半斤八两

影片《我是好人》由《缞神契约》原班团队打造，影片从9岁小男孩石浩天开启，因父亲石逸整日忙于工作，无瑕关心自己感到极其不满。而后，在网上发帖雇人绑架自己，希望借此引起父亲的关注，与两个视财如命的混混达成...

客人们来到塞内夏尔家参加晚宴，却发现晚宴要在明晚才举行。他们只好去一家小酒馆，但计划再次受挫，因为小酒馆正在为他们刚去世的店主守灵。另一次聚餐也由于塞内夏尔夫妇偷偷从家里溜出去亲热而临时取消；来客们却误以为警察要发动袭击，赶紧溜之大吉。接下来的一次晚宴也被迫中断，因为拉练的部队出人意料地出现在塞内夏尔公馆。甚至噩梦也为他们要举办晚宴这一受挫的努力提供佐料：他们兴致勃勃入席，却莫名其妙发现身边的帷幕突然拉起，他们成了坐在舞台上用餐的表演者。还有一次，陆军上校当着唐·拉斐尔大使的面污辱了所谓的米兰达共和国，险些酿成外交灾祸，当然更不必提那晚的聚餐了。就这样，影片中的六个人物（包括塞内夏尔夫妇、唐·拉斐尔大使）不断地坐下来用餐，却总是出现意想不到的障碍，使他们吃不成。

Toula（妮娅·瓦达拉斯 Nia Vardalos 饰）虽然在美国出生长大，却是生活在一个巨型的希腊世界中，整个庞大的家族以父亲权威般的意志为代表坚持着希腊是世界之源的精神动力，从小就眼观着家人古怪行为的Toula听得最多的就是母亲与神经质祖母的言论：嫁给一个希腊人，生一大堆希腊小孩，喂饱自己的肚子直到世界的最后一天。

　　Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'
　　By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.
　　Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.
　　One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature: he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.
　　While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next: the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with his/her partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.
　　Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...