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.
不用动脑的cheesy romcom，看完心情是愉悦的，足矣。
#22#53 小镇的电影院和风景真棒…落俗的爱情片，全世界陪小公主长大走出童年原生家庭的阴影，不禁想问，凭啥？
编剧大过节搁家里抠着脚丫子写出来的离谱剧本和一群假人。眼瞅着2022年都要到了，居然还有如此脸谱化的人物塑造和封建残余似的刻板印象。老套倒不可怕，可怕的是强行制造「合家欢」，让电影从头到尾都充斥着不合理的行为与假惺惺的骗人把戏。
像是一个童话故事。很多人做梦都想拥有的一种爱情。
好扯的剧情，不喜欢。我只是为了看欧文·威尔逊 YF
很纠结，前半部分感觉挺棒的，后半部分与前半部分有脱节的感觉，看到后面差点看不下去了，耐着性子看完了，最后女主站在台上解读自己的照片时又把片子的质量拉回来了
JLo都没老，还是我小时候看怪兽婆婆的JLo～大本真幸福～
圣诞电影，就那样吧，不多要求了。几个男主演都挺养眼的。
热热闹闹像一部好莱坞的电影，但是制作还是要有钱一些。
不可避免地会被拿来与诺丁山做对比，也毫无悬念地差得很远。作为一部中上的四平八稳的RomCom比k歌情人略强，区别于过去故事的核心在于这是一个前所未有的时代：互联网是如此地无孔不入，名气与影响力从未如此被量化成直观的数据并吞噬一切，在这样的时代里，还能诞生像诺丁山一样，真诚、小心翼翼而又掏心掏肺，可以fight everything的美丽爱情吗？从豆瓣短评来看应该是不太行。这当然有创作者技法上的因素，但也许，这真的不是一个浪漫的时代。
真不好看，好莱坞是黔驴技穷了么，最近没看到好电影
是时隔半年第一次在影院看电影，明明知道是一部老套的好莱坞爱情喜剧电影但是就是想简简单单快快乐乐的开心一下，从头都可以猜到最后，起承转合工工整整。劳伦兹真的好厉害53岁这么抗打，看这部电影主要是因为她和大本今年的恋情风风火火，想看看电影里的她会什么样子，果然值得一周四次。插曲真的巨好听，果断放到qq音乐里。整体观影满足，觉得好的电影最佳就是满足预期，超过预期都不奢望，我得到我要的就足够了。
勇敢的拥抱美好啊！很多悲剧也许是因为没有做一个好好的告别，才会走进一个艰难的死胡同。我们要好好的学会告别。当别人来找我们告别的时候，也要好好的划上句号，而不是就地跳进进一个迷宫。
不用带脑子的小甜剧，男主这个鼻子长得也太奇怪了。（种草了好几首歌。）
爱情童话吧，更像是歌星版诺丁山。只能当是洛佩兹的MTV看看
又甜又好哭。男主角真的是传统的理想欧美男友了！
J.Lo状态依然在线，但剧情好无趣，歌不难听但总感觉已过时。
特么好做一女的。各种别扭。香肠嘴越看越烦。
Owen Wilson长得太文艺了，小妞电影男主应该是Hugh Grant这种（但是电影里他和JLO居然有CP感！）
很普通轻松的romcom 闲得没事干随便看看
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