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.
生动的诠释了光有一个好剧本而没有好导演的弊端，艾伦·索金还是老老实实的做你的金牌编剧吧，可以说80％都是聒躁且无聊。结尾很好。但挽救不回全片的死气沉沉，妮可的忘词是独属她的影后时刻，不过还是之前的问题，角色都没立起来，二封就更扯了，金球给她是口味独特还是这届实在不能打也不清楚。
Aaron Sorkin作為編劇是優秀的，多個時空的穿插，帶出對於情感、時代、制度的思考，依然保持著他的一貫水準，但是作為導演是平庸的，調度的單一與乏味，又在不斷地消解著劇本的趣味，真正優秀的作品是引領時代而非順應時代，《我愛露西》是，《裡卡多一家》則顯然還不是。Nicole Kidman演得好嗎，好，但是和其他人放在一起明顯用力過猛，尤其是和Javier Bardem、J.K. Simmons一起時。
中规中矩，很工整但没什么爆发点。女神和Javier的妆发都认不本人出来了。
当一个女人失去安全感。
差不多得了，漂亮台词逐渐取代了剧情，取代了剪辑，取代了电影，最终艾伦索金就变成了一个只会写漂亮台词的ai
片子来了一个尴尬的高潮 又来了一个奇怪的反高潮……就这样吧
从乔布斯开始，🔒金的剧本就越来越差，试图在时间上搞点形式，挖点深度出来，还是那几板斧，结果都陷入一种编剧的匠气，普通又自信……
“嘴上谈的是主义，心里想的是生意”，男女性别、婚姻家庭、事业危机、万尼亚舅舅……上到冷战意识形态之争，下到狗血家庭抓马，中间还有一条鸡零狗碎的荧屏剥削史，情节丰富到令人发指，艾伦·索金杂耍式的编剧整合，终于有一次完美调和了话痨和感情留白。结果连个奥斯卡原创编剧提名都不配吗？奥斯卡，how dare you！
看前半段叙事手法有点像《曼克》感觉，一度因为超密集的台词量让人昏昏欲睡。关键很多梗不懂。但中后期所有的铺垫都汇聚起来，真的有意思，加上妮可在厚重化妆下依旧能打动人的演技，这片应该不止三颗星，加上妮可脑残粉buff，四星推荐。
看了20分钟吧，既没有认出来妮可基德曼，同时也觉得这次艾伦索金的台词一般，可能好戏在后面。#20220220
疑似黨員身份差點摧毀她的事業，卻是不再留戀家庭的丈夫令她決定放手。無意義的出軌大概是最無稽的藉口，既知無意義又何必當初？立下決心的女人最美麗。"I'm home." 我已回家，卻不再是你需要的那個家。
要讲太多东西，从麦卡锡，到女权，到种族歧视，最后一个大女主只想要一个温暖的家，也真是够了
"I navigate male egos for living." 最后那场忘词戏啊真的是伤到了（妮可真的演出新高度，本来还以为肉毒杆菌打多了会影响演戏，结果竟然是今年颁奖季最自然细腻的一场演出
任何关于好莱坞黄金年代的东西真的都很有魅力。一开始被群戏的多角快速对话震惊，然后就发现原来是Aaron sorkin写的。
在原本周复一周的剧集拍摄过程中，突出夫妇两人这周遇到的困境，也是导演从中植入的多个议题：婚姻裂缝、信仰立场、拍摄难题等。
一锅烩饭，味道肯定不会太差。唯一特色（惊喜）是大虾的Nicole，可惜被混乱的妆发搞得分不清哪年哪月。
Lucille真的是那樣嗎？令人厭惡至極。
以喜剧作为事业，妮可的角色本可以具有白兰芝那么丰富的维度，但她被压缩得何其扁平？艾伦索金用牙尖嘴利的“幽默”把她的人格撑爆，让人只觉她吹毛求疵没事找事。
再一次无法忍受艾伦索金的风格，把台词塞进电影的每一分钟，政治婚姻性别年龄身材etc所有问题一个不落，毫无重点，生怕观众不知道你什么都想批判。还是那句话，请专注地讲故事，以及过于美丽而自知的姿态就是平庸。表演还是能看的，妮可稳定而出色的演技，哈维尔巴登过于迷人的演唱。寇森演的还像寇森🤦♀️
看前半段叙事手法有点像《曼克》感觉，一度因为超密集的台词量让人昏昏欲睡。关键很多梗不懂。但中后期所有的铺垫都汇聚起来，真的有意思，加上妮可在厚重化妆下依旧能打动人的演技，这片应该不止三颗星，加上妮可脑残粉buff，四星推荐。
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