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.
整个片子时间压缩得特别紧，完全没有段落感，人一个个的来，又一个个地重逢和离别。这条路的哲学和安叔要和人认真告别的想法正好相反，是永远不去告别、相信还会遇见，哪怕他们已经去了天国。
北美最高排名：6
街头语言很缓和，大量的冷色调和清新的配乐，十分适合早春和晚冬看。
舒缓，安静，痛苦，孤独还有贫穷，这就是失去对象又没有子女的老年人的生活，唯一的慰籍只能来自同样在路上的过客。
这部电影跨越了事实与虚构的界限 赵婷参与了真实人物的真实经历 并且没有把 linda may、swankie、bob wells 这些人客体化 而是透过镜头观察他们 让社会评论通过这些人流露出来 赵没有表达任何政治声明 只是把镜头对准他们作为自己的表态 这对于充满了主观性的电影创作来说真的非常特别 更何况主题本身——探讨「家」这个流动的概念——我就很喜欢 我还喜欢赵婷为配乐挑选的《seven days walking》把作曲家在阿尔卑斯山的徒步旅行与虚构人物 fern 不断变化的内心拼接在了一起 共性是「同受大自然启发」还喜欢这部电影用将石头投入篝火中纪念的方式回应了 2020 年的动荡和焦虑 为从主流社会退出开辟自己的道路带来一种可能 什么是 homeless？什么是 houseless？
文化差异？完全get不到什么深刻之处。钢琴曲+琐碎事+公路旅游广告
大了已经不太爱看这种消沉吧啦飘忽不定的片子了，放十年前可能比较喜欢。。想起在美国的自驾旅行，只是每一秒都是开心的
很多人可能会看睡着，但那些没有看睡着的人，会得到一种全然不同的体验。
意想不到的治愈，本来以为是批判社会的电影，原来是诉说人生无奈的。看到IMDB上有很多人打差评是因为一，它美化了nomad的生活，没有尖锐地揭露美国社会的黑暗现实：这个是我本来的预期，但现在更好，因为每一个人物都太鲜活了，他们的故事很打动我，让我感受到了人的独特价值。他们并不是为了一个社会议题而存在，而是为了自己而存在；二，没有故事，像纪录片：这对我来说是优点。看的时候觉得时间变长了，听到一个人的故事就仿佛也看了那么长的一生，我不禁哀人生之须臾。了解到赵婷编剧剪辑导演集一身，让我想起我也曾三职在身拍了部动保基地纪录片，筹了三万多块钱。虽然辛苦，但当我在Premiere配片尾，在导演剪辑编剧下写我的名字的时候真的很骄傲。赵婷真榜样，希望她获奥斯卡。
很多人可能会看睡着，但那些没有看睡着的人，会得到一种全然不同的体验。
老年版wild🧑🏻🦳科恩嫂真是附体式表演，再普通的角色也能变得鲜活👏中年危机的我现在看这个实在感触良多，人也就匆匆几十年，脱离社会用自己的方式生活需要很大的勇气和毅力，但心中有爱和自由就不枉此生❤️
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产业转移后失业的丧偶中老年人流浪般的床车/房车生活，到处打零工，很拮据。床车/房车生活，短期可能浪漫，无奈的长期生活就是凄惨。。
It`s good.喜欢片中大量孤独的镜头。自然的镜头，都觉得很美，很安静，配乐太好听，激起很多泪点，在回忆的时候，对话的时候，描述很美场景的时候。我记得她和妹妹分别，在清晨太阳刚升起没多久的时刻，很美。清晨时刻很美。听别人描述，他很喜欢你，经常提到你。“我会再见到我的儿子，你会再见到你的波”。See you down the road.
focus在人和情緒上的寫法和拍法，很沉得住，準確的地方也不乏力道，那份踏實和成熟度還是令人覺得服氣的。唯一缺陷是配樂，像是直接拿了幾首罐頭鋼琴曲就擺到音軌上了
他们说我一路惊喜，却不知同行者都说着一样的话，纹着一样的身，干着一样枯燥的工作；他们说我抛下一切，我却常看着老照片哽咽；他们说我不念过往，我却摘不下手上的戒指，忘不掉婚礼上的念白。
各位还是太博爱了，动不动就为之proud，尊为pride。
看了很多部奥斯卡，《月光男孩》《阿甘正传》《Crush》《寄生虫》包括《寻梦环游记》……都曾让我沉思良久，而唯有2021年的《心灵奇旅》和《无依之地》让我看到了自己。
虽不如期待，但整体还算喜欢。
The other side of America: conservative(?), crude but tender. 片子节奏非常舒服，最大限度去戏剧化，人物哪个阶段在干嘛都在不经意间，但又自然而然。确实是美国传统，自由即漂泊，自由永远在路上。
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