Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
索德伯格的可爱小片。反派演员蠢蠢的..还晃。
索德伯格的可爱小片。反派演员蠢蠢的..还晃。
艾伦索金强大的叙事能力和效率需要建立在故事本身就很精彩的基础上才能发挥出来，然而这部电影完全没有这个先天优势，看完以后只想问一句sowhat。哈维尔巴登成为了唯一的亮点。
一句"Lucy,I'm home"不再是幽默开场
第一次get到艾伦·索金，分这么低，不愧是大编剧，我唯一看得懂的竟然是评分最低的
+0.5 哇是久违的很单纯的不断迭代的悬疑感（而且是在感人的90min时长内！covid/tech元素也很自然不觉得烦
3. 入职大厂前看看
艾伦索金还是有想法的，至少不是单纯的走马观花式的人物传记，一条线采用人物访谈+闪回的形式展示了主角几个重要的人生历程，一条线聚焦在一周时间的情景喜剧创作，不过除了结构上的些许花样影片整体缺乏闪光点，剪辑混乱又臃肿无趣。
剧本台词依旧有些许艾伦索金的风格，想有所突破但又是拍得流水账式的平稳，就成了演员表演和台词撑着，而且那条闪回采访的线显得故事混乱，索性放到开头或者结尾用来引出故事会更明朗。这类戏中戏/偏舞台话剧可能最喜欢的还要数冈萨雷斯那部《鸟人》吧。
索德伯格的可爱小片。反派演员蠢蠢的..还晃。
一如既往Aaron Sokins 风格的作品， 用词精挑细选 逻辑繁复严谨(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o))) 哈维尔讲话时观者脑海里闪现的是杰夫 丹尼尔同学的身影。。。。。＿φ(￣ー￣ ) 但是然鹅可是。。。。。本作不是艾伦最最最擅长以当代背景媒体对社会深刻反思的主题，这次挑的是上世纪好莱坞黄金时代虚构喜剧秀男女主角戏里戏外悲欢离合 起起伏伏 女主自强不息（好像也不完全是 。。。。ε=ε=ε=ε=ε=ε=┌(;￣◇￣)┘）妮可基德曼扮演的是喜剧秀里美丽聪明的女主人公
3.5 整个剧情走向非常诡谲魔幻带些讽刺，最后反杀确实也是爽歪歪。
索金太牛逼了！真的是螺蛳壳里做道场，屁大点事儿都能写得如此细致动人，最后的反高潮太漂亮了，女主角这个角色就是为了奥斯卡影后写的吧，且妮可基德曼也演绎得特别入木三分！只是这个剧本实在太拉仇恨了，真的就像索金在影片中暗戳戳讽刺的那样，好莱坞只有三种编剧：蠢货，王八蛋，和我艾伦索金！
完全可以对患者的视听做更有原创性的表现。感觉像索德伯格接的一个行活，拍拍拉倒的感觉。
被海报骗了 怎么有这么烂的片？太简单粗暴了 要啥没啥 剧本 叙事 技术层面都一无是处 （刚出门那段社恐心理外化还可以 但也不能来回反复啊？） 最大的好消息是这片就一个半小时
肯定剧本很扎实，但是类似设定和结构不如《驾驶我的车》狡黠可爱。而且需要很多背景知识才能懂剧本的厚度吧
理想主义的女人和他擅长危机公关的老公鸡糟的一周 就挺无聊的
本来想讲述一个智能化时代的惊悚犯罪故事，但除了智能音箱与网络的互动之外，整个故事设置与叙述方式还是非常老套的，最终还得回到电钉枪杀人的传统上来。女主角的形象与表演，让本来已经很拖沓的剧情更加不吸引人。影片的主旨仍是揭露资本的罪恶，只是为了能够上市，真有人不惜花如此代价，费如此周折，死几条人命，最后让自己锒铛入狱吗？索德伯格真是后劲不足啊。
男神傷透我心之哈維爾巴登再遇爛片⋯實在是太 無 聊 了，快進+分為5段看完的。美名其曰「傳記片」，看完卻絲毫沒有激起進一步瞭解人物及背景的慾望。把閃回用成這般辣雞也是沒誰了。btw妮可基德曼怎麼變這個樣子了啊也太嚇人了wdm（只是學會了圍讀一詞
时间线有些杂乱，传记片拍出了悬疑片的感觉（贬义）。妮可总是能云淡风轻地把歇斯底里的感情完美表现出来，今年她拿影后我没意见。
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