奇妙恩典

To conduct a Me-Marriage requires two completely well-adjusted, happy individuals, with very little in the way of emotional neediness of their own or character flaws that need a lot of work.

Keller, Timothy (2011-11-01). The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God (p. 26). Penguin Publishing Group.

烏雲背後的幸福線，小說看了一次。電影看了一次又一次，至少重溫了五次。

其實這電影很不好拍，好在找到了庫珀和勞倫斯這兩個影帝影后級別的人來演，否則就是一場大災難。

庫珀和勞倫斯飾演的男女主角，基本上就是大家眼中的瘋子、婊子, 和父母住在一起需要被照顧的"地底泥"一般的底層人士。

庫珀相當落魄。剛剛出院的他，一無所有。沒錯，連smart phone都沒有。

且看以下這段：
JAKE （作為兄弟卻在炫耀，顯示自己的優越）
So, listen, I』m sorry that I didn』t come see you down at the hospital.
You know how those places creep me out, and the firm’s been expanding... And then it looks like I』m making, I』m gonna make partner at the firm....

Pat just stares at Jake. The room is silent.
JAKE (CONT』D) (繼續傷口上撒鹽）
Well, I don』t even know what to say to you anymore. You lost your wife, I』m getting engaged, and I wanna be able to tell you about those kind of things. You lost your house, I』m getting a new house. You lost your job, things are going great for me at the firm.

PAT SR. （老爸看不過去了，說）
Maybe stop talking about all the stuff that’s good for you and bad
for him. Just, you know, leave it alone. We』re watching the game.
JAKE （假裝收斂）
You know what, I』m just gonna, I』m just gonna, I』m just gonna stop
talking. I』m gonna shut my mouth.

Pat stares down Jake. Tense.
PAT
As my friend Danny would say，I got nothing but love for you,brother.
（就像我的朋友丹尼爾所說的，我一無所有，除了對你的兄弟之愛。）

這就是這部電影必然在偉大的愛情片、愛情喜劇、治癒系電影中必有一席之地的原因。Pat 表面上看上去極端落魄，實際上內心比誰都更強大、更寬恕、更有力量、更懂得什麼是愛。他看問題超越了常人的表面的狹隘的世俗眼光，這就是為什麼他的兄弟jake想炫耀卻反而照出了自己的醜陋的原因。

看似同樣瘋狂但其實內心同樣強大而豐富的tiffany（這個角色除了勞倫斯以外誰也演不出來！）

TIFFANY
Where is your wife?
PAT
You』re crazy!
TIFFANY
I』m not the one that just got out of that hospital in Baltimore.
PAT
I'm not the big slut!

TIFFANY STOPS AND REACTS, BENDING OVER. PAT STOPS AND WALKS.
PAT (CONT』D)
(breathes heavily)
I'm sorry. I』m sorry. I』m sorry.
TIFFANY STANDS UP.
TIFFANY
I was a big slut, but I'm not anymore. There’s always gonna be a
part of me that’s sloppy and dirty, but I like that, with all the other
parts of myself. Can you say the same about yourself, fucker?! Can
you forgive? Are you any good at that?

注意Tiffany的這一段是被戲中醫生和pat再次拿出來說的。
PAT
With all my crazy sad shit? What, are you fucking nuts?
DR. PATEL
Pat, the silver lining thing is yours. I'm just giving back your
words to you. This "crazy sad shit," as you call it, made you a
happier, calmer person with a beautiful positive philosophy of
going outdoors, working out, and reading books.

這就是這部電影的主題，關於救贖，關於對「瘋子」和「婊子」的恩典，關於forgiveness，關於這兩個瘋子的大海一般廣闊和豐富的內心。

但精彩之處恰恰在於，儘管有如此深刻的主題在背後，這部電影卻用橄欖球、舞蹈、巧合等等製作了很多娛樂性強的片段。其中最經典的幾幕包括：
餐廳裡兩人吃麥片，兩人對話時的眼神和節奏的拿捏。
兩人練習跳舞時，黑人朋友丹尼爾來訪，和勞倫斯跳舞讓庫珀吃醋。
各種追逐跑步的場面。
吃麥片前的眾人圍觀。

其中印象最深刻的是結尾，聖誕街頭，兩位同學終於在一起了，那一幕的拍攝角度是很讚的。

還有音樂的使用也是很準確。

總結：
這是一部構思精密、不落俗套、深刻的愛情電影，關鍵在於執行時的手法各方面也是相當深思熟慮的。我認為在愛情喜劇中，它獨樹一幟，是A++電影。

題解：
為何叫奇妙恩典呢？恩典，即grace，是白白給予的，不是通過努力攢取的。而即使看似再糟爛的再底層的罪人，上帝也同樣賜給他們豐豐滿滿的恩典和救贖。