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.
全韩国阵容但依然日式，感觉是拍了一部韩国给的命题作文
越往后越奇怪的故事走向，别的部分水准还是在线的。其实开头二十分钟都很不错，就是后面拉胯。
是枝裕和毫无惊喜之作，我看过他的四部电影里最差。宋康昊凭这部片拿戛纳影帝有点儿补奖的意思，他大热那几部哪部不比这部演得好……
剧作、拍摄、演员单拎出来都可以，依然很稳，只是少了些日式温情更像韩国类型片
短评里好多说这是一部童话，来自是枝裕和的韩国童话。
大海仿佛是一个能够涤尽所有污浊的所在，
是枝裕和属于创作水平线始终保持在较高位的导演，即使有时候犯些同质化、主题雷同的毛病，如果忘记掉可供比较、参照的作品，那些被垢病的作品仍然有其令人惊艳的本质。
三星半 有体系 但大部分时候不是我的菜 纯为IU和裴斗娜观影动力 但裴斗娜大部分时候工具性太强 人物设定太偷懒
越往后越奇怪的故事走向，别的部分水准还是在线的。其实开头二十分钟都很不错，就是后面拉胯。
欠了债但还有道德感的掮客，不想打胎但又不想要小孩的妓女，想抓人但又同情心过剩的女警察.. 好像主题拍着拍着就歪了，iu和姜栋元空洞的演技更是让主线不知道跑去哪里了。无血缘的家族应该不会再有第三部了吧😮💨
欠缺精细化打磨的剧本，以及明显的不在地。是不必要存在的是枝裕和电影。
原本很好的基础结构，故事性太不耐看了。很日式的电影，只有宋大叔和若干个配角显得游离在平淡的其他演员和布景之外。
3.5前面真的是什麼都好，一如既往的是枝裕和，慈祥的宋康昊、暖心的姜棟元、可以冷豔可以可愛的IU，韓味重到完全没有文化隔閡感，節奏以是枝作品來說是目前最輕快的一部，但是收尾真是一言難盡，可以載入是枝作品爛尾的第一名了吧，既沒交代清楚同時也收的不盡理想，也許這樣的故事注定難有讓大家都幸福的美好結局，但這次的收尾方式真讓我覺得是枝有些偷懶了。IU再次證明自己既是歌手同是演員的料，我的大叔不只是曇花一現，她把同樣孤高冷豔的表演帶到了這部，和姜棟元在摩天輪上的獨白戲全片最佳。生與不生，墮胎與遺棄終究是難解的議題，生出來前殺掉會比生出來後遺棄的罪孽輕嗎 ？將人口販賣組成類似小偷家族的無血緣組合，進行一場公路販嬰之旅，宋康昊没有任何突破，但今年頒給他坎城影帝是明智的決定，是時候該給他一次身為演員的肯定了
但人世间的污浊粗砺不当如此选择性地回避。
成也明星败也明星，换成不出名的演员，这剧情会扑街的。还不如韩国自己的影人敢说实话，残酷的都藏起来就是温柔吗？在孩子面前，都能被感化？扯淡
继承是枝近年来非血缘亲情和失意者温情的主题，一段犯罪情节剧嵌入其中，配以一些快餐式的批判输出。多亏是枝的笔触，这些欠缺巧妙的设定没有崩塌，我们依然可以较平静地对待这个浮于表面的当代童话。
仍是是枝裕和，没有水土不服。但面对这样尖锐的社会议题似乎温柔了些，全片几位主要角色更像是为剧本服务的工具人，只为凑成类似《小偷家族》模式没有血缘关系的“一家人”。最后结局像是改的国内院线版，太美好了点吧...
是枝裕和的温情鸡汤在韩国调兑显得过于理想化了，有点失真。
怎么说呢，依然保留是枝裕和的特色，但这其实是个非常戏剧性的故事，跟生活化的叙事风格显得不搭，看的时候就很难投入到电影里，觉得不可信。
再有，就算女主如警察所说，主动自首刑期短还能减刑，但依旧无法改变杀人入狱过的事实。作为一个单亲妈妈，未来的生活是很不乐观的。
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