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.
剧情像迷宫，弯路绕多了反而让人不知道终点到底是哪里，前一个小时是印度类型片的枯燥，后一个小时是西班牙式悬疑的转折，让人惊喜。
层层递进的反转，以为是站在更高的正义，但离真相越近就越丑陋。其实你我都只是棋子。
全程无尿点，虽然很早已经大概猜出了故事的脉络，但是依然会让观众充满期待下一个反转的优质电影。电影本身围绕“权利”探讨了很深刻的社会问题，让观众思考：什么是公平？社会是否有绝对公平？什么是真相？是谁带给了我们真相？我们该相信什么？我们又该相信谁？媒体是什么？他们代表谁？谁又可以代表弱势群体？ 电影想表达的内容太丰富了，所幸的是，通过了一个系列性有牵绊的故事，导演和全体工作者让观者感受到了他们想表达的，并且深思出电影外更丰富的东西。很热血沸腾的电影，就像其他观众说的，印度电影在批判现实方面，已经有了韩国电影那味儿了，不管现实究竟是不是黑的，但总还有人能够有公开的渠道去表达出阳光且正义的看法，是令人感动的。
世界是少数几个人的游戏，我们只是各种规则制度下的尘埃。
节奏有点慢，观点蛮尖锐，印度政府还比较自由啊，这也能上映
“这就是政治。为了赢，会玩任何肮脏的游戏，政治家最大的武器知道是什么吗？情感!公众的情感!是疯狂，他们的思想，智慧还有决策都会被这种疯狂推翻。当他们因为这种情绪而忘记一切的时候，我们就能实现统治!” “当一条狗被杀死时，人们会去抗议，但当一个人被杀死时，连狗都不会有反应，这种信念从何而来？让提出问题的人闭嘴的政治，让指责的人戴上手铐的政治，但无论你如何试图让他们闭嘴，无论你把他们关进哪座监狱，都会有人提出问题，而且必须有人回答。”
一群矫揉造作、满嘴cliche的小市民出来晒自己的豆瓣已听已看🤷🏻♀️ 郭敬明的文青版。难道外地人移居上海了都得有这么强烈的皈依狂热？
抛开政治抛开法律，光一个种姓就够喝一壶了，国内的阶层压制至少不是明面上的，种姓于印度，贱民不如狗。
印度又一部瑕不掩瑜的牛逼电影，一位女教师的死亡，牵扯出一系列对于女性、教育、媒体、司法和政治的深刻探讨，台词写的可真好…印度电影越来越敢拍而且越来越会拍，羡慕完韩国已经开始羡慕印度了，人家在话题和尺度上，就已经让我们望尘莫及了…
对于一部题材如此大尺度的电影，你不得不感慨，虽然印度穷乱，但是印度的电影却一直在往新的高度挑战。
三个小时的电影十足漫长，随时来的歌舞声也不非常下头，也没什么高超手法，部分情节有点过于小学生，虽然…但是…友邻评论的人们共情的共的都是电影之外的东西特别贴切。
2.5 肥皂剧改成电影真的欣赏不来，不如改名《老时代》
咱就是说，印度这个老嫂子，电影是真敢拍啊。这高分基本都是给题材大胆的吧！电影还是印度套路，歌舞部分不多，剧情反转反转再反转，政治，媒体，女性，种族歧视等等，都涉及。四分
一开始是要旗帜鲜明地反对动乱,然后变成一个地方的警察署长怎么就接了中央的大案子,只好当场吟了一首诗...接着就是fake news不能make India great again,要加强网络舆论管理,最好扫黑廉政建设,不让互联网成为法外之地...律政戏还蛮出彩的..."仿佛在看罗翔审张三"...
结局一段的处理方式没看懂啊。不塑造律师，也并没有把副督察弄得更丰满
最后一个长镜头，主演们的观影习惯，我认为费里尼有被冒犯到，也引起我的生理不适。我不认为，这是一种致敬方式，如果仅仅讲一个嵌套费里尼《爱情神话》的“罗马假日”式的偶遇故事，就是「神话」了，那爱情，未免也太肤浅了吧。全片像极了上海地方台的生活情景剧，丝毫没有get到笑点，徐峥与小女孩的台词抖包袱，也是一个“尬”字了得。你可以说，它是夹带了导演私货，献给上海的情诗，是不是也可以说，在上海这样开放的大都会，却使用了沪语甚至只有上海人才懂的梗，来呈现故事叙事。真的想说，这也太狭隘和没有格局了。全片可惜了这阵容卡司演员，导演拍出40集电视连续剧既视感，但却连情节剧的叙事能力，也没有。可能抱有太高期待，全程真是失望透顶。如果「题眼」是离异人群的中年友情与爱情，那我也不愿意接受这种假惺惺的扭捏和造作。
一般，很平淡的剧，没啥起伏，有点无聊。上海话听多了，有点头疼
节奏反转都很好。这个国内应该不会翻拍了吧。不敢
虚浮缥缈的小资遐想和人物，几个女演员仍然是作为镶边符号，只会念碎片式网络流行语。说它消费女性吧，徐峥在里面鞠躬道歉自己先骂了；说它沪语多硬拗派头，时不时又冒出几句普通话，然而无意义，都是无聊片汤话。
2、提问的人被戴上了镣铐，指责的人也被戴上了镣铐，说谁呢这是！😅😅
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