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.
作为科幻剧，差。作为爱情片，美！这应该是个披着科幻片外衣的爱情片
乐趣就在于找脸熟
打着科幻的口号和外衣 却是很纯的爱情片 犯罪和悬疑元素也只限于滤镜 倒不如更多的内心爱情戏表示纯爱更合理一些 不然实在太浪费卡斯的表演 最后的结局也属于硬套这个科幻题材 反派的动机和心理都有些考验智商下线 逻辑始终是此类电影越不过的鸿沟
我觉得还可以啊，一个很温暖的故事。对未来世界的构架也蛮有意思的。
格局小了，还以为大boss是国际女毒贩呢！浪费一个好题材（也算是圆了马戏之王的遗憾了
这故事套路，设定奇怪，世界观倒是让人有点好奇，但没讲多少。所以，看不看随你，“朋友”。
格局越看越小。爱不起来可能还是因为表现上的乏力 不管是女主的颜 还是演技 魅力值这个东西 太难定义 影片节奏也略显乏力
评分好低啊，本质是个硬汉派侦探故事。我不喜欢硬汉派小说但还蛮喜欢硬汉派小说改编的电影，尤其是Film Noir那套美学套在未来水世界的科幻世界观上，氛围很棒。故事就太没劲了，金刚狼扮演靠观看他人回忆来破案的侦探。吴彦祖演了个黑帮老大，一句英文里加一个中文词真是太怪了……冷硬派侦探小说常常能蹦出海明威式金句，这部电影里男女主人公也有这样一段我很喜欢的对话：“跟我讲一个Happy Ending的故事吧”“这世上没有Happy Ending的故事，过程越甜蜜，结尾越苦涩”“那就跟我讲一个故事，然后让它停留在中间”……
女主就相信男主会追查？
虽然是是个很容易预见发展的爱情故事，但Rebecca太美了
想法挺诺兰，但是嫁进诺兰家并不代表有诺兰的能力
别怪我困，你大伯哥诺兰看了估计也得困。这么宏大的科幻背景，最后讲个处对象的事，现在都这样了吗？那狼叔搁那泡那么长时间皮肤不得浮囊了。
花太多笔墨解释内涝不夜佛州高谭黑帮老大二公子不是小丑和半缸水盗忆机的使用方法，情感故事和内核被兑水太多需要观众自行加料才能移情。回忆不管好坏都是令人欲罢不能的头号非物质毒品，谁不希望被ghost时对方另有隐情或回心转意。古二蛋疯狂夹带广普what a 龟孙子
整部电影只有女主角在唱歌的时候是最好看的了，剧本太烂。
穿插于现实、回忆甚至幻觉之间，折腾这么多动作戏，这电影实在是定位错乱。
「那就跟我講個快樂的故事，但要在中間結束」
这特么居然是个爱情片，奈何剧情无比老套，马戏之王二人组再续前缘演了出虐恋情深生离死别，躺水里“追忆”的方式也太像少数派报告了，吴彦祖英夹中的台词真不是为了增添喜剧效果？
冲着狼叔+吴彦祖看的。虽然剧情老套，但不得不感慨好莱坞的美指和DP太厉害了，和国产电影已经不在一个维度了。大全景和室外的景都太美了
场景设计的不错，但是这个故事到底讲了个什么？
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