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.
3.5/5. 1968年的人在问我们为50年后留下什么样的形象，50年后的今天，68年的情绪似乎又回到了我们的脸上，就像电影本身，用一场泾渭分明的“故地重演”，来发起似乎早该在68年解决的问题。只是，这个时代的创造变得更平庸，保守地激进着，自由地顺从着，或者像在这里，在温水中观火。
“我从来没有因为我的思想而接受过审判”
导演/编剧在开拍/开写之前就已经给开庭之前就想给主角团们定罪的大法官定了罪。
配乐淡化了些许工整匠气，学院派的良心之作。
电影逗比都地方在于，幸福的控方都是相似的，不幸的辩方各有各的不幸。同时也让你深切的感受到理想主义化的情绪载舟覆舟的力量，他可以把温和的抗议推向流血的冲突，可以把肃穆的法庭变成荒谬的行为艺术，也可以让不同阵容的人们为同一件事起立鼓掌。
看这部电影犹如在上一堂课。它向我们真实呈现了1970年初大洋彼岸公民社会里真实的样子、公民社会里律师该有的样子、公民社会里的公民应有的素养；它亦是黑暗中的明灯，正当其时的出现默默慰藉着那些无依的灵魂……感谢Netflix精彩呈现，感谢“人人影视”的大神们的无私奉献，感谢黑暗中出现的那一丝丝缝隙使我们还有机会看到这么激励人心的好电影。
索金大师不愧是大师，在两个小时的时长内讲述了美国六十年代民运错综复杂的权利与社会关系，通俗易懂丝毫不显臃肿，人物也富有个性，法庭戏也不枯燥，如果要挑缺点那就是这片太匠气了，太靠剧本了，少了些灵气。演员都是拿奖的种子选手，最后对暴乱的直面展现也是颇有趣味。这个片子很适合和今年维吉尼亚金拍的迈亚密一夜一起看，各个民运派系观点的冲撞以及民运所附带的责任，这两部片讲的都很有意思。
Very well orchestrated, 但是太 煽 了。这样的剧本，如果对它有满分的信念，又为什么要剪辑和音乐助力呢。
女机长这段好感动🥲，连小动物也有人照料好有人文关怀哦
It’s surprising how much has changed and how much hasn’t...想起《辩护人》，但毕竟Sorkinism，文戏更犀利，看报道说真实情况的戏剧性有过之而无不及。
该短评因为评论人意识到将含有激进意识形态内容于是评论人已经代替审查人呀进行了严肃的自我阉割，
这部片子里讨论了很多问题，比如性别歧视、种族歧视、毒品泛滥、系统性的滥用暴力、美霸权主义操控的海外战争等等。回溯过去两年的新闻，很容易发现这些问题始终蛰伏在社会的角角落落而从未得到妥善解决。
台詞密度高不代表就很厲害。庭審戲拍得實在太無聊了！鏡頭無聊、剪輯無聊、連演員的表演都被帶的很無聊⋯⋯一星留給這段發人深省並正在重演的歷史。看完這片也就懂了為什麼囧瑟夫會在臉書發那篇文了。P.S 真不敢相信這是拍出《 The Newsroom》的導演 ( •̅_•̅ )
so touching
用一个词来形容就是平庸，剧情平庸，叙事平庸，演员平庸，里朗斯和小雀斑、囧瑟夫基本没什么发挥空间，反倒法官施展的比较尽兴。不过这类写实的片子意义大于内容，看过的好多基本都是这个水准。
好莱坞电影还是厉害，只要反抗了就是胜利，只要上了庭都能成为英雄，无论实际情况多么的微薄、无力甚至错误。最后结尾的戏剧性设计也不错，当时才五千多人，其实越战结束美国一共死了8万多人，应该都读完后再ending……不，还得加上两百多万的越南军民。
有些人在长期缺失某些东西后忘了他们也应该/可以拥有那些东西，有些人在看到别人拥有他们缺失的某些东西后羡慕别人并渴望他们也能享有那些东西。
比之于《茉莉牌局》初登场时的蹑手蹑脚与人物塑造时的缺憾，在角色更多、故事更宏大的挑战面前，Sorkin没有知难而退，而选择了自己更为见长的路数赋予了这堂“历史课”合格的讲述。占大篇幅室内庭审戏的交锋用对白撑满、七英杰各自背后所代表的六十年代平行精神重召时代气氛、当然，还有免不了的选战前“带货”。信息上的丰富以及节奏上的饱满，把这起事件生动地记载了下来（即便有些时候是为了宣讲而宣讲）。我再说一次，正剧模式的Sacha Baron Cohen就是最屌的。
Aaron Sorkin的剧本一如既往的精彩，看得我热血沸腾，庭审辩论和游行闪回间的转接如行云流水，这剪辑也太强了！结尾有种虽败犹荣的自豪感，看着Tom Hayden念名字的时候，我禁不住落泪。这片子正好在2020年上映，也是独具时代意义的。
他们revolution，他们蜕化，他们轮回。
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