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.
回家的路上在车后座安稳的睡着，被爸爸抱进家里（记得晚晚也说过这个细节）；妈妈把看着电视睡着的孩子放平，脚摞在自己的膝上。这样平淡的瞬间，像一条洗到有点发硬的旧毛毯却可以包裹住日后诸多苦难的避难所。
SXSW首映礼。太喜欢了。天上的生活是一片银灰色和只能听到自己呼吸的孤独，地上的生活是抢电视剧的六个兄弟姐妹和爸妈、休斯顿的夏天、冰苹果和冰淇淋、和邻居家小孩互相使坏的游戏。奥斯汀和休斯顿的复古回忆，越战、冷战、饥荒等宏大的名词乱飘。40万人参与了阿波罗项目。天上和地下糅在一起，我们也都是相连的。
虽然我是导演的粉丝，但是这部电影全程看的都很无趣
特效每次出现都能把我尬住，除此之外都还好，真实取景就是牛，这种美不是后期能做出来的
米国太空的荣光已经不是NASA，而是归于马斯克。NASA直接交给马斯克管理是好事
近几年来，非常棒的文艺片，剧情内容朴实感人，2021必看电影。
Once upon a time in America. 3.5.
时代情怀的追忆，登月幻梦的奇迹。以孩童的视角回顾真实的历史，以私人的滤镜重现灿烂的童年。生活的点滴逐渐清晰，青春的肆意逐渐聒噪。音乐，电影，游戏都在回味中变得格外特别，大萧条，战争，种族歧视也亦如社会中那些无法根除的疑难杂症。作者用他轻巧的笔触构筑出祈愿未来的希望，始终洋溢着幸福的微笑，始终携着乐观积极的心态。与其沉溺那些无法改变的恶意，不如用热爱搅动命运的齿轮。逝去的光阴终究成了耀眼的瑰宝，人类的进步是永无止境的冒险……
一个个人物刻画的栩栩如生，看过之后意犹未尽。
好有意思，很像我们的《阳光灿烂的日子》，讲大时代的童年、少年时代。
#看多了猎奇的作品，忽而对这种【现实记录向】的作品很不适应，总生出这是逢场作戏的质疑。没有去过藏区，没有见过这样的孩子们，也从没有想象过这种艰苦的求学环境。“外面的世界好吗？”如果她们真的要问，习惯了外面世界的人们欲言又止就是答案了啊
现实生活没有玫瑰色的滤镜，无力承受，提前退，在朋友圈感叹入不敷出，免了一个月。这世上有什么坎是过不去，看了一下存款，和要还的还款，承认是穷疯了，兔子疯了要咬人，穷了要发疯，别疯 先给你疫情免一个月，等找到再说。60－70年代年的美国，那时的一切都朝气蓬勃欣欣向荣，人们乐观地相信未来，但梦幻的少年时代，只是记忆增添的滤镜，不义战争、种族歧视与性别压迫，危机一直都在，当下的风暴正在酝酿中，五十多年过去了，宁静海的脚印还在，但再未有人类的身影，从月球俯瞰地球，是一个混乱诡谲的时代，但那也是一个仰望星空的时代，那是一个惨绝人寰的世界，也是一个凤凰涅槃的世界，左手屠刀，右手罗盘
装载了导演童年的个人追忆与集体回忆。60年代与刚过去的世纪末并无差多少。★★★☆/7.4
拍给私人回忆的情怀电影，他爸真的跟我部门领导一个个性
月球漫步与小孩的童年回忆 游乐园真好玩 这么多孩子的家庭
#这真是一个现实的问题：“心”和“力”的一场博弈。可能心有余而力不足，可能力有余而心不足，可能心力皆不足，可能心力皆有余，可能心力刚刚好……所以那些没有坚持3年的老师，旁人又用什么立场去judge？
童年少年那个时代的生活日常与少年梦想。
冷战、经济萧条、又上天了，米国怀旧且做好与天朝的新对峙的准备了吗，这也算是米国的伟光正宣教作品吧
意外的有趣 果然一直还差60年 流行文化和消费主义的鼻祖
人类的童年，都是充满了替代幻想、纯洁的牛逼和过后即忘的特点。
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