SABRINA

Now I sit down to write this film critics at last. I remember I first watched the beginning of this famous film a few years ago, and got interested in the humorous monologue of Sabrina to describe the Larrabee family. From then on I'd been longing for watching through the whole content. But now after watching it twice within one week, I get disappointed at the plots of the film. There are so many ridiculous happenings throughout it. Firstly, the protagonist, Sabrina, like other poor but pretty young girls in one million stories, fells in love with a rich, handsome, elegant, and young millionaire. Apparently, according to the director, Sabrina is innocent and faithful to love. She climbs up to the tall tree to peer at her dream lover David everytime the party is held on. She even remembers the first dance with David when they all were kids years ago. She just doesn't mind David's notorious custom of changing girlfriends frequently and constantly. But, the director fails to explain a sharp turn of Sabrina's true love(if it is), which is shifted from David to his elder brother, Linus, so quickly and unthinkable. Through the film we see Linus invites Sabrina to his cottage. On the seashore, then, everything becomes incredible. They spend 48hours together, chatting, dinnering, ambling, came raing, and lying (at least for Linus's part, yes). Then, despite all her deep love for David, who's lying on bed with back up to the roof and a wound in hip, she dramatically falls in love with the elder but more wealthy larrabee. If the handsome face of David attracts she in the past years, what the hell has the power to remove that long-term love for David to Linus? The director does little to persuade us. Linus is much older,less attractive, but more successful in business, i.e., more wealthy when compared with David. and I can find no romance, she describes Linus as a "heart donor", which is unreal according to the whole film show us. It ignites my doubt on her origin motive on chasing for David. Secondly, let's turn our camera onto the Larrabees. Linus, the elder son, is as unexplainable as Sabrina. He acts as a business-orientated, veteran boss. He never hides his lust for money, and in the very beginning,he asserts that Sabrina wants to tempt his younger brother for nothing else but money. Yeah, maybe he is right. But how can a cool and mature man as he turned his own mind so abruptly and thoroughly? He is not a foolish playboy as David. He's resolute, shrewd, and sedate on business,and everything,in fact. However, after a hug by Sabrina, he confesses anything he plots before her(that is,to coax her into going to paris with him,and gotten rid of quietly and safely by him. Certainly,he'll leave a number of francs and a house for her leaving from David, who will marry a rich girl and make Linus's merge project possible.) That's not his style, and it remains unexplainable for me. as for his dear mother, I can't find anybody else can give more accurate remarks on her as her elder son. When that brilliantly dressed madam objects to Linus's tricks for Sabrina hypocritically, the elder son responses: "and you taught me everything I know." And lastly, the father of Sabrina, Mr. Fairchild. He's even more sophisticated and bright than Linus. He frowns on Sabrina's deeds always. And he believes " she(Sabrina) doesn't belong in a mansion,she doesn't belong above the garage either." And the same ludicrously, he agrees on the marriage of Sabrina to Linus, only after Linus simply tells him that he "need her" and "want to make her happy." I just can't understand why all the people in this film like to change their decisions so quickly ludicrously. Well, you may argue that it is just a film, and all characters in films are a little uncommon, but I really think the fiction and imagination of directors can't go too far, even if in their films.

David