Set against the backdrop of "Lonely", Phil begins his suicide journey, jumping off a building, getting electrocuted, crashing a car, ....... He tried everything he could to kill himself, but the next morning at 6 o'clock sharp, he would still wake up in his hotel bed.

"Very clever director! And in terms of filming techniques and storytelling, he doesn't look like a novice at all. ”

Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum saw the suicide of the male protagonist in the film, and his eyes were full of mixed emotions.

In his opinion, John is not at all like a novice director, and he is very shrewd in his handling of films. The process of the actor Phil's suicide has not only been simplified, but also light-hearted music has been added to downplay the suicidal act so that the audience does not feel bloody and heavy. What's more, after such processing, the film can be rated PG--13.

PG--13 and R are only one level apart, but one can be watched over 13 years old, and the other can be watched over 17 years old. The latter will undoubtedly limit a part of the audience and will have some impact on the box office of the movie. So Jonathan Rosenbaum thinks John is smart.

At the same time, Jonathan Rosenbaum also knew that John was definitely not a director who pursued artistry.

If John is a director who pursues artistry, it will strengthen the scene of the protagonist's suicide, and use blood and low music to pull the film into the dark level, although this will make the film unexpectedly get an R rating, but it will also allow the audience to experience the protagonist's desperate mental activity through the repressed heart, and at the same time accumulate energy for the subsequent plot reversal.

In this way, the entire commercial atmosphere of the film will be weakened, the artistry will be improved, and it is not impossible to win one or two awards at that time.

But alas, the rookie director didn't do it.

This made him feel a little sorry that a director with unlimited potential finally stood on the side of the box office and disarmed money.

Just when Jonathan Rosenbaum felt pity in his heart, Phil, who was saved from despair by Rita on the big screen, started a new life.

Understanding the meaning of life and finding someone to love made Phil feel the beauty of life.

In the repeated time, he is no longer like a lost lonely boat, starting from loving himself, to caring for the people around him, he began a journey of self-redemption.

When the sunlight poured into the house and the clock on the hotel table flipped to 6:00, Phil woke up to look at Rita beside him, a little surprised, the same thing was not playing on the radio, and there were no people on the streets rushing to the Groundhog Festival.

Seeing that everything was not the same, Phil cheered and celebrated that time was not repeating itself and that a new day had arrived.

At the end of the film, when Phil and Rita kiss together, Whitney Houston and Mary Carey, two superdivas singing "WhenYouBelieve", slowly re......sounds in the screening room.

Many nights we've prayed

With no proof anyone could hear

and our hearts' a hopeful song

We barely understood

Now we are not afraid……。

"It's so touching!" Joanna listened to the song as she wiped her tears, and she was moved by the happy ending of the movie. And although Eve Hugo beside her did not shed tears like Joanna, her eyes were also red.

In the huge screening hall of "Stealing Love" in the Los Angeles theater, when the audience left, they applauded in unison, which was their praise for a film, although the applause of more than 30 people was small, but in John's ears, he was very satisfied.

"Congratulations JK! I have to say that you are really good at making such a touching movie. Peggy Rockefeller stood up and shook John's hand, genuinely happy for her friend.

"Thank you, Peggy, and thank you for flying from New York to see my movie. At the Rockefeller family, Peggy was John's only friend, and although the two were rivals, there was no personal enmity, so the two could be friends. It's like two political parties, they just have different beliefs, but there are no personal grudges.

"No thanks! we're friends, aren't we?" Peggy smiled.

And John nodded, "Yes, we are friends!"

John thinks that his friends don't need much, and two will be enough, one will lend you money, and the other will come to your funeral.

After more than ten seconds, the audience stopped applauding and left the screening hall one after another, at which time the investigators arranged by the New Line Film Company in the 30 theaters where the screening was held handed over to the audience who had just walked out of the screening hall.

"The movie is fantastic, and I'm willing to take the time to fill out a form. Joanna took the questionnaire from the staff and circled the A+ with a thick black pen in the scoring field.

Eve Hugo was also willing to do what she could for this film. "For the music of this film, I am willing to give this film an A+. ”

"The plot of this movie is so creative, and the performances of the male and female protagonists are wonderful. ”

Just as the audience was rating the film, John and his party walked out of the screening room.

"JK! What would you rate for this movie? I'm curious!" Peggy took the three questionnaires from the staff and handed them to John and Dani one by one.

After John took the questionnaire, he drew a circle at B+ with a pen, which was considered to be just passing.

"Oh...... Oh my God, you're playing B+" Peggy Rockefeller seemed to see a Martian, her eyes were already big, and at the moment her eyes seemed to fly out of her sockets at any moment.

She and John grew up together, and they can be said to be childhood sweethearts, and she knows best what virtues John has. John is a guy who can shamelessly say that he is naturally beautiful and extremely narcissistic.

So she would rather believe that John was dazzled in the wrong place than that John would have a moment of humility.

John on the side looked at Peggy Rockefeller's exaggerated expression, and then gave a blank look: "Peggy! I'm just playing a B+, is it necessary to be so surprised?"

John's B+ is not to rate the film, but to make a summary of his work.

Directing a film for the first time, he has many immature places, and the management of the production team, the elaboration of the film's ideas and the expression of the deep meaning need to be strengthened.

But no matter what, "Stealing Love" is over, and John believes that his directing ability will get better and better, and one day he will be able to draw an A+ for himself.