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.
凯奇的存在和地球毁灭同理（谁不是看着凯奇的电影长大的）这部勇气可嘉但自黑力度不够，元叙事也没玩起来。（看看约翰马科维奇！）所有自恋、自省、自我致敬和重复仅是蜻蜓点水。但，凯奇叔近60岁了从影40多年，还能这么好（四声）玩我就放心了。希望继续玩到老不要步了布鲁斯威利斯的后尘。讲真凯奇佳作汗牛充栋，补片+重刷也是一个大工程。
尼古拉斯·凯奇（Nicolas Cage）络腮胡真难看，苍老了很多。很久没看他演的电影了。知名演员未必有钱，欠了一屁股债，看起来还光鲜亮丽。父女关系，前妻，一堆事，心累。一见如故的朋友，相见恨晚。
看到一半就觉得服道化都很gay的品味，查了一下导演果然是gay的，而且是那主流的又stereotype的gay的样子。
整部电影的卖点都在Cage的表演上，剧情就弱很多，但是不妨碍好看。
电影在演员与角色、现实与虚幻间做到了恰当的融合。它必然是自恋的，却不虚伪，它的荒诞和幽默可以任性刻意，谁叫主角是奇花异卉般的Nick·Fuccccking·Cage。只是这一切被解构后，观众因错位而建立的优越感并不具备笑后的动容，其里里外外还是好莱坞俗套的那一挂。最关键的一点，身为商业片，节奏不行是大硬伤。凯奇确实一直都在，或许他不再倒退，但现在最多也只是在向左或向右的相同纬度上行走而已。所以，导演，我看《帕丁顿熊2》还不行么！
二十年后找艾米汉莫出演哈尔乔丹拍摄中年危机绿灯大电影的我：He’s just right! 🫵
能到自讽出一部电影的程度也不知道是演员的幸运还是悲哀呢?
Nick fucking……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………whoa cage ~
一百多年来有如此多优秀的电影，这个问题的答案受限于这个季节，我现在的情绪。
近期看的最欢乐电影，成功安利了帕丁顿熊，只是这种电影只能演一次。
就是部尋常的戲中戲故事 劇情其實蠻俗套的 夫妻聯手救女 落魄演員闖入殺手世界 如果沒有凱奇演自己 捏他自己的演藝生涯這個噱頭 就真毫無看頭了 不過我還是覺得兩男主角色互換會更有意思一些 審視的感覺會更濃 片中的自嘲與回擊也會更強烈 但這片兒看到最後 怎麼感覺像是給帕丁頓熊2拍了部廣告片呢
还不如再去看一遍空中监狱或者变脸亦或者勇闯夺命岛……
三星半，多半星给凯奇本人。作为连续多年啃他烂片（以各种奇怪的独立电影为重灾区）的我这个观众而言能再一次看到他主役这种院线喜剧甚是欣慰。成片并没有预期无聊，但只是感觉又多看了一部《憨豆特工》而已，抛去电影里凯奇自我调侃的成分来看它带给我的惊喜甚至还没有《威利游乐园》多。
凯奇演凯奇、凯奇看凯奇、凯奇吻凯奇，玩梗很欢乐但好在不只是玩梗，戏内的凯奇和戏外的凯奇，戏内做演员的凯奇和做间谍的凯奇，都形成了现实与电影的一种有趣的互文，满脸囧像的佩德罗和凯奇间的火花也很好。很高兴叔终于又开始接大制作了，翻身指日可待。
凯奇自己和自己对谈说服自己必须去救女儿的一瞬间被打动了。
片子没有点子本身好笑也是挺让人意外的，可能还有因为期待太高吧，不过这本子拍出来编剧可以吹一辈子吧，人生成就➕1
作为爆米花都不太合格，虽然致敬了一大圈，各种元素也搞了一圈，但就是，没啥意思。预告涵盖几乎全部笑点，如果不是凯凯烂片粉，还是别浪费时间了。
不是特别有诚意，但是看得出来凯奇想翻身了哈
只是调侃了一下自己的现状，上一个调侃自己还整成电影的明星是谁呢？我不太记得
太爱了，连这种传统意义的BIAS都爱死了，哈哈，美国人看欧洲人总是有点疯的，欧洲人看美国人总是有点蠢的。其实没有特工那条线其实也挺可爱的，就是一个热爱电影的疯NEW MONEY追求兴趣爱好的事，哈哈
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