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.
前半部分对于民间马戏团的认真还原和细致布景给观众带来了非常好的视觉体验。让我想到《象人》、《畸形人》和《大路》。这三部电影中也出现了类似的马戏团场景，但更加粗粝和真实，本片稍显精致的布景一定程度上削弱了这种民间生活气息。后半部分的叙事过于平淡，情节平平无奇，浪费了漫天大雪和华丽布景。那么多有特点的人物都只是轻描淡写，非常可惜。据说改编于1947年的同名电影，有时间补一下。
京阿尼戒断症发作了，心思过于莫名细腻的家伙看起来还真是烦人…整体相当混乱，最后又是在干嘛？
布兰切特和库珀的心智斗法看得我如痴如醉，尤其最后摊牌那里两腿一软差点给大魔王下跪。其他没啥可说的，陀螺的暗黑风格很适合拍人心鬼蜮的故事，就是有时候氛围过于诡谲拉高了期待，直接导致假高潮...
【YVR-5th】太长太拖沓，尤其是马戏团部分，而且影像风格前后不统一，看得昏昏欲睡，可惜一众好卡司了。
超级好看，爱了爱了，里面的剧情我太可以了。
7/10 The Greatest Showman + …? Still could find one that fits
和玉面情魔中的男主人公一样，他酗酒不忠暴力。痴迷于塔罗牌和胡迪尼的魔术。
凯特大魔头出场很晚，戏很少，没担当大反转，动机也离谱，1941年的女心理医生，处心积虑向一个小人物证明自己足够强？
墨西哥三杰:
期待一下后传
继上次带dating对象看了大型厌男片《soho惊魂夜》之后，我又干出了带热爱小动物的素食主义者去看神经病咬断活鸡脖子这么刺激的事，Jeez
唯一的缺点是前1/3节奏太慢了, 但这片真的是近期我看过最赞的片子了, 完全出乎意料! 不管是情节还是结局, Kate真的有把我给骗到, 后半部分她出场以后整个色调都明亮闪耀起来了, 真的不愧是演技的大魔王, outshine了所有人, 但Cooper也很赞, 感觉这一部真的是他演技巅峰了, 鲁尼玛拉也又美又贴合故事性，总之主角三人的演技我真的没得挑, Kate有一场戏真的完全被她蛊到, 真祸国殃民的魅力, 最后一个镜头里Cooper的眼神也吓到我了, 总之真的是个看完还在余音梁绕的好片, 播完在空调26度的房间里仍然阵阵心惊
即便跟原作比，故事也太俗了，俗到什么地步呢？就是一个讲（伪）灵媒师的故事，能让观众觉得自己才是灵媒师，因为故事的每一步走向几乎都能被观众预料到，包括斯坦如何赢得马戏团的尊敬，以及赢得的方式，包括彼得的第一场戏就能看出这个人物要死，包括他死的那一刻用脚趾头都能想出斯坦给了红色箱子的酒，包括布兰切特的所有行为，以及最后反将一军，还有大法官的死……一切都在预料之中，那这个观影体验跟接下茬有什么区别？
感觉翻拍得还行；可以理解为什么第一幕在马戏团的场景足足放了1个小时 也许是想要产生马戏团微观社会与美国社会的互文关系；收尾之处选择确实要比老版本好点
幻樱的字幕把典中典哭呀洗翻译成后悔无疑大失误。
1、“他究竟是一个人类，还是一个天生的怪人？没人知道……”
马戏团美术有意思，冲进螺旋回廊，在神鬼众目睽睽下抓住自己的命运，看见自己的未来，但除此之外就像是熟女控在对熟女们如数家珍：“Rooney Mara不行啦，大魔王才是王道！” 某种意义上男主角就真的挺像以前认识的某个熟人。用心理分析去想这个故事，也像是受惠于母亲却又被母亲抛弃的当代母系女权故事，就是毫无魅力的库柏让我不能再想太多。顺便旧作居然没有靠谱的中译本捏，本来还想对比着看看新旧变化的，sad。3.5归3。
布兰切特和库珀的心智斗法看得我如痴如醉，尤其最后摊牌那里两腿一软差点给大魔王下跪。其他没啥可说的，陀螺的暗黑风格很适合拍人心鬼蜮的故事，就是有时候氛围过于诡谲拉高了期待，直接导致假高潮...
小丑×马戏之王的感觉，末世暗黑黏稠迷幻沉浸感和大牌演员气场角力令两个半小时的观影也不觉长，暴力血腥镜头不少，蒙昧的平民和政要心灵脆弱，被神棍套现，无法摆脱心魔的神棍则被有故事的女变态套现。想看看1947年的原版影片。
16.12.2021 | @ Regal Majestic | 这里的Blanchett美炸了。如果说电影是千禧年前后的经典之作也一点不违和，今天看来却有一点老套（大概是翻拍和neo-noir综合起来的结果）。镜头、表演、嘉年华的场景设置都太好了。喜欢这个结尾。
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