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.
喜欢演Venus 的小演员 笑起来特别阳光
AMC Hoffman Center | 同场的几乎都是黑人，威尔史密斯演的真好，大小威之间的sisterhood真的让人羡慕，最喜欢的是母亲在厨房的那段戏：如果不是两个女儿我早走了！（大概是这样。可见两姐妹的父亲有多爹味。
影片并未将重点放在威廉姆斯姐妹这两位伟大的运动员身上，而是挖掘、发现其背后的最大推手——理查德·威廉姆斯。他偏执自负，有浓厚的家父主义作风；他深谋远虑，为了女儿们的长远发展甘愿放弃眼前利益。
非常工整的一部传记片，故事节奏人物都工整到没话讲，will的演绎更是满分！（奥斯卡你发发善心。最后影片落脚到了种族和女性鼓励的点上是非常取巧的行为，毕竟把king已经大剌剌写在了标题。父权的压迫，偏执，却让两姐妹走向了成功，不得不说，是这个世界太荒谬，而女孩成长的弑父总是表现得温情。她们还是成功了不是吗！妈妈的角色其实才是真的心灵的后盾。最后，还是祝福will一举夺魁！也希望所有的族裔的女孩也可以受到鼓舞，但也可以自由成长。
史皇的演技Ok，可惜导演没能力深入这个角色。
剧情流畅，执着的相信，培养大小威的过程，改变孩子都命运，片尾有点刻意升华到黑人、种族这些美国的常态……不过，放大了的是父爱，缩小了的是私信和踩踏
真是有远见的爸爸，保证童年的快乐，不耽误学业，才能把技能提高到最高！
也就得亏成功了，不然就是满嘴跑火车的父权专制自负狂，而且能成功也是因为姐妹俩是真的强有天赋。
威廉姆斯姐妹们的爸爸的故事，确实像摔跤吧爸爸，比较平。过于夸大黑人女权主义没必要，我相信大小威肯定不是为黑人女权之崛起而打球，她们妈妈肯定也不会在赛前刻意说女权故事。明明是个传记这样没意思。
人物逻辑混乱，价值何等迷惑
不算是纯粹的成长教育探讨题材，也不是准备以亲情故事打动观众，更不算是纯粹的体育励志鸡汤类影片，剧作者既然将主角两位世界冠军的爸爸作为主角，是否还可以对这部充满争议（当然现在成功了，争议也就烟消云散了）的父亲的心路历程做更深层次的探讨和演绎呢？难道作者的目的是单纯将这位倔强固执的父亲演绎出来，将如何打造更适合自己的子女教育方式和思路的课题留给观众自己去思考吗？还有就是种族和性别平权的观点在影片中的刻意强调，反倒是稀释了观众对影片主旨的直接理解。这是个很好的题材，但是否拍成这样是最好的选择呢？
其实，是不是大威小威小时候的传记，已经不重要了。因为本片不叫《大威小威传》，它叫《国王理查德》。
该如何看待影片与现实的互文呢？如果观众相信“我爱你”是在撒狗粮，“浪费生命”是在反讽并鲜明地表达自我态度，“故事不需要引人入胜的情节”是创作观，那么，“我写不出来了，大概是江郎才尽吧”就也应该被视为夫子自道。在我看来，这个说法和他近年的持续高产也并不矛盾，更进一步说，因为独此一份，所以他拍得好或不好，也已经没有那么重要了。
拍片的水准很高，故事也讲的很走心，特别一颗星献给理查德，虽然很多人想他如此坚持都没有成功，但因为他的存在让更多人有信心坚持做自己！
他怎么拍这么长才拍到15岁？ 片长也是错的
# 有赖大小威姐妹的参与，服装/装备的高还原程度令人信服。
如果不是出身寒微，人是很难把生命能力集中到一点去爆发出来，没有多余的选择，才能迫使人全力以赴做绝一件事。但这片正能量、政治正确但说教都太“用力”了。给三颗星，差不多了，太用力这件事不怪演员，是大环境氛围的问题，使劲往“奥斯卡奖”上挤过去，这真的不太好，用力过猛了。
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Ｄ/ 李慧英和敏后的CP很好嗑，让我们说：谢谢煮饭师傅洪常秀。
挺流畅的，因为是真实事件，所以不算鸡汤，不过也就成千上万个家庭里面出现这么一个，所以这也是能被拍出来的原因，没啥普适性。当网球来敲门，来打网球吧，爸爸。那几段留白恰到好处
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