The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
男性导演还是不够懂女性心理，电影中的这个孩子出生的说服力太低，看到最后也没太看出来文素英对于孩子有多大的爱，比起“很感谢你出生在这个世界上”更现实的是“如果生下来不能保证好好养大成人就别生”。世界暗黑得不像话，但不代表就要一味相信童话，尤其是关于生育的童话。
终于还清现实里债务的凯奇，面对事业不顺，家庭裂缝，无奈选择远赴西班牙富豪家派对挣一百万，没想到是个军火贩家族，被CIA盯上当起了间谍，仿如昨日电影重现，结实了军火贩傀儡弟弟，仿如久违朋友兼资深影迷，一同上演了一出拯救家庭拯救爱情的故事，全程看下来，没有多少亮点。
自我调侃的尼古拉斯.凯奇有一种别样的魅力，搞笑的地方常常从现实跳进影片里，来回切换更加有趣。其实后半段就觉得这应该是戏中戏，不然中间那些无厘头简直离谱，不过总体来说，终于从低潮走出来的凯奇，值得掌声。
罪恶的事情却拍的这么温情，了解一下我们的计划生育，呵呵
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陷入创作惯性的庸常，好像是所有作者型导演无法逃开的绝症，只要一旦染疾，病情就很难好转，更别说痊愈；即使想换个环境调理一下，也是治标不治本的事，这是其一。坚持自己的审美与风格、维护自己的创作习惯，和陷入单一叙事迷恋、沉迷某种创作情怀，不是一回事，这是其二。
还蛮喜欢的，以现实题材讲了一则当代社会的“童话”，轻重有度的留白，很多问题也没有给什么答案，“比起生完孩子再抛弃，生孩子之前杀死孩子，难道罪就更轻吗”；演员都很恰到好处的，组成了这一段彼此人生明亮的记忆
一直以为是凯奇准备拍个文艺片来解构自己，有点像灾难艺术家那样，没想到最后还是变成好莱坞之前最擅长的荒诞喜剧了，但还是情怀满满，有趣的地方是真的有趣，很讨影迷喜欢。
过于温柔的小偷家族，角色构成和核心理念都非常相似。前半部十分平淡，人物转变也过于迅速。得到了后半部融入角色心理，行为动机才站得住。但也只是站得住。故事里，无论是不得不抛弃孩子的年轻母亲，还是怀揣着伤痛做掮客的二人组，以及等待犯罪现场的警察，都对于买卖孩子这件事过于宽容。尽管不得不承认有些孩子也许卖了会得到一个更好的人生，但这是一场自以为正义的拿孩子人生的赌博啊。打掉孩子罪更轻，还是丢掉孩子罪更轻，也许不得而知。但可以肯定的是，这两者都是罪。是枝裕和式的细节元素还是比较有趣的，关上灯互相感谢对方来到世界的仪式也很温暖。这个剧本留给演员发挥的空间不是很大，其中宋康昊的演技还是比较细腻的。
谢谢你，来到这个世界。
一直觉得是枝裕和的电影一定要放在东方语境下才是完美的，再加上一个絮絮叨叨的欧巴桑，这些都没有了，那也就不是我们认识的是枝裕和，他真的只是一辈子只适合拍一种电影的巨匠！哎，导演，我还是想念步履不停，想念夏天的树木希林！！
本来以为是成为约翰马尔科维奇，实际上是成为帕丁顿熊。。。那俩cia用力也太猛了。。不喜欢，不过凯奇喜欢就行
每一个喜欢尼古拉斯凯奇的观众，都应该看看这部电影。
虽是充满狂气的自恋之作，但难掩过气的失落。（2022-07-10）
是枝裕和怎么这么拉了，如此轻佻的剧本，真是几乎找不到一点好
实际是相当二手的商业拼盘，近乎高声售卖般充满着自恋和自负，对待现实这一根基则如同套入既往作品公式模板标签，一副漠不关心的专断想象与虚情假意的自我感动，是枝，别装了，清醒一下吧。
至于宋康昊的影蒂，其实也就正常发挥，全片甚至没有高光戏份，IU起码还给了几段。结局就嗯...太理想化了。重复自己重复得也水准下降很多
这次可以看作是是枝裕和在海外的水土不服。
感觉其实没很好也没那么差，其实导演和凯奇都是很自知的，商业电影也就这样了，特别喜欢LSD那一段对话。
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