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.
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没看过老版，陀螺这个服化道不错，但故事、人物还是差点意思，层次感不足，整体拖沓了一些，还没有《猩红山峰》好看呢，这么一对比，搞得想去重温《猩红山峰》里抖森和劳模姐的虐恋故事了。
真遥党头顶青花鱼，结尾haru的黑化莫名其妙。
不让人愉悦的故事。服装、艺术指导的确出色，个别镜头也惊艳。卡司真亮瞎眼，但what’s the point of this whole story?
美术和氛围感一如既往地好 但或许德托罗想要拍这样的故事 他需要一个克里斯托弗诺兰或乔纳森诺兰来搞编剧
嗑死我了 但是真的剪的稀碎 动画表演啥的真的也很好
3.5 有点长了，不太懂kate这个角色的动机是什么？
好像也没什么差别嘛
Prop design & set design 绝了👏
陀螺可以拍一整部马戏团怪谭的，前半部分行云流水特别得纯熟，后半部分拖泥带水表现太磕碜。btw，谁不是冲着魔兔cp去的呢？其实陀螺可以大胆一点，性转一下Cooper和Cate的角色，嘻！
不让人愉悦的故事。服装、艺术指导的确出色，个别镜头也惊艳。卡司真亮瞎眼，但what’s the point of this whole story?
美术无懈可击。不过需要再看两遍卡罗尔+水形物语来治愈剧情的伤。
妥妥的两个半小时催眠片，没人物也没剧情，各种工具人走一遭，不知道为了啥也不知道演个啥，只能看卡司们切磋演技。非得让人把1947版的翻出来看一看不可。4
看到遥真琴凛宗介等一行人搭着电车，陆续有伙伴下车到站的场景，突然就伤感起来，free这么多部就是主角一行人的成长史，我看大家游了十年，少年会长大，动画的故事也会慢慢走向结尾，大家步入20岁以后会有不同的选择，会在不同的站下车。
大导不愧是大导，能把这么一个cult片题材的故事，讲得这么传奇。大魔王凯特布兰切特和布莱德利库伯的演技很赞，尤其是库伯，结尾崩溃的哭笑触人心弦，凌晨两点看完久久难以释怀。
靠火太近会被焚。
2.5 这次改编相较原版给各位主角都加了很多背景故事，极力想让人物丰满。最后结果就是故事本身被冲淡到寡淡无味… 这个电影真的不需要拍到两个半小时。
珍惜旧版，这版专给那种有睡眠障碍的人看的。
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