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.
他强任他强，明月照大江。有的人生是不断创作，有的人生是不断赚钱，我的人生是跑毒看海。
「劳力是无止境，活着多好不需要靠物证」「风花雪月不肯等人，要献便献吻」太会讲道理了。
2021年第一部5星作品。当时第一支预告就预感“不简单”，没想到能这么好。主旨完全感同身受，100%沉浸式体验。皮克斯作为我从小追到大的动画工作室之一，直到现在我依旧很好奇它究竟有什么魔力能够用独特的想象力把我的心里话说出来，平常而不平庸。如果有机会，真想体验一次杜比影院。
“灵魂是压不垮的，只有生活会压垮你”
生活就是让我们去感受它的每一分钟，感受夏夜的风，感受冬日的雪，感受潮汐和落日。有时候机缘巧合带着你打了个转，像是走上了一条和初心截然不同的路，但其实在起点和终点之间，本就有成千上万种抵达的方式，而人生的意义早已藏在这趟旅途中。
看完心里暖暖的～～～被执念的视觉形象一下子击中，迷失的灵魂，失去了和现实生活的连接，主题也特别贴合当下，恰好我今年对拍电影/做编剧也没什么执念了～
历尽千辛万苦，悟道了几千年，结果投胎了去桂枝，导演你做个人吧
【8.0】怎么说呢，有点失望吧，毕竟是我皮，要求还是放的很高的。其实剧作上体现的深度还是足够的，只是在影像执行力上没有什么令人惊艳的地方。表面上看上去是让你寻找生活中的火花这一个有点说教意味的主题，但是结尾当Joe实现梦想之后，才发现自己追求的到底是真正的热爱，还是一个单纯的目标。结尾还是一如既往的皮克斯，想把情绪流推到最高，可惜，前面和22的日常琐事不是很能打动我，有些推进和转折有点硬，最后看完心里总觉得空落落的，期待没有被满足的感觉。
【8.0】怎么说呢，有点失望吧，毕竟是我皮，要求还是放的很高的。其实剧作上体现的深度还是足够的，只是在影像执行力上没有什么令人惊艳的地方。表面上看上去是让你寻找生活中的火花这一个有点说教意味的主题，但是结尾当Joe实现梦想之后，才发现自己追求的到底是真正的热爱，还是一个单纯的目标。结尾还是一如既往的皮克斯，想把情绪流推到最高，可惜，前面和22的日常琐事不是很能打动我，有些推进和转折有点硬，最后看完心里总觉得空落落的，期待没有被满足的感觉。
概念不弱，但执行起来差强人意。整个世界观的搭建以及偶有的神来之笔 让人眼前一亮，但并没有像头脑特工队那样一路玩下去。从重回人间 开始就一泻千里，身体互换梗还能发生在2020年代的皮克斯电影里意想不到的失望。剧情逻辑上的搭建也异常松散，鸡汤论题像是这极为特殊的元年的安慰剂。
2020.12.27 我一定会记住观看这部影片的上午，在生活无意义消解的时候，就当历经过生死，在死亡中寻找灵魂的火花，再死而复生，重又活过，忘了那来时的路，但记住未来的承诺。
就是这样，有些人出生就懂的道理，有些人却活了半辈子再死过一次之后才能明白！
特别适合2020的鸡汤😞 instead of some grand purpose, it’s the little things in everyday life that makes being alive worthwhile
有人正在排队，为了一些无关紧要的东西。光这样想着我就幸福了。
四颗星给技术吧。怎么港，皮克斯其实已经很难打动我了。近十年的12部作品，除了Coco，其他都乏善可陈，好几部还是无聊的狗尾续貂之作，被人捧上天的Inside out在我看来也是gender-roled stereotypical crap. 不过这部至少告诉人们人生的意义是活在当下，就好像被生活压得喘不过气的现代人还有空去思考人生的意义一样，有空纠结这个不如多赚点钱，money is everything. 人生本来也没啥意义，做自己喜欢的事就是意义，就算我知道这件事没意义，但我高兴，这就是意义。我都快不认识意义这两个字了……
继头脑特工队以后，皮克斯又一部力作。最近皮克斯的电影无懈可击，已经不是童年电影，就连这个三十+的老大人都在思考，人生到底为了什么，你苦苦追求的就是你想得到的吗？地球通行证上缺的不是你对某样事情的热爱，是你对生活的爱。
影片直白地道明了主旨：生活的火花就是那些令你愿意活下去的东西。
Try hard to find your spark/ocean in your life。
皮克斯越来越有深度了哈，上次讲情绪，这次探讨生死灵魂人格……或许点燃你的是平凡又深刻的每一天。我曾经也像22一样厌倦一切，看起来高冷，实际上自卑，觉得活着毫无意义……直到最近两年我才明白了很多，生命是个顿悟的过程，看什么听什么没用，只能靠自己……外力只会加速或延缓这个过程【2020年末了，今年最佳
“我从未遇到我想要的生活。你的生活是可悲的，你却努力想要恢复它。我想明白为什么。”
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