Ma Li is impulsive, Gao Ye is tough, Zhao Liying is pitiful, "Article 20" actress who is better
Since the release of "Article 20" during the Spring Festival, the box office has broken through 2.10 billion, although it is not a big hit, but this result is still quite good. Many netizens have a high evaluation of this film, praising Zhang Yimou’s director for normal play, praising the film for reflecting social reality through telling feelings and laws, and the issue of righteousness and courage, which is thought-provoking. Everyone praises a lot, as well as the acting skills of the actors in this film.
"Article 20" is very ingenious, arranging three unrelated story lines, but they set off each other and continuously strengthen the helplessness of being severely punished by laws and regulations. Lei Jiayin’s prosecutor Han Ming is the intersection of the three stories. The integrity of this character and Lei Jiayin’s own acting skills are reflected in a large number of scenes and plots, and he is naturally very prominent in this movie.
However, I believe that people who watched the movie will find that although the female characters in the movie are relatively small, they are definitely not worse than the male lead, and they also have their own characteristics. The professional ability level of the actresses is really difficult to distinguish. After all, before the movie was released, many audiences were looking forward to the three famous actresses, Ma Li, Gao Ye and Zhao Liying.
Let’s take a look at Ma Li’s performance in this movie. Everyone knows that Ma Li is a comedy professional, and many lines in "Twenty" are indeed very humorous, but it is definitely a serious and heavy-handed movie. So will Ma Li be out of place? Actually not. Ma Li plays Han Ming’s wife Li Maojuan, a character that can be described in a few words: impulsive, brave but upright.
In this movie, Ma Li cleverly integrates her whining and noisy performance characteristics into the role of a housewife. In this movie, she is at every turn arguing with Han Ming, but every word of the quarrel is expressing her love for her family. She is a person who "can’t bear it". In the face of the injustice of laws and regulations to her brave son, she directly beat the dean and then put herself in the game. With her big-action comedy acting, Ma Li created the role of Li Maojuan who always upholds justice, insists on justice, and is always enthusiastic and wants to help her people.
Let’s take a look at Han Ming’s colleague, another prosecutor – Lu Lingling played by Gao Ye. Gao Ye made a name for herself in the hit drama "Hurricane" last year, and was finally seen in the entertainment industry for many years. This time, her performance in the movie did not disappoint, because Lu Lingling’s character is very distinctive and fully demonstrates the power of contemporary women.
As soon as Gao Ye appeared on the scene, she seemed a little aggressive about the case, and she was inconsistent with everyone’s views, and she always talked back to her superiors. As the plot deepened, it turned out that it was because of her high professional ethics and human conscience that she would work recklessly, do things vigorously, and even teach herself sign language because the client was deaf and mute. In order to pursue the balance between love and law, even if she lost her job. Lu Lingling is a workaholic, but she is also a strong woman with a sense of responsibility, three views and outstanding ability.
Finally, let’s take a look at Zhao Liying’s performance in this movie. It has to be said that Zhao Liying’s current acting path is getting wider and wider. After "Happiness to Wanjia" and "The Wind Blows Half Summer", this time playing Hao Xiuping, a deaf and mute person, in "Twenty-One" can be said to be a new challenge for Zhao Liying.
For the first two female characters, Hao Xiuping’s scenes were greatly reduced, and there were no lines. It was more difficult to show the characters’ experiences and characteristics in three dimensions, but the pity and greatness of this character were perfectly reflected in the movie. For example, the scenes of robbing people at the station, such as the scenes of being raped, and the scenes of silently pouring out despair on the rooftop, followed by jumping from a high-rise building for her daughter. Every appearance of Zhao Liying made people feel heartbroken and even burst into tears.
There are really not many female characters in this movie, and these three are the most important. The three have never worked together very much, shining in their respective fields and their respective works, but in this movie, the three have opposite roles, learn from each other’s acting skills, and show different women’s looks and life experiences. It’s hard to say which of the three is better, but the success of the film is definitely inseparable from them. Maybe everyone has a preference in their hearts. Which one do you prefer in front of the screen?