A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
3.5星。意识流蒙太奇、不可靠的叙事视角、虚实难辩的惊悚悬疑感，都给这部稀松平常的休闲度假类型片增添了剑走偏峰的意味。借助刻画一位不正常的母亲，重新审视并彻底颠覆了现代女性作为母亲时的刻板印象。科尔曼的演技老练精准，不过年轻版的杰西·巴克利的表现丝毫不逊色。
愧疚之心溢于言表，用一个布娃娃作为线索贯穿全片，竟然有一种惊悚片的感觉。
我猜韓寒應該是沒看過這片，否則也不會直到看了《賽德克‧巴萊》才對台灣電影改觀。
中间和女背包客以及和Nina的几段镜头太柔情太暧昧了，感觉她们在一起会快乐自由很多
改编自埃莱娜·费兰特的小说，依旧是她自己说过小说永恒关系的主题“母亲”。到了这部里，比在天才女友里放大和专注很多。永远紧绷的女主，说起来那些事都是很久以前了，可是只有女性明白那些隐秘的联系，是一张永远都兜住的网。看完后有点庆幸，没有孩子，否则我会疯。适合那些有孩子的女知识分子们看，都是痛点。看完时，我手边也有一个橙子。
台湾残酷青春物语，与《艋舺》比起来，该片要接地气得多。香港有个徐小明，台湾也有一个，一个擅长动作片，一个专情青春片，一个成了影视大亨，一个转而当了制片。
果壳发过一篇文章《后悔成为母亲，但我不敢说出口》，很深刻。跟这部片子大概是一个意思……
很惊艳但也缺了点什么。回忆中那些育儿片段呈现出的压抑和窒息，应该只有一个母亲能拍的出，女主笑中带着泪说出的那句抛弃女儿让她感到快乐时，我由衷的理解，那是长久压抑后终于释放带来的快乐，但这份快乐的背后需要多少年的愧疚来偿还。
成就自我，成就儿女，至多成一项。往往皆不得。
剧情有些空泛，几位英法意半老徐娘东拼西凑，幸好有埃德-哈里斯提振一下 。
风格类似《南国，再见南国》，无比贴近现实而且又带有鲜明的时代特征，相比前者还多了一层对于青春无畏的伤怀，阿国的死既是时代的悲剧又像是一种宿命，唉！少年阿，何时才能让骚动的内心安静下来……
“我抛弃了我的女儿三年。”“感觉怎么样？”“感觉太美好了！” 里面小孩一闹我血压就开始升高，已经在意念替女主女配打小孩了。主动断子绝孙是我为这个世界作出的最大贡献。
满分没有理由 the most generous thing you can give is your attention, this film had mine
导演所要表达的是为人母亲的沉重感、责任感和内心渴望逃离的心绪，只是在呈现上让我觉得困惑，角色的一些行为、动机莫名其妙，感觉就是立意先行惹的祸。
宣告了玛吉·吉伦哈尔作为优秀导演的诞生，也宣告了一部优秀的女性主义电影应该是什么样子。很少能看到将女性的内心创伤与面对外界的各种不安互动心理以如此细微、悬置的方式呈现出来，既是费兰特也是导演的功力。一种能真切体认到的病态情境在持续发生，在主人公以为能获得对方谅解却意外被刺后，病症却也舒缓了下来，以痛止痛，收尾很妙。电影在说，没有哪个女人能理解哪个女人，或说没有哪个人能真的理解你自己，连你也困顿其中。
Lena的痛苦让人心疼，母亲身份是她的枷锁。
（电影有点头重脚轻，个人感觉后面结尾收得太匆忙了…
“雨很大，像天在哭，雨一直下，像我的悲哀，好朋友要走了，留下我一个人。”两位主角，谭志刚在拍摄完后不久便在车祸中丧生，而颜正国，后来也因为各种罪名入狱，少年吔，安啦！罗大佑和林强太帅。
喜欢诶。是我爱的很女性的、且文学性强的文本。三位女演员都十分出彩。极为钟意摄影风格，以及对“洋娃娃”这一物件的运用和隐喻太绝妙了。唯一觉得有所不足的大概是重复运用闪回填补人物故事，失去了一些想象的趣味，虽然剪辑还是很大程度上弥补了这一问题。过去和现在的故事单拎出来都很喜欢，有空要去看看原著。（看完深受启发！）
三星半 伍佰、林强、罗大佑、侯孝贤 此片为之后的台湾电影提供了很多好场景和剧作。
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