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.
爸妈看春晚的背景音看完了瀑布。
最近的确流了太多眼泪了，谢谢钟孟宏，谢谢电影。我也相信阳光会再照进来，糟糕的抑郁会过去，然后不时会再下起雨。晴晴雨雨的，人生就是这么一回事。
人生不如意事十之八九，要挺住，别崩溃。结尾女儿没有被冲走，感谢导演，生活总需要一点温情。
比预期中的钟孟宏作品生涩许多，很难说是疫情背景下的现实创作，更像是籍由疫情揭露出的生活真相，特别是中产阶级幻相以及随之而来的控制，就像用蓝幕遮挡的封闭空间。用“瀑布”的“下落”，和女儿T上印着的“don't sweat it (别担心）”，巧妙地“标记”了这样一对母女关系。并且运用了一些非常规构图，多次把人物放在画面底部1/3的位置。影片对于声音的运用让我联想到《记忆》，内在文本似乎也有相似之处。
匠气有余，里韵不足，钟孟宏精心熬制的一碗滚鸡汤。借疫情符号描摹没落中产早已失衡的亲子关系、人与人之间淡漠疏离的情感，以及灾后如何重塑家庭、自我与亲密关系的心路历程。当心中的暗流化作泄洪喷涌而出，这一刻才完成了真正意义上的自我救赎。瀑布时鸣于耳，长蛇入屋盘桓。整体意象表达设计感太强，全无《大佛》里那股浑然天成的精巧感。
摄影还是台湾最强，但拍女性人物总觉得抓不到痛点，或者说，痛苦仍流于形式。不知道是表演的原因还是剧作的关系。
從19年之後，鍾+張從〈腿〉開始的創作（以及這部片），題材選擇都在往更大衆的生活層面去經營（事實上陽光普照也是，但那套調度依舊是鍾往常電影的慣用手法），而這部片更像是一個蹭COVID-19熱度改出來的故事。故事更像是電視劇而不是電影。尤其這片前一小時的戲處理得很糟糕，劇情上本不應該笑的，從結果來看就變得很尬很好笑。但很明顯的，這部片跟他過往電影的調度比，那種透過威嚇人物來達到觀衆心理關心的調度手法收斂了很多很多（個人覺得是件好事），雖然似乎也導致整個劇作質量一同下降了。後續的創作類型有待觀察這一趨勢。★☆
在搬家那场戏出来的时候，我觉得全片最大的笑点出现了：你考过驾照没有？ 我真怕陈以文接下来说，你要不要来我来教你开车，告诉你“把握时间 掌握方向”
从现实而来但始终没有那种蓬勃的生命力，影像和人物都是死的，疼痛与苦难也就成为了一种麻木的重复感知行为，没有意义。XX奖或许可以考虑换一个人捧捧了。
【3.5】比起对家庭情感尺度的把控和对具体角色的剖析，钟孟宏这次更让我欣赏的是他抓住了蛰伏在这个故事背后的那一股无形力量。疫情时代、下一代对上一代的叛逆、男性施加给女性的伤害……一个具体个人的被摧毁与重建，背后是一群人，乃至整个社会生态的被摧毁与重建。这部电影某种程度上可以称之为华语版的《东京奏鸣曲》。
前半部分有些压抑，后半部分就打得很开了顺。瀑布可以变成溪水，但无预警的泄洪也可以让水变成急流。有苦难也有自愈，放下生活里的执念，还有更多可珍惜的东西不是么。
刚开始的铺垫，母女实际情况的反转，借由着疫情大环境下的社会问题和家庭问题，带出来的思觉失调，贾静雯在正常人和发病惊悚期，吃药控制期的迟缓和胆小紧张，都演的及其自然。对手戏的女儿王净，也是一点不输。
可以不要说“你还好吗？” 不好的时候是无法说出还好的 因为真的很不好
在新冠疫情之下单亲家庭的悲欢生活剪影，中产阶级的蜗牛壳并不比外卖盒硬多少，命途多舛人生难测，故事背景可谓与时俱进（结尾安排的突发事件亦是采用发生在去年的真实案件）。影片的演职人员团队几乎都是从《大佛普拉斯》、《阳光普照》、《同学麦娜丝》一直延续的班底，一群戏精本精你方唱罢我登场；无论是叙事还是表演，力求稳妥贴切、不刻意煽情、不用力过猛，比起人均几个凡尔赛的精致妆容正能量自信片要踏实许多。人家戴上口罩、只露双眼、全程素颜一样可以飙演技。“每个人都有难堪的过去，只是大小不同而已。而且，未来会怎样，也没有人知道。”“瀑布”是曾经的生活的崩塌、是深藏的执念的席卷、是破而后立的晓喻新生。“不要再问我你还好吗，我会想办法好起来。”栉风沐雨，玉汝于成，否极泰来，未来可期。主题曲陈珊妮《抉择》大赞。
四星半 最后妈妈对女儿说，我一定会好起来的。妈妈对着电视屏幕一直等待女儿出现，然后戛然而止。一切都会好起来的。
单亲家庭、中年危机、衰败中产，这些元素以贾静雯的思觉失调贯穿构建起来，整体偏向于电视电影的质感。而疫情这个时代外壳，没有发挥出很好的作用。贾静雯的确非常适合饰演成熟职场女性这类角色，例如《我们与恶的距离》里宋乔安。
我的开年华语最佳。如此生活三十年，勉力维持的生活秩序被巨流冲垮。瀑布是遮蔽天空的蓝色围布，疫情吞掉人的感受力，于是她幻视幻听所有关于水的状态：从暴风雨到瀑布倾泻轰鸣到溪流深处。母女关系的转换也是一大优点，刚开始误导观众呈现一个有问题的女儿，最后利用幻觉的打破看见一个有问题的母亲。和解自然放在最后，但也是在父亲缺席下母女命运相依的一个渐进状态。极喜欢音效，看见蓝色瀑布倾泻而下，轰鸣震耳欲聋，人们很难抵抗暴风雨的侵袭。
7.6/故事朴素，配乐清新，演技在线，情感动人。DON’T SWEAT IT!
它很好地抓住了人的精神状态——疫情之下人际关系的冷漠，人的受困和游离，以及最后仍然需要依靠人与人间的温暖才能获得的拯救。
不如之前的那些故事、线索复杂。看到她们家里那个《电车狂》海报就大体能猜到后面的走向。家里生活困难，还喝ILLY咖啡啊，还两罐。。。
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