The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
我从没有过 或者很多人都没有过 童真的时刻
相比于《二十世纪女人》的松散，本片的故事在情感塑造上还是相对集中的，尽管华金之前没怎么演过这种富有亲和力的大叔，但这么演似乎对他也不是什么难事。华金的角色就相当于清官难断家务事中的清官，妹妹因为整不了妹夫就拜托给了华金去带几天，然而华金在洛杉矶并不能兼顾工作和照顾孩子的生活，于是就把孩子带到了他要工作的纽约。工作中他经常问一些年轻人你们的梦想是什么，你们想成为什么样的人，但在这充满不确定性的答语背后，就连提问者自身也没有一个理想的答案，而记录在某种层面也算是角色自身对于生活的一些归纳和整理，外甥对自己的评价也多少有了一种在混沌中一语点醒梦中人的感觉。比较喜欢后半部分两个人在森林里怒喊的那一段，华金犹如神棍附体，把小孩子安排的明明白白，你糟透了，其实我也糟透了。
前段时间看到，一直忘了标记……记录一下和他算是同步看的第一部电影，看之前他说要找一部意义重大的电影，这部温柔的电影似乎也有着别样的意义。通过采访，不断让孩子说出了一直埋在心里的对于世界的感受和看法，更让人看到的是成年人隐藏在内心甚至可能被早已遗忘的情绪。希望，我们可以像我们想象的那样，走遍各地，分享感受。
很舒服，比较温情地叙述一些家人之间的故事。和解嘛？不确定。只是去做了而已。
岁月的河冲刷着记忆，爱会帮我们刻下那些模糊的日子（9/10）
想打十星的片子。画面和配乐出色，让人即刻沉浸，即使要跟着华金聆听全世界的城市，我也能一直一直这么看下去。喜欢这种探讨和反思，沟通与表达。做妈妈很难，但还是想抱紧我的宝贝再次说声对不起。
我甚至不知道自己为什么要坚持看完这个电影……明明看完之后一定什么也记不住，观影过程也未必感受美好
啊……这片子有点无聊……em，要不是因为最后的采访独白，真的感觉毫无可取之处……小男孩初看贼帅，声音也好听，但是听多了真的有点腻了……长腿大🐻尖脸真的只能玩玩，结婚真是不合适。这样，就会后悔。哈哈哈
儿童读物的文字
细水般的温柔 不是父子 却可能是我能想到最舒服而亲密的父子模式 黑白画面好干净 光影有了更直观的感受 太可爱了啊woody 好喜欢啊 “it's ok to not be fine”
B 与上次看的贝尔法斯特同为黑白片，也都是孩子为故事主体，但不同的是c'mon c'mon的黑白选择出奇的好，镜头下投射出叔侄日常生活的高潮和低谷，成长与现实之间的碰撞，LA的阳光普照对比出NY街景的脏乱，亦或者沙滩漫步，道路斑驳，树林郁郁葱葱，都能更好的去呼应人物情感变化，自然而舒服...
妈，矫情却没有让我跟影片产生疏离感，大大喜欢。想买录音机
电影是以Johnny采访各处孩子对未来的定义和解读作为穿起电影的线索，很有纪录片真实的感觉，当然，导演只是借孩子们的口，表达他的观点。我们的未来会好吗？
想象中美国独立电影的样子。尤其适合下班后的夜晚，沙发上，裹着毯子，我被抚平了。
第一观感是，为啥人小孩已经能做到对未来有这样独立自主而带有强烈社会责任感的话语，侃侃而谈，自信沉稳，满满小大人姿态，这是差距，跟文化有关，外显、热情、直接表达喜怒哀乐。
3.5 静谧不平静的生命波流。有着诗句窥私般温柔的表达和抚慰人心的字句。与很多现代美式作者一样，从城市影调的旋律变奏中汲取力量，身处、浸泡、融化进不经意的环境声场 (车流 海风)，由孩童的纯真直接调动起已然遗忘的曾用来抗争这个复杂世界的简单直觉，一种有着强大昭示的问题集合并汇聚了世间所有答案。米尔斯眼中的都市个体总是饱含甜蜜珍贵的真诚告解，镌刻着家庭Ta者言语于一体的印记，好似人群街口处失去而又寻得的欣慰与恍然。如同洛杉矶与纽约等每个对照相望的城市，去聆听新世代的未来憧憬，拥抱停留在二十世纪的情感记忆。它告诉我们书本的扉页在生活里不断复现，发送的讯息与声音的波段都共处同一频率，续写故事的冲动将由我们自己完成。观影途中一直期待最终转换成彩色的那一瞬间，可惜没有等来绽放，或许它早已停留在了过去。
人说的不都是废话吗
电影是以Johnny采访各处孩子对未来的定义和解读作为穿起电影的线索，很有纪录片真实的感觉，当然，导演只是借孩子们的口，表达他的观点。我们的未来会好吗？
这是啥？育儿教育指导片？小演员太灵了吧，骗人生孩子系列🤷🏻♂️
一部很有设计感的电影，将虚与实镶嵌起来呈现。一面是，一个编导去记录，生活在不同社会环境和家庭氛围中的未成年人的想法的过程；另一面是，一个叔叔和他年仅9岁的侄儿，如何从巨大的年龄差异中，摸索出共通的人生脉络的经历。
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