剧情介绍
故事描述百万富翁塞西尔福克斯为了测验三个前任情妇是否对他仍然忠贞,骗她们说自己行将逝世,于是三人分头赶往威尼斯福特家中,不料富翁果然被杀。恶作剧变成精心策划的谋杀案,剧情便转往谁是凶手的路上发展。笨侦探和误导线索带来了一些笑料,但更多的时候是连篇对白,使节奏显得拖滞,剧情发展也未免故弄玄虚,成绩较预期的低。
Inspired by a performance of his favorite play, "Volpone," 20th-century millionaire Cecil Fox devises an intricate plan to trick three of his former mistresses into believing he is dying. Although the women are wealthy in their own right, all have good reason to covet his fortune. To assist him in his scheme, Fox hires William McFly, a gigolo and sometime actor, to act as his secretary/servant. Fox is soon visited at his "deathbed" by the three former mistresses: Merle McGill, a fading Hollywood sex symbol; Princess Dominique, who once took a cruise on Fox's yacht; and Lone Star Crockett, a Texas hypochondriac who travels with an enigmatic nurse/companion. As Fox and McFly act out the charade, things take an unexpected turn from comical farce to full-blown murder mystery.
杀人犯也能继承财产?
Mags太可爱了啊啊啊~
太复杂的反转让人看着迷糊,画外音也是在添乱
删掉开头的戏剧演出,以午夜咖啡馆为节点,加快前后两部分的节奏、删除过于卖弄的对白,再稍加延长咖啡馆的戏份
2020.01.21
曼凯维奇还是不适合拍悬疑…连最擅长的女性刻画都舍弃了也没换来能称作合格的观感。
卡司阵容真强大~哦……mags和Rex?!淡定,我不能见一个配一个~😂原来这时候mags就已经是跟班的了🤦♀️Rex的芭蕾我真服了,😂
把悬疑喜剧拍得如此无聊沉闷也是少见,观看过程中差点儿因各种冗长的对话而放弃,原以为中段的谋杀案发生能掀起一波小高潮,没想到全片的节奏居然如此单一,结尾的真相也觉得故弄玄虚的成分更多。最大的亮点是雷克斯哈里森跳芭蕾,以及年轻的玛姬史密斯。其他几名女演员基本没有什么发挥演技的余地。
被冷落的佳作,灵感源自于《沃尔普尼》,案件并不算复杂,前妻、小三、小四和小五的撕逼混战,有钱人的台词真精妙,时日无多,对时间的思考肯定会比别人深刻。
3.5 曼凯维奇的剧本还是有保证的,到最后故事走向完全出乎意料,为了成全一对“佳偶”这两人还真是够拼,不过这部表达欲显得似乎有点过强了,废话略多。
年轻时候的Maggie啊~~
时间太长,包袱抖的也不响。
前面铺垫得可以,然而中段差了点儿劲儿,所以到最后已经泄了气。
迷人的60年代风情,以为是言情生活实则侦探推理让我看得总有小惊喜。福克斯设局一骗,护士疑管家二骗,管家揭穿福三骗,护士填名字四骗,计中计整得情节很华丽。但结尾反转太多、失于卖弄反为不美。福破产和死掉都非常突兀,明显为奇而崛。删掉后两骗,变成管家害命成功谋财不成更有味道。
剧情紧凑点会更好看,前面冗长得让人瞌睡,后面抖包袱太仓促了。