"When I first faced the movie "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", I actually refused. ”

Charlize glanced at the review and saw that the author was Kenneth Turan — a well-known film critic and a long-time supporter of Charlotte's commercial films.

However, in this film review, he made some complaints about Charlotte,

"Charlotte Booth is an absolute genius when it comes to directing commercial films, especially supernatural horror and fantasy genres – but I've seen what weird things come out of genre directors when they switch to other genres. ”

"So, at the beginning, I didn't have much hope for this movie. ”

And when I heard that Charlotte not only used Charlize Theron as the heroine again, but also directed and acted herself, and played the leading role herself, I was even more convinced that this was actually a work that Charlotte filmed in order to please her muse. ”

"Generally speaking, this kind of movie will not be made very well. However, my work as a film critic led me into the screening room. Then, I was shocked—"

"Limited by cost and subject matter, there are no gorgeous special effects in this movie, but the delicacy of the shots surpasses Charlotte's previous films. ”

"In particular, it's a really good story. And as a director, Charlotte also tells it very well - the protagonists of the story, Pat and Tiffany, they are attracted to each other in the movie, and they also make me involuntarily pay attention to the plot......"

"It seems that Kenneth Turan is very supportive of you as always!"

After reading this film review, Charlize's hanging heart let go a lot,

"By the way, is there a movie review of the thumb man?"

"Roger Albert?"

Charlotte thought for a moment,

"This old man has always been known for being short and succinct, and this time is no different. ”

As he spoke, he handed a piece of newspaper to Charlize.

Chicago Tribune ......

Charlize knows that this is the home base of "Thumb Man" Roger Albert.

The girl quickly found the other party's movie review and read it,

"Charlotte Booth's transformation in "Behind the Clouds" was very successful, which once again proves that he is a director with aspirations and, incidentally, a good actor. ”

"It's a strange and heartwarming love story between two people with mental disabilities — and when I watched it, I even wondered a few times if it was the same story that happened when Charlotte Booth and Charlize Theron first met?"

"Of course, we all know that it's impossible – but to be able to make me think that way speaks volumes about the power of cinema. So, two thumbs up!"

"It's short enough compared to others. ”

Charlize smiled,

However, since even the thumb man supports it, at least the critics' reputation for this movie will be very good, and the audience's reputation is also very good according to the results of the questionnaire. Does that mean—"

"This movie can really hit the Oscars. ”

Charlotte interjected.

As for what will happen at the box office, he did not say.

No way, this kind of love movie is not Charlotte's best category. He can shoot well, but he can't predict the specific box office results-

He can only wait for concrete feedback from the market.

Fortunately, the process is not long.

Because the attendance rate of "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" has always been high, and the reputation of the audience and film critics is also good, the theater chain has begun to slightly increase the number of screens screened.

In this process, the movie's attendance rate and audience reputation have not declined much.

This gave everyone confidence in it.

"It seems that even if Charlotte Booth shoots romance movies with a ticket, her level is still very good!"

Because the cooperation in "Detective Hell" was relatively pleasant, Aziva Gosman also paid a lot of attention to Charlotte's new film.

Although, like many people, he felt that Charlotte's movie was too heavy on the box office, and the box office results might be average, Aziva was not worried.

No way, the production cost of "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" is really not high.

Aziva feels that with Charlotte's level and box office appeal, coupled with Charlize Theron's appearance bonus and popularity, it is very easy to recoup the cost.

And now it seems that Aziva is very correct -

Maybe it's true, as Charlotte said, it does aim at the genre gap of low-budget romance films at the same time as the release of "Titanic", even if the scale of the release gradually expands, the attendance rate of "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" has not declined much.

This made the total box office of this movie accumulate rapidly in a calm manner, and when the Oscar nominations in 1998 were announced, it was even more sudden-

It's not because the film has a lot of nominations. After all, compared to "Titanic" with 14 nominations, the 3 nominations for "Dark Clouds" are really not much.

But in terms of the importance of nominations, the three nominations of "Dark Clouds" are not weak-

First of all, the Best Director nomination -

Charlotte has already received this nomination a few times.

Although normally speaking, the possibility of the Academy of Film Sciences and Arts awarding the Best Director trophy for a romantic comedy is not great, but it is not hopeless after all.

Secondly, Best Actress -

Charlize has been nominated for actresses before, but at that time, it was more of an encouraging nature for newcomers, but this time, it really relied on strength.

This naturally made many fans of the girl very excited.

You know, she's just 23 years old now......

Finally, there is the nomination for Best Actor;

Charlotte's nomination seems to many people to be a bit absurd.

After all, this guy whose job is a director, first, did not show his ass in front of the camera, and second, he did not play a role that can particularly "reflect human nature", how could he get the nomination for the actor?

People who haven't watched "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" think it's a little incredible. But after watching it, they had to admit that Charlotte did play very well-

Whether it is the chemistry with Tiffany played by Charlize, or Pat's helplessness of losing his job and love, being trapped in his parents' home, or the optimism in the face of difficulties, and the relationship with her family, Charlotte performed very well.

- All the audience who walked into the cinema because of their curiosity about Charlotte's acting skills ended up satisfied.

This curiosity is an important factor in pushing up the box office of "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds".

And after the Oscar nominations came out, this curiosity was raised a lot.

A large number of Charlotte's fans came into the theater to see how their favorite director was nominated for Best Actor -

Among them were Gianna and Emily.