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.
故事非常狗血，几乎每一步都能被观众猜中。但女主前男友回来时找女主时，本以为会是求复合展开一家三口的美好畅想，女主自此陷入男与女、理智与情感的抉择困境时，导演没有把狗血进行到底，而是把格局扩大，将乱葬岗的部分延伸，多少还是有些强行的感觉。阿莫多瓦的电影看的还是太少了。
用这样的卡司弄出这么一锅泔水，不愧是网飞。哦对了，美国甜心干掉了美国屁股，这可能是最有趣的部分。
故事非常狗血，几乎每一步都能被观众猜中。但女主前男友回来时找女主时，本以为会是求复合展开一家三口的美好畅想，女主自此陷入男与女、理智与情感的抉择困境时，导演没有把狗血进行到底，而是把格局扩大，将乱葬岗的部分延伸，多少还是有些强行的感觉。阿莫多瓦的电影看的还是太少了。
依然是那套定制的大数据电影，网飞真的是个神奇的网站，可以把所有合作电影人的水准都拉到下限，里面的每位都是一副赶紧搞完领钱走人的状态，虽然赚的都是辛苦钱。罗素兄弟的合同应该是按片长签的，不然实在理解不了塞这么多废戏进去干啥。
"要着眼于未来，不然就只是不停的揭开旧伤疤罢了。"
又狗血又平淡，女人主宰世界吧，男人不是xxx年后会灭绝吗，挺好的。
究极缝合怪，看到的电影包括不限于《碟中谍》系列、《谍影重重》系列、《007》系列、《飓风营救》系列、《速度与激情》系列、《疾速追杀》系列以及《自杀小队》。罗素兄弟明明能抢网飞2亿美金，可还是带着全剧组人员全世界公费旅游了一圈，实在！
前面不错，后面故事焦点转移以后，不太能共情上
和之前看的阿莫多瓦多少有些不一样，可见不少广告位。突然冒出“历史不能忘记”有些奇怪，虽然是另一条线，Penelope在这条线上的哭戏演的比较深刻。这两条线在电影呈现上看似关系不大。运用近景和中景比较多，吸引人注意脸上的表演
关于现实与历史的勾联没有做足，女二也是莫名其妙。比起巅峰的阿莫多万确实差点。
变柔和开始讲政治讲历史的阿莫多瓦，在情节上还是会忍不住“cult”一把。
好像是独立女性(某一阶层)带动其他女性，要努力，才能实现生的自由。
【千影计划102】
3.孩子真的有那么好吗，看完《从不很少有时总是》觉得有点割裂。不过或许不是孩子好，而是有钱有闲的善良人好，无论有没有孩子，她们都可以活得很幸福。
看完后想了半天，又翻了好几篇影评，也还是没想明白单亲妈妈的A故事和西班牙内战的B故事有什么联系......
历史线和女主线没有那么有机地交融，但是佩内洛普依旧好，虽然不是她最好的作品。
【NO.40】其实题材挺好，前半段营造的也不错，既有地理上也有时空上的平行，但后半段垮了一点……
熟悉的阿莫多瓦，熟悉的莫兰迪，熟悉的女性主题…全片只有一个男性人物。但串联起历史变迁下对女性主义延续性和存在性的赞扬。失败的地方是剧情的割裂，孩子和考古像是在看两部电影。
祖国母亲与亲缘母亲，是人类的根，可也不是呀…人类就算都是孤儿还不是一样天荒地老
并不算得上精彩，除了阿莫多瓦式的画面配色，以及非常美丽的女二号。
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