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.
这类好莱坞往事题材似乎都是这种节奏：一件小事中女主感受到男主出轨，并在此期间不停寻求验证，但男主的各种做法都是向着女主，然而最后高潮来了，男主也承认了出轨。妮可巴登提名最佳男女演员毫无质疑，但是故事的套路化也很是焦心。个人觉得巴登最有希望得奖。
索金太牛逼了！真的是螺蛳壳里做道场，屁大点事儿都能写得如此细致动人，最后的反高潮太漂亮了，女主角这个角色就是为了奥斯卡影后写的吧，且妮可基德曼也演绎得特别入木三分！只是这个剧本实在太拉仇恨了，真的就像索金在影片中暗戳戳讽刺的那样，好莱坞只有三种编剧：蠢货，王八蛋，和我艾伦索金！
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虽然妮可基德曼在这部片里脸假的像塑料女模，但演技还是值得肯定的，很喜欢这个故事，尤其是结局，最后一幕算得上是针妮演技的高光时刻，非常喜欢。妮可值得一个奥斯卡提名。
妮可基德曼太迷人了，这是影坛常青树，小细节处理得真好。
索德伯格的可爱小片。反派演员蠢蠢的..还晃。
艾伦索金收了神通吧 写好剧本把拍留给真会拍的人
简配版龙纹身女孩。索德伯格好像一直在坚持用老派的视听语言来拍当代的故事。有个正在装修的邻居对居家自卫是多么重要，尤其当装修工把打钉枪落在现场的时候。
广告大片的气质，疫情+人工智能，索德伯格真会玩儿！
很难进入，开始真的非常凌乱，枝枝节节的东西太多了，看得好累人。不过索金在后面慢慢找到了一个情感支点，可惜已经快结尾了，整体下来依然是无趣的
索金想再一次借古讽今，共产主义、种族主义、女权主义，面面俱到。可惜流水账里，一大个肥皂泡泡。妮可的化妆问题，实在也败好感。
看什么都不知道。。。
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amc广告之后妮可基德曼在我眼中形象一落千丈
太自我，太认真一直很优秀的女人，婚姻于她只不过是个装饰物，什么相濡以沫，宠妻狂魔，在她眼里，出轨便是可抵掉一切对她的好。妮可基德曼在本片里还原了旧荷里活时代女演员露西和丈夫德西在面对人生最大危机的一周的情绪。男人想到的是拯救妻子和事业，妻子为了她的无法容忍丈夫的出轨亲手葬送了她的婚姻。
这个导演当年可是拍出来了《性谎言录像带》。
对老片子扣当时拍摄的细节，对影人是一直自我缅怀吧。
四星半。AS的剧本还是过硬的。这对银幕内外的双重夫妻，事业与婚姻密切交织的人生故事也是非常精彩的。由紧要关头的一周展开，陈述艰难的局面，回忆二人的过往，描绘彼此的瓜葛…… 对自身，对伴侣，甚至对周遭和他人的注视都在，这部传记包囊的内容其实相当丰富。在一如既往优秀的完成编剧工作外，AS对影片节奏的把控，对故事重心的安置也都十分稳妥。仅从电影对人物的了解，想感慨一下，对于LB这样的完美主义者而言，对工作和另一半的吹毛求疵，想要一切达到尽善尽美，对她自己和别人来说都很困难。不过，用事业来加固婚姻，将爱人携入自己的理想，让夫妻共事成为一种婚姻模式和陪伴渠道，也会因丈夫的出轨而分手，LB也算是一个真爱至上，追求纯粹的人吧。 * 同样是银幕明星夫妻传记片，《塔米·菲的眼睛》和本片简直相差有十万八千里。
6分，其实完全可以用同样的班底搭配瑞恩墨菲做一部8集的剧，每一集一定非常精彩，但是放现在这个130分钟左右的电影，哪怕台词量再多还是免不了拖沓，且没有迷影向的点子，妮可最后一场戏演的很好。
几条叙事线交叉进行，中间为了真实还有很多插叙采访，感觉有点混乱；Nicole Kidman现在的外形倒是和Lucille Ball相差甚远，但她这次的表演还挺感情充沛，不是歇斯底里；对Lucille Ball不算很熟悉，但通过这个电影对她产生了一种探索欲
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