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.
用大白话来讽刺也是相当的过瘾，为了黑而黑的笑点更符合网络快消时代的气质。面对危机下所有人的应对状态，不正像现在正在经历疫情的我们一样吗？
好严肃一片子！演着演着就开始往艺术片的方向走，然后就出现了一些动人时刻，挺有趣的。（BTW，最后那个彩蛋实在是太愚蠢了，大减分）
意淫大于讽刺的政治喜剧，这个结局还蛮放飞的有点喜欢，不过怎么感觉最近看的欧美电影每一部都有甜茶，是要开创甜茶盛世了吗
麦凯的重组式讥讽过于直白却富有层次感，对现实世界的哈哈镜式乖张映照中始终透露着失望乃至些许无力的绝望，但在最后也留下了对人类能够进行深度自省的期许；话说这群星闪耀的卡司里，里朗斯表现力有点超神啊。
热一说这是SNL大电影，很准确了。纯文本推动，非常拖，该交代的地方又一带而过，抖包袱就硬给。这种表演也难不倒这群老江湖，茶的那段祷告很美，台词能力真不错。
当一切严肃议题都变成了网络热点，当民主被疯子、傻逼和资本裹挟，人类乙烷。剧情和设定其实挺俗套的，感觉拍一集黑镜就能讲清楚，这个阵容有点浪费啊。
五分满分给4分吧。
年年 did it earlier and better :)
张铁林演还珠里的乾隆腔：他sexy在哪儿啊？！
简单的娱乐。讽刺幽默都是简单直白的，黑色成分非常淡。
用大白话来讽刺也是相当的过瘾，为了黑而黑的笑点更符合网络快消时代的气质。面对危机下所有人的应对状态，不正像现在正在经历疫情的我们一样吗？
现实是，现在亳不怀疑真碰见大事，这个星球上会有一拨人像片子里一样荒腔走板。
现实世界跟这个电影一样荒唐啦，不要大惊小怪。
符合时宜的荒诞讽刺剧，说真话的人才疯了，套路太熟悉一切都很无奈。
don't waste two hours of your life🙄
不知道是不是因为cast的阵容实在太过抢眼，好像大家对于本片有很高的anticipation. 其实真的要对Adam McKay祛魅啊，他或许只是想拍一部披着政治讽刺外壳的贺岁喜剧“爽片”，所以虽然梗尬且无新意，一众“影帝”“影后”轧戏还是很有看头的；尽管笑点也确实是SNL的水平，但是要达到entertaining的效果是足够了。可以肯定的是，网飞给足了钱，所以大荧幕看声效视效是在线的，能看到ArianaGrande献声以及地球终于在American saviorism的作用下“毁灭”，于我而言已经是足够了。p.s.: don't look up as a campaign discourse对于build the wall的mockery实在太明显了吧哈哈哈
一部真正后疫情时代的电影。整个就是加长版SNL嘛，亚当·麦凯第一次拍架空确实有点放不开手脚，前半段像是SNL一个个sketch的拼接，不是很够好笑，如果贾德阿帕图来拍可能会少很多政治的说教说不定会更好玩
年年 did it earlier and better :)
“此热线仅对会员开放”和“您的信息将会被记录并共享”这两句话着实把我逗笑了。 如果我能许一个一定会被实现的愿，那肯定是让人类从地球消失。 最多加个人道一点的条件，就是消失的时候不太疼。 有一天资本家正在出售能够吊死其他所有人的绳子，一小撮人消失在了黑布袋子里，一大部分人为得到了签名/纪念版的绳子而自拍并发社交媒体。 我？ 我没有钱买绳子。只能羡慕的给别人点个赞。
整体还行吧。大家能看出纪实，反而不犀利了。我比较喜欢“白宫零食”那段，简单而切中要害。
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