Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.
This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).
It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
同样是侧重于母女关系和家庭关系，这部的真实自然程度远超瀑布，几个压抑和爆发的点都很有代入感，美中不足是结尾戛然而止，我以为会落在母亲听女儿的演讲那里可惜后面就没交代了
孩子又那么不懂事顶嘴叛逆。弥漫火药味，动不动就爆炸。
她把女儿带到了美国，却要责怪她拥有了美国人的思维，真是可笑
片尾的音乐极佳 突然出人声出片尾曲好跳tune 演员还不错 故事没讲好 也不投入 也不好哭 就是拧巴 大可不必的那种 不过终于这么多年 能看懂林嘉欣了
然而两位主演的表演与单薄的文本形成了惊人的对照，在碎片化的冲突与和解里，母女二人仍然贡献了细腻丰富的表达。
整体不如「瀑布」，并且两部电影很多撞型的主题，主线都是在讲青春期的叛逆少女和中年落魄/患癌母亲的相爱相杀。从电影的技法上，「瀑布」明显优于「美国女孩」，观影趣味也更胜一筹。「美国女孩」倒也不至于在「瀑布」面前一无是处，林嘉欣和庄凯勋的表演和气场比起贾静雯李李仁强大很多，金🐴影后最后归贾多少考虑到林嘉欣毕竟有奖座加身，对贾静雯的安慰成分明显。
2.5/瑣碎的家庭生活呈現已經讓我感到肉疼，但正因為劇目將舞台局限於家庭本身，關於疫病/東亞式教育/cultural shock/生死等問题才無法被真誠且有效的回應(/解答)。
结尾处有加分。
可看的内容好多，非典，身份认同，中西价值观对家庭关系的影响，生和死。设置多对身份的对应：不听话的马与不听话的姐姐，妈妈与外公的关系对应女儿与妈妈的关系，老师与父亲的体罚，等等。母女提前以淘耳朵代替观众以为的演讲来和解，很符合东方的审美价值。噢，林嘉欣到了演妈妈角色的年纪和气质了。
家有两女，如有两宝。女主演的真好，依旧喜欢林嘉欣。
期待已久，但比想象中要失望一些。依然是母女和解的主题，《瀑布》要比这步无论在故事上还是表达上都更有意思一些。
可以说十分的细腻了，不煽情的情况下把家庭成员之间的情感关系描绘的这么有看头，有矛盾有对立，也是彼此相爱的
感觉可以和《瀑布》对照来看。中年人濒临崩溃时于四下无人处的哭泣太真实了。林嘉欣真美啊……最后陈绮贞的歌也很穿越
结尾明显的编不下去，来几句煽情的台词，找个意向匆匆收束，折损了前面大部分还不错的观感。人物关系简单，戏剧冲突激烈，情感输出就很强，典型的处女作。人物情绪处在时刻紧绷状态，考验演员的能力，都完成的不错，尤其是林嘉欣对这种角色很拿手。
感觉可以和《瀑布》对照来看。中年人濒临崩溃时于四下无人处的哭泣太真实了。林嘉欣真美啊……最后陈绮贞的歌也很穿越
影片开头你看到了大量的东亚文化控诉（借以美台环境对比之名），展现了标准的东亚家庭亲子之痛，叠加代际文化等因素，最关键的演讲稿的出现，琢磨着扔个大炸弹，结果掏耳朵虚晃一枪以为喷的是男权（讲真的，这片子里爸爸就是牛马），其实核心还是亲情之爱，但确实是很台湾的方式了。最后呈现了以小见大的台湾家庭情景小品。
7.2/10生活大抵都是困难的，但我们仍要努力去爱，努力去抓住那渺小的光，毕竟不管怎样，生活总还是要继续。跟《瀑布》但观影体验非常相似，都是前部分不喜欢，越到后面越爱。影片渐入佳境，不单单是剧情，还有所有演员，到后面情绪格外饱满，很喜欢后面母女的几场对峙戏，很动人。
倒也不是电影不好，演的挺好的，小女儿比较可爱，但是好累啊，每天生活本来就是这样了，看电影还要看这样的电影。。
对于戛然而止稍感意外，但回推母女亲密的最后一场戏，又确实到了情绪表达最为充盈的动情时刻，未必就此和解的两个人却在这一次柔软了下来，忘掉之前的不愉快，迎接这个不完美家庭的再一次团圆。
好久没看过这么细腻的电影了，一下子就把我拉回到初中，回到那个不肯和爸爸妈妈好好说话的别扭时代。
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