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.
最后妮可的愣神真的演的很棒。一位女演员，在女性意识逐渐苏醒的年代，没有过分标榜自己的女性身份，甚至在丈夫一次次出轨后都默默忍受，只希望能得到丈夫的一句道歉，但在一次次的谎言中她绝望了，摄影棚给了她一种家的错觉，情景剧也不过是宣泄情绪的娱乐品，家庭早已破碎不堪。于是在最后和丈夫的同台表演中她一次又一次的修改剧本，试图重新找回记忆中的那个他，虽然只有短短几秒，但也足以说明曾经的她多么幸福
Nicole Kidman的表演真的太完美了。
2.5. 除结尾外哪儿都比较拉的一部Sorkin
其实整体够不到四星的，但是最后一段，节奏和表演精准到足以抵消前面两小时过于细碎和稍显冗长混乱的各种穿插闪回带来的疲惫。她用那突然的忘词，亲手击碎了这“一周”的抗争和他们多年来共同铸就的一切。那几秒太妙太抓人了。女人就是这样，会偏执会疯狂会不管不顾直到亲自撞上那堵墙。只不过，撞上便是撞上了，回过神就不回头了。我昨夜的梦里，还萦绕着Nicole的那个眼神，足见力量。
补标 1.12
没有把握好两位五十几岁演员的妆造问题，以至于二十来岁的“过去”和四十来岁的“当下”不能一眼分清。其他没放下，见长评。
中规中矩，很工整但没什么爆发点。女神和Javier的妆发都认不本人出来了。
只剩下针锋相对的对白，抖机灵多了就只剩下抖机灵了，哈，这不是一句废话。艾伦·索金不太会拍。
Javier Bardem真是太有魅力了！想说的过多，一股脑塞进来，又是熟悉的多线程叙述，但Kidman的脸显然已经让人无法分辨出时间差，简直不敢相信这是Sokin的剧本！
索金是烂索金，妮可是好妮可。
讲故事的顺序太乱了，两位主演挺好。妮可演原型人物的时候甚至比她本人在戏外女神的样子还要有魅力
索金剧本水准还行，下次别拍了...
拍得太长导致整个剧情很空洞无物，妮可的戏份也不吃重，看上去像是一个半成品
艾伦索金怎么不管拍什么都能拍出一股勤能补拙的吃苦劲儿，完全没必要。
3.5 题材从律政来到社会，同样的台词密度就会稍显紧促，再加上过满的主题，让电影更显的节奏失控。我可能第一次欣赏到了基德曼的表演。
妮可很拼，巴登很hot
一览电视出现之初情景喜剧的制作流程，除此之外不懂，独立强大气场的女性？好莱坞对共产党的清算？20世纪初的好莱坞时代剧？都不是很着调呢，就在索金的絮絮叨叨里给絮飘了。
3.0。艾倫索金一出手便塑造了一個比麥瑟爾夫人更立體的女性喜劇演員，可惜視聽語言實在是平庸到備感乏味。
索金最近的剧本都太趋同了，真的没意思，什么都想讲，什么都没讲好。导得也不行啊。
挺喜欢最后十分钟，前面女主一直有点抓马，有点让人讨厌，后面好很多，反倒是一直让人很喜欢的男主变得让人讨厌了，基德曼女士还这么美不合理啊
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