While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
和《心灵奇旅》一样是一部共情力超强的作品，抛开了奇幻的设定，我们看到的是真实的人物，真实的情感、真实的烦恼，笑中带泪的青春。片中的母女情可以看成是《包宝宝》的变种，不过显得没有这么刻板印象，我也相信就算是欧美国家也会有这样的亲子关系，而最后的和解格外打动人，和《魔法满屋》一样非常值得和父母一起观看。另外，小胖闺女和大红熊猫真的是无敌可爱，无法拒绝！
和包宝宝一样充满令人不适的刻板印象，所谓变红和初潮的隐喻也生硬尴尬，哪能联系得上啊？功利心太强，是做不出真情实意的东西的。
很有腔调的文艺电影。几个演员各自出色，不过三个女人一台戏也好，儿子的感情也好，或者主人公纠结黏糊的情感，都是戏到关头生生绕开，所以看得并不尽兴。但出了影院再一想，也许这种意犹未尽正是腔调本身。很放松舒服的观影体验。
是上海市井生活的魅力，也是成熟男女呈現自己慾望、權衡得失的精準拿捏；都市離異家庭的二次浪漫成為市場的新寵兒，看來「愛情電影」的類型片也似野貓一般研究剩飯了。最後用小人物和大明星是否ons來感慨「神話」存在與否，麼得靈了。
真太灵了，如果中年能过上这么有趣的生活谁还会害怕变老。看完后短暂变成精沪_(:з」∠)_
爱情神话，虽然是对老电影的引用，但更主要像个免责声明。真实生活如此沉重，你就允许我在电影里飞一把吧。能接受电影里的特工穿过枪林弹雨而毫发无伤，为何不能接受电影里的普通人能够富足、相爱、拥有一生的朋友，你不相信也行，我都说了是神话了。导演放低姿态的自嘲、谁都不得罪的小心翼翼可能不必。老乌是真实的（影子）男主，爱情神话的真实持有者，用自己的一生携带它，最后终于捧到所有人面前，然后死去。导演很年轻，这种题材如果往扎实地气的方向去做，对于导演肯定是超纲的，导演已经尽最大努力发挥自己并不那么充足的“上海经验”，其余用审美与想像力补足，亦实亦虚的处理，既是讨巧，也是扬长避短。就像Gloria不肯花两万五救老公，却肯花两万五“嫖”老白，导演并不完全坐实任何一段人物背景。这其实挺好，先不被捆住手脚比较重要。
正常情况下来说，我是极其憎恶在电影放映时交谈的，但在一个几乎满座的场次里，绝大部分都是上了年纪的本地阿姨爷叔，并且用上海话低声讨论剧情和笑评，倒反而有了点趣味。三个女演员太灵了，各有各的风华。虽然每个角色都各有各的拧巴，但是演员们表演得自然流畅收放自如。小真实和小浮夸水乳交融。这群人的每场聚餐戏都可爱极了，倪虹洁和马伊琍在画廊的剪影scene也是好看。前一个小时的节奏、结构和台本都很满意，但是后一个小时（尤其是最后40分钟）没兜住，节奏和剧情都松散，尤其是最后的强行升华反而扫了兴。总的来说，瑕不掩瑜咯~
真的好“新”，每次看到那些国产悬浮片，再去看看同时间国外讲述都市生活的叙事，都会想如果不悬浮的话，那究竟到底应该如何去表述我们当下的生活呢，这部电影给出了一种答案，虽然明显法租界的独栋洋房、外滩18号，离普通打工人的生活也有点遥远，但是你会相信确实有这样的人生活在这片土地上。
真的太精彩了
是上海市井生活的魅力，也是成熟男女呈現自己慾望、權衡得失的精準拿捏；都市離異家庭的二次浪漫成為市場的新寵兒，看來「愛情電影」的類型片也似野貓一般研究剩飯了。最後用小人物和大明星是否ons來感慨「神話」存在與否，麼得靈了。
烟火向星辰，所爱皆成真。有趣的灵魂与多元的魔都相得益彰，出色的群像电影。
「和索菲亚罗兰的故事，感人吧？我编的。」一开始觉得文艺报菜名有点硬，到最后渐入佳境，沪味正浓。剧情离散，爱却真实。
外地人在电影中感受到了上海的那种小资生活，西方文化的渗入。电影名说是爱情神话，实则代表以爱情为主的精神世界。
能够見出許多方面的電影/文學傳統，例如法國香頌般的都市小品、伍迪·艾倫的片子、“愛在”三部曲，還有上海的通俗文藝傳統。能把這三個女人的一臺戲拍得俗而不“油”，原因在於影片從不試圖展現絕對的人設和極端的感情，同時在把這整件事拍出來之外，並不刻意誘導觀眾勒索更豐沛的意義。儘管主人公的生活狀態又讓我想到王朔筆下的某些北京人，但該片仍可說是只在上海並只以吳語進行方可成立的文本；它提供的是一套非生產性、同時高度去道德化的消費社會的感情圖景，而且特重女性切身的生活體驗：前現代的浪漫主義文化中的“癡情”/“愛情至上”，被指認為現代城市生活中的一種“神話”，它照亮了都市的夜空，卻也讓人們不以為意。另尤其體現劇作能力的一點是鞋匠的設置，這一掃地僧角色起到了故事旁觀者和“評點”者的作用。2021年12月24日於金逸達鏢。
也是很意外的第一次看到有那么大爷大妈自发走进影院去看这部影片，说明方言的魅力真的很大。同样是靠剧本收获口碑和市场，这部片出来，我几乎可以把《扬名立万》逐出个人年度十佳了。它甚至有潜力成为中国版《真爱至上》。
又是一部被片名耽误的佳作。抓住了上海的精髓，又市井又洋气，瑕不掩瑜，有好多好多场戏都特别特别有趣，可爱死了。灵呀灵呀~
并不是宣传话语中的女性视角，而是有意无意地对标了《老炮儿》。当然上海没有北京老炮儿，上海有的是上海爷叔。该片面子是上海闲话的讥诮凉薄和市井人情，里子是两个老男人的春梦。比较难得的是并没有对所谓上海腔调真的沾沾自喜，而是用一种善意的调侃演绎了人到中年的苍凉，在嬉戏自嘲中流露了一抹深情，上一次有类似观感的影片还是伍仕贤的《独自等待》。
真不愧是2021年国产最佳。
近来看的最棒一部国产片了，基于传统男女人设进行对调，三个女性角色如李小姐（异域离异格调神秘的野花）格洛丽亚（小野猫有钱有闲吃了抹嘴就跑）、前妻（犯了男人都会犯的错），以及两位男性角色白辛苦和浪荡子老乌，三女两男让一出私房菜成为一锅大锅饭，并且这还是个很有韵味和腔调，充满了戏谑和幽默的故事，我个人很喜欢导演给的这种视角和剧本语言。
作为处女作这样的水准真的不错了，很松弛（应该再多拍一两个空镜头），甚至有那么一点点像伍迪艾伦，但配乐不太行，不够滑稽，前半段那几首英文歌尤其出戏。徐峥去找鞋匠理论那段从一个弹钢琴的女人室内镜头推出窗外，以及老乌讲故事镜头先从特写拉远又推近到特写，这两个地方很不错，最后看完感觉只有上海男人（女人）才能搞定上海女人（男人），外地人搞不定的
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