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.
雷德利斯科特怎么会导出一部这么无聊的电影……（当我一直到影片中后段还没等到jared leto，我突然意识到他一定是paolo哈哈哈
很失望。如果一部电影让我全程如坐针毡，那必定是出现了一些比较严重的问题……(@Regal)
相当无聊的电影，又臭又长，这其实是一部黑色电影，不是因为所有人一直都在不停地抽烟，而是因为故事是被仇恨冲昏头脑的Patrizia买凶杀人，做掉了自己的前夫，导致自己入狱十六年，十六年一条人命，太值了，希望老太太幸福。这可能是2021年所有电影里抽烟根数最多的一部，可见拍戏时候演员们有多么无聊
B-. 两个半小时不觉冗长也不乏娱乐，但看时还是忍不住想，如果由老马丁导演会是怎样？对于这样一个戏剧性极强，容量极大，且亟需风格化处理粘合的故事，老雷的处理方式还是过于“沉稳”而严肃了。人物弧光的碎片化和节奏把控的同质化，导致精彩的永远是单场戏，而非电影的整体。卡司在有限的空间里发挥到了最好（除了Jared Leto，他值得一座金酸梅），Gaga的表现较前作有显著的进步，某种意义上，她确实是古驰之家的女主人。2021.11.24 Pathé Beaugrenelle
[3.5/5.0] Jared Leto 演的 Paolo Gucci 超好笑，例如「這個人本人真的有這麼低能嗎ＸＤ」Jack Huston 帥（律師升級ＣＥＯ）。
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看到说影片的表演方式有受commedia dell'arte（意大利即兴喜剧）的影响，倒是觉得如果能一以贯之还是会蛮有趣的，或许可以像I, Tonya那样很娱乐又唏嘘。但现在太四不像了，尴尬极了，似乎只有Jared Leto在扛把子🙃。当然导演或表演（或选角）都是次要锅了，这剧本水平去拍八点档怕是都被人嫌弃啦😂
和期待中的犯罪惊悚路线毫不搭嘎，你以为的玩弄心计的野心家女士也不过展现成了一位祈求怜爱而不得的蠢妇。视听语言与美术自然是不掉链子的精彩，嘎姐的确与生机勃勃偏要勉强的灵魂无限贴合。Leto好惊喜，发现Tom Ford的演员不是他之后我才猛然发觉他是Gucci家的傻儿子，但即便如此，司机先生还是压了大家一头，他好厉害啊！
6.5分。2个半小时，看完后我的第一感觉是：？？怎么了？？结束了？？？这纯粹就是在报流水账吧？？嘎嘎的角色应该是最出彩的，但实际看下来观感并不太好，或者说作为传说中的“黑寡妇”，电影拍摄得太平淡了。亚当扮演的死者，这个角色的转变也是我关心的重点，但这次他真的没演好，整个故事从希望中开始，从失望中结束。看看老雷的岁数，哎。。。。
一开口，听到意大利味儿的英语，就知道大事不妙
6.5分。2个半小时，看完后我的第一感觉是：？？怎么了？？结束了？？？这纯粹就是在报流水账吧？？嘎嘎的角色应该是最出彩的，但实际看下来观感并不太好，或者说作为传说中的“黑寡妇”，电影拍摄得太平淡了。亚当扮演的死者，这个角色的转变也是我关心的重点，但这次他真的没演好，整个故事从希望中开始，从失望中结束。看看老雷的岁数，哎。。。。
平庸的剧本和叙事，优点是看电影的两个半小时过得很快。
想看豪门恩怨、宫斗戏、时尚剧的人都要失望，这只不过是一个关于“特权”如何虚幻又实在地腐坏人类美好事物的故事。Lady Gaga的表演意外地表现出了女主身处所谓“豪门”时的突兀、尴尬、不和谐，是全片最有戏的部分。
3.5把 嘎嘎的表演还算过关啦 好看的镜头都在预告片里面展示过了
继夏威夷披萨之后又一个能让意大利人立刻心梗发作的伟大创造！#好莱坞完蛋了 #JaredLeto也完蛋了
omg！从头至尾没认出ledo😱😱 都说拍得平庸，但个人很喜欢这种平铺直叙的流水帐，没有用力过猛，娓娓道来，期间各还有不少有趣的灵光乍现，各种对话中暗藏的机锋，嘎嘎到圣莫里茨那段，她的珠光宝气的暴发户打扮用里过猛的劲头和一群穿着休闲运动服怡然自得的富人一下形成了鲜明的阶级对比，业许这个时候，那个公子哥明显感到了某种他的小甜心的某种格格不入和粗俗，离婚的前兆因此埋下。gaga女士的捞女气质和壮硕丰满的身材真是在电影里呼之欲出，哈哈哈。
好多关键情节推进得也太生硬了，还有保罗和现实中的形象差太多，不知道化妆造型在想什么。
意大利人在意大利跟意大利人讲话讲的是意大利口音的英语，听着哪哪都不对🤡然后2个半小时还拍的浮于表面流水账一样🤡莱托少爷演的是个啥🤡
2.5。導演和所有的演員像是沒有看過完整劇本一樣，機械地呈現著一個個孤立的片段。片段之間的情緒斷裂程度令人咋舌。此外，主創對於通過配樂所達成的間離喜劇效果同樣缺乏自信度。
知识点1: 雷姥爷很喜欢亚当斯基； 知识点2:雷姥爷最多驾驭三个人物（详情见对Last Duel的好评）；知识点3: 用影片自己的话说这是triumph of mediocracy
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