约翰·法罗执导的一部涉案片讲述了一个出版大享凭借过人的胆识和智慧为自己洗刷谋杀罪名的故事影片包容了言情悬疑诸多元素情节跌宕起伏扣人心弦 出版大亨乔纳森拥有世界上最精确最独特的私人大钟这个钟造价高过60万美元可以知道世界任何一个地方的时间乔治就在这个出版机构任职多年来他忙于工作连和妻子去度蜜月的时间都被突而其来的新闻采访所占去内心深处觉得非常亏欠妻子就在他准备休假陪妻子度蜜月时他卷入了一起谋杀案他所带领的团队负责向读者披露案件侦破过程一个又一个的疑点对他相当不利尽管他是无辜的在紧张的调查过程中他利用自己过人的胆识和智慧为自己洗脱了罪名
故事梗概 神秘人制造了一场车祸使被撞车辆中的三人丧生警察在调查中发现车上的人刚刚盗窃了斯坦博物馆的一幅名为维梅尔的油画这幅油画价值300万美金但随着车辆的爆炸这幅画也葬身火海 三名劫匪的妻子分别被带到警察局认尸其中哈瑞的妻子多利不相信自己的丈夫已经去世她以此为由拒绝配合警察调查案件回到家后多利发现家中被人洗劫包括和丈夫一起经营的古董店也没能逃过但很快她发现这伙人并非抢劫而是在寻找一盘录像带 多利联络了另外两名死者的妻子琳达和雪莉她们也都有类似的遭遇在丈夫租用的保险箱里多利发现了大量现钞和一盘录像带原来录像带中记录了哈瑞和其他几个人盗窃博物馆的经过这中间还包括一名警察莱斯尼克 警方和多利都在寻找车祸中的幸存者鲁迪他是一名专门模仿名画的画家但当他们找到鲁迪的女友贝拉时才得知鲁迪已经失踪很多天有可能回到了妻子身边多利拜访鲁迪的妻子萨拉却有了一个惊人的发现鲁迪已经在车祸中丧生而那个被当作鲁迪死里逃生的人竟然是自己的丈夫哈瑞更让多利无法接受的是萨拉已经为哈瑞生下了一个孩子 经过认真的思考和调查多利终于弄明白了事情的真相九年前丈夫哈瑞和同伙受雇于收藏家斯坦为他盗取了一批价值连城的名画真正的维梅尔现在正存放在斯坦的博物馆里在车上被烧毁的实际上是鲁迪制作的赝品而其他名画则被哈瑞藏在了家中的墙壁里哈瑞制造了这场车祸并通过一些手段让警方误认为自己已经丧生由于多利未能给哈瑞生下子嗣哈瑞已经对她毫无兴趣因此和萨拉私通并生下了一个儿子 多利和其他几名遗孀决定冒险潜入斯坦的保险室偷出维梅尔加上哈瑞藏在家中的名画一同上交这样不仅可以得到政府一笔可观的奖励也能报复哈瑞于是几个女人制定了周密的计划和分工琳达负责搞定通讯设备并和雪莉一起进入博物馆关闭报警系统贝拉从通风管道进入保险室从画框中割下名画多利则在屋顶接应经过一番准备工作和强化训练四个女人开始实施她们的偷盗计划 尽管偷盗过程惊心动魄但最终她们还是成功了由于维梅尔是非法所得斯坦尽管心中窝火却不能报警四个女人将名画上交并得到了巨额奖金她们为自己的丈夫报了仇同时也平分了奖金开始了新的生活 精彩视点 作为一部典型的好莱坞动作片影片剧情曲折离奇动作场面宏大主人公由常见的铁汉娇娃变成了四个貌不惊人的寡妇曾因出演劫后生死恋而入围奥斯卡最佳女配角奖并凭借出色的舞姿入围艾美奖的罗茜•派瑞茨在影片中有上佳的表现同时好莱坞著名女星波姬•小丝也出演了四个寡妇之一的雪莉并在片中大秀歌唱技艺
小镇的冬天即将面临升学压力的陈小南和李婷还在街上游荡李婷因受不了父亲的偏心和暴力决定离家出走常年和爷爷生活的陈小南在冬天过后也将离开这里和父亲重新组建的家庭一起生活她决定帮助李婷出走可随之而来的一系列变故也让陈小南做出了和李婷同样的选择
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas
