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.
浩瀚无边的海洋，或许并不在远方
爵士乐的主题很棒，能感受到很多细腻温柔的内里。其实哪有什么梦想至上，光是做到好好活着这一件事，就已经很了不起了。生活本身，就比其中所谓的闪光点要伟大得多。去好好感知它，这是有灵魂的人该做的事。
抛去晦涩和说教，生命无论传奇和平庸都是平凡之路，认真感受，去热爱，感恩，日日是好日，希望你活着的每一天都能快乐。找到自己的热爱。
它能给一部分人带来希望，也让一部分人看清了绝望
题外话：22是不是很大概率会投胎到中国/亚洲啊！（要拿到hard模式人间体验卡了）发现男主Joe是杰米·福克斯配音的，他本身也是歌手/钢琴家，还演过雷·查尔斯传记片，请他配超合适～
可能是因为对迪士尼(皮克斯)的套路“免疫”了，观感中规中矩，甚至有些强说教的聒噪(谨慎)。// 有时大环境真的潜移默化影响人的心境，过去的2020年整个人类经历了太多关乎生死的劫难起伏，再分散到具体的个人，很多情感的波动阈值几乎趋于无限大，已很难有可以轻易触碰心灵的抚慰了。
不到四星吧。节奏掌控很棒，很工整，全程没有一处拖沓、潦草或者多余。对于抑郁患者而言找到Spark太难了，不是像前半的22那样看待所有尝试都很无趣，就是像后面的他那样陷入梦魇。也想下决心去活。
直到有了女儿，我的人生像是上了无法停止的发条，一开始是被压力推着走，走呀走走呀走，不知道何时是个头，不知道为什么在往前走。
我喜欢那个躺在下水道感受风的镜头，看着领带飘起，上面是天空。
希望短评里那么多被感动到手敲鸡汤文字的人，能真的把这份感悟和感触付诸于生活。
It's not earth, it's New York City in the fall, 或者《海街日记》中的镰仓。
“我从未遇到我想要的生活。你的生活是可悲的，你却努力想要恢复它。我想明白为什么。”
五角场万达杜比，2020年的最后一场电影，8.4分+
感动哭。心流与迷失的灵魂。人生最重要的是经历。
但又反过来看这些生活琐事，好像没有什么比这更让人感到充实和满足的了，渐渐的，我开始爱上带孩子、做家务。
佛教智慧的底色；几乎挑战极限的叙事野心（纯概念的22其实是个太刻意而显得失重的角色）；永不厌倦的纽约赞歌；差异性和机遇的人间滋味……不得不说最大的遗憾是没有一曲原声Jazz能留驻（《爆裂鼓手》里的Fletcher‘s Song In Club！），这还不算开篇太过复杂的叙事套层、以及最后再一层层反转的负担，“Spark”的系统设定和最后“拨一个算珠捣乱”的智力能级完全不在一个层面上的尴尬……另一个不得不说的就是，只讲肤色了，口音上的刻板印象什么时候能走出加州中心主义呢？
本来代入了男主角，后半程完全代入了女主角，在音响掩映下嚎啕大哭。从帮助别人的动机当中拯救了自己，救命的只是那些微小的细节，摧毁了自己的声音，其实全部来自自己。希望看到22和Sadness联动。
苦苦追寻生命的意义，不如真心走过每个瞬间。P.S.重点是，22最后飞向地球的时候，看卫星图它是投胎到了西藏成为了转世灵童。
觉得跟自己期望值不符。唯一的赞美来自他们真的能把亲子这碗饭吃得那么好。
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