剧情简介
奥利·特林克（本·阿弗莱克饰）是一位成功的曼哈顿乐评人，爱妻娇女相伴，生活之于他只能用完美二字概括。但一切却随着爱妻（珍妮佛·洛佩兹饰）的突然辞世而逆转，奥利仓惶间就沦为了单身父亲。跌了个仰天跤却磕破了鼻子，不走运的事儿接二连三，失业的他只好带着女儿跟随老爸回到了新泽西乡下的老家，事业的重心跌至谷底，美好的都市生活淡化为的记忆中的点点滴滴。 日子在指缝间流逝，奥利东山再起的雄心因手头毫无生机的工作而愈发低沉，理想生活的彼岸更是难以归航。但舒缓的生活节奏让奥利有了更多的时间把爱倾注到女儿格蒂（雷奎尔·卡斯特罗饰）的身上。小格蒂很喜欢乡下的生活，对她而言，新泽西就是天堂。 某天，在给格蒂租碟的时候，奥利遇到了足以改变他人生观的女孩玛雅（丽芙·泰勒饰），随着进一步的接触与交往，奥利逐渐明白：在人生转弯后，忘掉过去，接受现实，幸福就在眼前……。阿利斯（马尔科姆•麦克道尔）是一位无恶不作的少年，他的特殊喜好是边听贝多芬的交响曲边奸淫女性，某次他进入一所别墅抢劫一番后，打残了该别墅的主人——一名小说家，并用特殊喜好蹂躏了其妻子。后来因为杀了一名单身女子，阿利斯入狱并接受了特殊的人格治疗，出狱后，他对淫乐之事产生彻底的厌倦。 但当阿利斯回到家时，周围人群没改变对他的旧看法，在种种歧视的重压下，他跑到郊外一所别墅想喘口气，不想这所别墅正是他以前抢劫过的小说家的那所。而作为反政府组织首领的该小说家为了达到某种目的，软禁了阿利斯。当这件事暴露小说家被捕时，其手下为了对抗政府，扬言要把阿利斯恢复原来的性情，完全不理一旁的阿利斯大叫“我完全好了”。。Eburi is a 36 year-old man. Nothing enthuses him any more. While being drunk, he promises to contribute a story to a magazine. When he sobers down, he decides to write about the life of a salaried employee like himself who is very ordinary, not particularly talented. The following is his story: In 1949, Eburi gets married to Natsuko. His monthly salary is 8,000 yen and hers 4,000 yen. Therefore, both have to work to support themselves. Eburi has developed a habituIl tendency to pester around when he gets drunk. One year after their marriage, son Shosuke is born. In 1959, Eburi's mother dies in despair of her husband who has become listless due to the several ups and downs of gaining big profits and going bankrupt. His father is still alive and Eburi is enable to find a way to pay his father's debts. He is doubtful if he can make his wife and child happy. Nevertheless, he has somehow managed to survive so far, living in one of the houses at the employee housing quarters. He gives the title "The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman" to his story of half novel and half essay style. When it is published, it receives the Naoki Literary Prize (the award given in memory of popular writer Naoki Sanjugo). At a party to celebrate his award, he gets drunk and pesters around. Notes The film is based on a novel written in the style of an essay under the same title by Yamaguchi Hitomi, depicting everyday life of a man categorized as "During-the-war Generation" who spent school days during the war and get married to start new life in the struggling post-war era. "Everyman" in the title means an average salaried employee who makes up an overwhelming majority of the city population in Japan, and "The Elegant Life" indicates sarcasm on betterment of the standard of living of ordinary salaried employees accompanied with Japan's economic growth after only a decade from the destroyed post-war period. As depicted in the film, the author Yamaguchi Hitomi was awarded the Naoki Literature Prize for this story. When he established himself well enough to become independent, he quit working as a salaried employee. Director Okamoto Kihachi and the leading actor Kobayashi Keiju belong to the same generation as the author. Exploiting innovative effects such as inserting animation sequences, the film humorously presents compassion of a middle-aged salaried employee. Kobayashi Keiju, who was originally noted for his excellent portrayal of salaried employee, won the best leading actor award of the Mainichi Film Contest for his superb performance in this picture.。