Hall Pass/嘿咻卡

As Mr. Qian Zhongshu once said: marriage was like a siege, the people inside wanted to get out, while the people outside wanted to get in. The only reason was that the attractiveness from the other side seemed bigger. More often, the attractiveness from something forbidden was much bigger than the thing itself. When we meet with something forbidden, we would be curiously at once enough for an exploration. Yet, once the label of "forbidden" was removed, we may also lose our interest in it. The movie was such a story based on the premise, a warm family show. Two ordinary middle-aged guys, once accepted the hall passes from their wives that they may "do anything they want", on the contrary, were more aware of their families' value.

正如钱钟书所讲：婚姻就像一座围城，城里的人想出来，城外的人想进去。原因无他，仅仅在于似乎另外一面更有吸引力。而更多时候，来自禁忌的吸引力往往比禁忌行为本身的吸引力更大。当我们知道这是禁忌行为的时候，往往都马上就起了去探索一番的好奇心，但如果真的拿掉“禁忌”这个标签，可能反而就引不起我们的兴趣了。本片正是建立在这一逻辑前提上的故事。温情家庭片，两个普普通通的中年男人，在得到妻子给的可以“胡作非为”的嘿咻卡之后，反而更加真切地认识到了家庭的可贵。