西部片的另一种变奏，失意流浪的牛仔试图去融入田园生活，这种生活又被野蛮的牛仔打破，他的背水一战是对于过去的一种诀别，也是对于自己身份的强烈的归属。电影更像是一部西部田园生活图景，不像以前西部片里的沙漠风光，人物总是居无定所和抢夺杀戮，这里是一种更加恬淡的乡村景象，小溪、财源、聚会、放牧，和西部片里的恶略的环境形成巨大的反差。这给居无定所的牛仔肖恩来说是充满巨大诱惑力的，他渴望用丢弃牛仔的身份去换取另一种生活，甚至他把枪都从腰间卸下去购买作为牧民的衣物。《舞会契约》里的英雄迟暮寻求归属但又无处可去的矛盾，是对这个西部牛仔的再次演绎，充满了对于失去的那个辉煌时代的缅怀和无奈，人物面临着新的选择，但是总是徒劳的，“每个人都有适合自己的生活，无法彻底改变”，狼叔的死和肖恩的离去，都是一个时代的终结。冲田修一今年拍了部宅男画家，巴拉圭出了部“宅女”画家，宅男因为有贤内助才能三十年足不出户，宅女失去了赖以生存的同性伴侣，便只能远离画布自力更生，时刻都小心翼翼，对一切怀有好奇，收到狱中伴侣叮嘱后仍无照驾驶，变卖寓中财产干起出租车司机，听牌局上的老妪瞎侃只会徒添无趣，唯有与年轻女子同行才能重拾激情，车内递来的那根烟，就和女子美好的身体一样让人欲拒还迎，依赖会上瘾，独立亦是，日复一日的平淡会让人习惯，但一旦遇到一丝颠簸便立马会缴械投降，在感性与理智的博弈中总会以前者的大获全胜而告终，倘若无法改变现实，不如一切从头来过，结局竟有一丝悲情，但又收得极佳，伴侣归家后的一系列反应以及结尾定格，啧。作为导演处女作很出色了，没有走向靠贩卖同性元素博取眼球的道路，女主影后也拿的丝毫不虚，日常的情节中戏力十足。Prom Pact is set at the height of prom season. High school senior Mandy Coleman and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top '80s-themed Promposals. However, Mandy keeps her eyes focused on a different goal: her lifelong dream of attending Harvard. When she finds out her acceptance has been deferred, she is determined to do whatever she can do to get herself off the waitlist, even if that means asking for help from the one person she abhors - popular all-star jock Graham Lansing, whose father is a powerful senator and Harvard alum. Once Mandy becomes Graham's tutor, she begins to realize there's more to him than she thought and perhaps something more to life than Harvard.