影放映而分离。最后被一万点伤害暴击…
洪常秀和蔡明亮的电影都是随笔型，独辟蹊径，远离商业
何为浪费，何为爱欲，何为赤裸，全在可知与不可知之间游荡。
一段表白以及一段对白：
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