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.
Sorkin太匠氣.....編排得太精緻，blur掉了歷史的真實感.....而且我不喜歡把三觀糊在每個角落的電影
历史中发生过的事件，重演过的、近些年又上演的...只是吧不同的对待方式，能让人看见其中的各不同。有的政治审判，还让人看见还有一丝光，还吐露过真相...有的连审判都没有，政治与权力就是审判...这是与我们不同的时代，不同的世界。
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现今时代已远非60年代，每一起游行变成暴乱的背后究竟是谁策划的，谁可以利用“程序正义”光明正大地行使权力？司马昭之心路人皆知。
60年代的美国还得从一些法律的缝隙里扣出些灰尘审判这些人。看看这里，看看现在，时代是真的不同了，今年是1920年？
相比波兰斯基的我控诉，这片通篇热血直接的反映双方冲突的不可调和，电影很直接很热血，但细细想起来可以发现，通篇完全站在抗议者的一面，编剧或者导演左的十分彻底，所以究竟这是不是真实的历史，所以是一个纪录片还是一个演绎片，才真正决定这个电影的高度
海登领导的学院学生“温和派”和“一群磕药的嬉皮士”的“激进派”，再加上几个“热心的中产阶级”就能阻止越南战争？阻止越南战争继续下去的是“胡志明小道”和陈庚为首的顾问团。美国政府发现这是个无底洞，及时止损才撤走的。
说实话，初看这部电影，并没有太多共鸣，因为不了解那段历史背景。对于真实历史事件改编的电影，最大的收获是其介绍了一段不为大多数人所熟知的历史，它会促使我们去探索历史的真相。在查阅了维基百科之后，了解到这个事件和1968年相当广泛的一系列民主活动有深刻的联系。
看完偷自行车的人听听反派影评，回想一下，索金大大还可以加油哈哈哈
艾伦·索金的一贯发挥，保持了快节奏和高密度的台词，工整且有力。只不过倾向性还是很明显的，并且明明是七君子的故事，电影却拍成了五君子，人物塑造的也略显扁平。
精彩！“你是否蔑视你的政府？” “相比政府对我的蔑视，我的蔑视不值一提。”
Newsroom里的索金改变了立场 因为世界也变了
迅速平行跳切像是纪实闪回，这不是虚构的，而是真实事件改编。很灯塔国，该禁，国内就别看这种当庭大声呵斥法官的所谓皿煮，游行示威、公开审判、自由辩论、程序正义的帝国主义阴谋片了， 反正你们又不是没少删禁。陪审团制度也许不是最好的，但总比各种被代表的好。8.2（原短评论已被删）
工工整整的本子，基于还原历史真实事件的剧本很不好写，何况律政题材要尽量贴近乏味现实更难驾驭。能做到呈现出来这样的结构，加上凌厉剪辑锦上添花。艾伦索金发挥了多年优秀编剧沉淀下来的经验，交足一个功课——有些影片，社会意义大于影片本身。
艾伦索金是属于能用剧本影响到影像风格的那种编剧，连着看《乔布斯》和这一部感受就会非常明显。我以前觉得他的剧本很适合用来学习写台词，尤其是台词上下句的对称和衔接，那种语感和节奏真的绝了，但英文和中文语感本身不太一样，行业大环境也不同，渐渐觉得不是很适用，大部分人做不到他那么精准，而且注意力放在台词设计上之后，戏会不自觉为台词服务，就本末倒置了。这部索金自己做导演，不功不过，但在对剧本的完成度上想必他自己应该是很满意的
好喜欢！百老汇实力真牛
灯塔国的法律系统，大家懂得。找10名完全不懂法律的陪审员来审判，这里头学问可多了，可以用来逃脱法律，也可以用来操纵法律。
最后，与其拿本片反思遥远美国的当下，不妨反思邻近香港的当下。
本来应该四星的，对白推进蒙太奇太不招人喜欢，台词太密，细节太略。但是Bobby Seale被court order gag的那场戏太精彩，一动一静，交织的太妙。而且SBC真的太圈粉了，正戏political satire样样都行。最后一幕真的被成功催泪了，大晚上的要哭晕在被窝了。The world is watching。连Aaron Sorkin算是温和的democrat都吹了集结号了。要还有四年Trump真是要血雨腥风啊！
庭审戏是精华，影片的真正魅力却不单单局限于替左派发声，更是对美国司法体制的完美演绎——你首先是一位公民，其次才是人民。
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