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.
有时候电影确实不需要那么多的技巧，真诚能打动每一个人
不是电影，是一个长小品。笑点哭点都是它准备好要给观众的。这些都还行吧，不是我的菜的原因在，可能贾玲的母亲也真的就是电影里面那样想的，但是在剧情中，在一个煽情的、戏剧的高点，贾玲作为主创让戏中的母亲说出：“下辈子还是我当妈“。是那么自然地包裹着爱意地表达出对母亲、母爱、女性这样的想法，我不是太接受。希望以后国内可以有更多女性视角、女性主题的作品。
剧情非常不合理。同样的套路故事讲的还不如〖我才不要和你做朋友呢〗。整个电影爸爸的存在就是屁吗？所有要找家长的事情都是妈妈去，孩子所有事情都是找妈妈，爸爸就是谢师宴出现了一个喝酒的背影，谢师宴回家都是妈妈骑车带孩子…没必要为了突出母爱，搞成丧偶式育儿吧！孩子高中都毕业了，做假证，不违法吗？这样的溺爱式教育不失败吗？为了搞笑而搞笑为了煽情而煽情…贾玲虽然很可爱，但是演高中生，跟章子怡演上阳赋少女不是一回事吗？两分不能更多了，尴尬症我都犯了。
妈妈指定要看这部，看完后她给9.8分并且说我要是说这部电影不好看就和我急眼。 我妈，一名在东北的录像带厂上班的光荣女工。 电影里的铁饭盒大二八文艺汇演体育比赛全部和她年轻的时候一模一样，也是一九八几年买了第一台电视机，视中国女排为偶像，也只有一个没出息的胖闺女。
没有很特别的摄制技巧，女导演视角下的女性温柔而有魅力，真正地以情动人。
妈妈再来一次还是坚定地选择了那个他，生下她的宝。不求大富大贵，不需要更好的选择，只要是你们陪我，就是最幸福的一生。无论我们有多么普通，都是妈妈心里独一无二的宝。
天要下雨 粮要解营
影片最后打动我的竟然是最后的字幕，尤其是那句
欣赏贾玲，赞美沈腾，张小斐前途无量。但是，这个故事就是不好哭也不太好笑，不喜欢。（弱弱的说）
很成熟的包袱频出的喜剧电影，贾玲的处女作很成功！此外摘一句傅首尔的影评：时光倒流毫无意义，因为那些至关重要的决定，重来一次，也还是会那么选。
给父母了一碗水，就以为自己爱父母无与伦比，哪知道父母对子女的爱深如大海。
3.5星。期待值过高发现其实不到8分的水平呀，撞上这个话题倒是掩盖了一些毛病，另外营销有点过，逆反了。（算是还不错的国产电影～
8.1分真的太不客观。
大型追悼会现场不哭不是人系列。细思极恐的价值观。无法认同。子欲养而亲不待是千古难题，是谁都不能承受的大悲痛。所以对它的理解和表达应该更加理性、艺术、高级。追悼会式情绪推动法，效果倒是好…… 终究都还是要回归当下和真实的。
中国两代人，唉，一言难尽。活着是你的人啊，死了是你的鬼。永远亏欠，相互折磨，永远吃苦，永远热泪盈眶。
有点像80年代好莱坞主流喜剧，简易高概念+共情落脚点+适度反转，过十几年翻拍一遍估计还是会奏效。
完成度和质量能达到这个水平真的挺意外，有几个小bug但瑕不掩瑜。母女对酌那里哭了😭 。处女作加一星
笑着笑着就哭了。也许作为导演处女作技法上有些不完美，至少感情上足够真挚动人，引人共鸣。妈妈，我不仅仅想活得健康快乐，也想要成为你的骄傲。
贾玲猛然知道真相的那一刻，那个镜头，那火光电石的瞬间，那记忆不断回溯的画面，简直就是韩国电影《开心鬼家族》的翻版。
题外话：这个比唐探3笑点更高级、更多
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