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.
有点无聊 说起来我最近才知道Rooney mara和纸牌屋的Kate mara是亲姐妹
没看过彩色版，黑白版的观感还可以，很有classic film noir的感觉。剧本写得没48版的好，拖拖拉拉，详略不当，秘笈和塔罗两个元素运用得都一般。最吸引人的还是Stan这个黑色电影中不多见的蛇蝎美男，既是猎手又是猎物，一步步走进自己设的局中去。
请这么好的演员，拍得这么差，用互联网黑话说就是：ROI太低！
美术服装很出彩，每个演员都在飙演技。故事情节很简单，没有什么特别的高潮，但并不影响陀螺讲故事的能力。
真是boring的故事boring的人物，就这种俗烂剧本需要请一堆大牌明星？翻拍也不是这么搞得吧
看完，凯特·布兰切特的角色设置有点工具。夫妇自杀有点震撼。
老套冗长，但怪人让我想到最近那个新闻里的女人，在火车站或者破旅馆被拐卖，会在夜深人静时絮絮叨叨“我本非如此”、“我本非如此”。另一句台词也能让我想到最近的新闻，“那个长得像卓别林的小瘪犊子入侵了波兰”。最后，大魔王和鲁妮玛拉居然没有任何对手戏，这绝对构成欺诈。
Del Toro réunit tous les éléments indispensables pour rendre hommage au film noir, de la noirceur de l’intrigue à l’éclairage culte en passant par la «femme fatale»,dans 1 décor baroque amplement reconstruit des 40s. Avec le rise and fall de son anti-héros arriviste, le récit prend 1 forme circulaire dans 1 perspective assez prédictive à l’avance, ce qui réduit largement son aspect « suspens». Nightmare Alley reste un film noir esthétiquement abouti et divertissant aux traits freaks/monstrueux, thème de prédilection de son réalisateur.
还是前半部分马戏团的部分比较好看，为啥我有种库珀台词多了，戏反而变拖了的错觉。前半段没啥话的地方味道就很对。
一个不错的创意最后却拍成了一个冗长无趣的故事，很难想象这出自潘神迷宫的导演，玛拉还是这么美，勉强三星。
结尾：-你知道什么是怪人吗？-知道。我生来就是干这个的。
#22#16场景服装造型都很出色的翻拍…只能说在如今这个年代，三位大女主被神棍渣男霍霍结果相互之间还都只有点头之交的电影立场就有那么点危险⚠️。最后隔着厕所门忽悠Molly那段对话看得我自我反省…人还是要有自知之明，无尽的欲望总有一天会反噬
又一部大导演翻拍作品，制作和表演都精良，故事不吸引我，看不下去。
真的不喜欢Cooper，导致入戏入得很困难。还是觉得气息很陈旧，不知道翻拍的点在于什么，除了纳入陀螺的影像奇观。
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
故事很好，可惜表演有点中庸和一般，平铺直叙吧，凯特仍然是抢风头的那一个。
真的很像一个mini series的节奏，karma, oh karma.
没看过原版，这版单看还可以的。前面会让人觉得铺垫过多，但其实人明显也不是奔着爱情故事片去的。摄影美术都很好，工整。
也不能说特别难看，就是看起来特华丽一道菜，吃起来味同嚼蜡，怎么能有这么虚无又平庸的故事
陀螺一贯的让我非常舒适的审美，结尾也停在了应该的地方，细节处理和怪异血腥的呈现一如既往地精准。但是不得不说几乎完全翻拍47版让剧情毫无新意，如果不是双A设定刚好碰上了有张力的两个演员就会变成彻底的灾难。
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