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.
[2021.10.31 @IS激光IMAX] // [2021.10.16 @PE] 慈善优先场
我觉得真很好看诶 很有趣！不懂为什么有的人纠结太假…尼玛的你当纪录片看呢？一个喜剧片扯什么真真假假….
昂撒给西裔拍意淫片，amigo应该醒来还是感动吧？
如果男主是白人，电影怕是拿不到6分。剧中的餐厅员工、司机都是西班牙人，既是在反映LA西班牙裔多的现实，也在暗示着他们的社会经济地位不高
not precending
4.男人在对付女人上都是天生的演员，如果证明不了他对你是否忠诚，那不如在背地里观察他的言行是否一致。
看的时候有幸包场，所以可以很大声地疯狂吐槽。
有点像纪录片找人来还原当时场景，其实不管找谁来演主角都不会让大家满意的～王丹妮演年轻时代比后半好些
如果不是为了萨玛拉·维文，我可能一辈子都不会去看这部电影，然而本片拍得不错，谁能拒绝一部轻松的生活喜剧呢，何况还是发生在洛杉矶的故事。片中有自我认知，有家庭，有爱情，最后所有角色的问题都迎刃而解，很欢乐的结局。很高兴男女主角之间没有爱情，只有友情，这在同类电影里不多见，而这两个角色也的确不应该成为情侣。萨玛拉仍然凭借个人魅力把这个一开始很不讨喜的角色演得让我很喜欢，但她实在不适合演这种“大明星”角色，之前在《最后的清晰时刻》里也是同类角色，而那是一次失败的尝试，她最适合演特立独行的嚣张女郎，希望她别被好莱坞毁了，近几年烂片太多，而且本片中的她消瘦了很多，颜值巅峰的《辣手保姆》也只是五年前而已。本片导演是华裔，支持华裔导演在好莱坞大展拳脚！
2022.3.3 导演剪辑版实在不应该分五集的 丰满了许多，但还是浮于表面 选歌确实不错
电影院灯都亮了观众们才起身离场 我因为张国荣的死哭的好大声 （结果Leslie演员一出来让我瞬间出戏）
老美偶尔也会喜欢这么甜腻的电影哟，看来对人间烟火的美好追求是人类的共性。跟原版相比，剧情丰富了不少，结局俩女把渣男踢出局后拍手称快有点不太合逻辑，这一点上我喜欢原版的处理方式。但是这一部翻拍比原版要好点，主要是剧情内容更丰满了。最后男女主变成好朋友也是很不错的结尾，要是变成恋人就太刻意为之了，不贴合实际反而不美。
104号。比法国原版更丰满，情感做得也更丰沛，很喜欢男主这个演员，可塑性无比强。
近四个小时拆分五集的导演剪辑版，有三集多在呈现梅艳芳的爱情故事，可能对于大多数像我这样，对“梅姐”的了解仅存在“醉拳、审死官、女人花、夕阳之歌”的观众来说，这部传记电影，是不及格的。我们更期待的是这位风华绝代的“百变天后”“香港的女儿”更多样性的人生历程，比如那些经典作品的创作背景，舞台、荧幕下更丰富的生活，这其中当然包括她的情感生活，但包括不等于过度的堆叠冗长的感情戏来消费大众对“梅艳芳”三个字的情怀啊。剧情不够爱情凑，而我以为这样一位享负盛名的人物，随便取一些她的人生轨迹都可以拼出一部精彩的影片吧，又怎会缺少剧情呢？我想大多数还愿意打三星的都是冲着“梅艳芳”这个名字吧。
#7.7# samara有点瘦脱相了，不过还是很爱她！
没想到泪点的地方还挺多的，芳华绝代live那场的片段出来的时候一瞬间就哭了
喜剧片能符合逻辑，故事结局又不落俗套，还能博你一笑，就挺成功了
这个叫黄世宁的导演拍的两部片都觉得牛逼，把控这种温情小品很厉害，女主真是我的最爱
突然觉得有些似曾相识，想起了《诺丁山》，同样的成人童话
故事节奏很快，没有什么重点，但这就是重点——所有的人和事都不过是岁月之河里的匆匆过客。比起伟大，时间又算得了什么呢。
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