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.
刑满释放的杀人犯真的只值得人们贬低鄙视吗？不管何时，欺凌别人的人都是丑恶的。
自愧不如，甘拜下风！
教科书一样的电影，剧本，演员，镜头，剪辑，节奏，挑不出一点毛病
节奏还行，闪回叙事。情绪到位，无声胜有声。
桑德拉和维奥拉的演技是真的好，很容易就能让看的人把感情带进去
母女我还能理解顶罪，相差20岁的姐妹没必要，5岁擦枪走火完全没有必要帮忙顶罪，鉴定指纹后就改名换姓离开这个地方重新开始好了，替妹妹坐了20年的冤枉牢真的没必要，如果真的为她好坐完牢也不应该相认，不应该让她唤醒起那段记忆
这应该是Sandra Bullock从影以来的最完美表演吧！奥斯卡级别的！完全是一人带一片的节奏！整片内容其实有些俗套，但我脑袋里记住了Sandra大姐，其它什么东西都不重要了。
是不是只要全程板着脸，装冷酷，就会被吹爆演技？比如《一代宗师》的章子怡。剧情好才是真的好
露丝为了自己的妹妹，甘愿坐牢二十载，承受所有不公和白眼，失去工作和爱人，还要遭受受害者家属的报复，露丝身上闪耀着伟大的母爱。
挺好的，生活错了可能就真的回不来了，不是每个人都有第二次机会，误会在一次又一次的产生，只有心存善念，才能避免事情的逐渐升级，大团圆的结局有些出人意料，姐妹俩的拥抱力量很大，被桑德拉的演技征服
长姐如母，刚毅落魄。桑德拉把这个姐姐演绎得棒极了！她拒绝渔场同事的求爱那一幕和最后一幕与妹妹的拥抱，竟让我湿了眼眶。唉，老了，心软了。
就叙事手法看还是美帝好莱坞那个成熟电影工业的产物，好在不煽情不做作，故事结尾还有一点小反转，让人看起来感觉节奏流畅，不拖泥带水。本片对于美帝的社会现实很准确写实，刑满释放的人永远被打上标签，就像那个假释官说的，你要适应你就是个罪犯。而红脖子与城市中产阶级的嘴脸依然就是那样，根本没人能改变其顽固的观念。社会的法则就是强者生存，loser永远就是被踩在地下摩擦。而曾经的生死时速女郎更加成熟和收敛，虽然全程死人脸一样毫无生气，倒是很贴切女主的人物设定，一个替妹顶罪的底层普通人，出狱后与社会格格不入，能有什么可开心快乐的呢?可以说桑德拉的演绎是准确可靠的。不过那个警长小儿子与嫂子通奸的桥段有点突兀，可能为了激发突显大儿子复仇的戏剧冲突吧。整体来说完成度不错，现在这种现实题材好像在好莱坞越来越流行！
结尾不满意，这个拥抱含义太暧昧了。就应该过来说：thank you for helping my sister
桑德拉·布洛克真的太好了。躺椅交谈那处的眼神真的太好了。隐忍，坚忍，不说。
前面压抑了那么久，最后的那一下无声拥抱把所有情感都带出来了
那如果你是她，你如何让生活重见阳光重新洗白？离开这个地方隐姓埋名？
4星给这个曼彻斯特一般绝望又透着一丝光的故事，+1星给桑姨。
罪犯的身份、固化的阶层、永生无法打破的“原罪”。她背负罪恶换取妹妹的未来，在夹缝中残喘存活，只为了心中的爱！女主演技炸裂，每个眼神都是戏，这才叫演技！结尾好评，此时无声胜有声！
由于各人对家庭的羁绊，新仇旧恨交织，救赎别人等于救赎自己。桑德拉·布洛克演技很给力，剧情很俗套。
剧本太差，一点都不抓人。演技再好也拯救不了。
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