On a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors in her residential building about the affair that Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey are having. When the rude and unfriendly Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is being sexually pressured by her married boss Mr. Bert Easter. She does however very much like her kind young Jewish neighbor Sam, who has a serious crush on her.
The next morning, Frank Maurrant tells his wife that he is traveling to Stamford on business. Mrs. Maurrant meets the gentle Sankey in her apartment, but out of the blue Frank comes back home. He realizes his wife is upstairs with Sankey, and runs upstairs. We hear shots and see the two men struggling as Sankey tries to escape through the window. Maurrant runs out with a gun. He has killed Sankey and fatally wounded his wife.
Maurrant is apprehended and is led away by police. He apologizes to his daughter Rose, who will now have to take care of herself and her young brother without either parent. Rose's boss offers once again to set her up in her own apartment, but she refuses. Then she sees Sam, and tells him she wants to leave the city. Sam pleads with her to let him go with her, but she tells him it will be better for the two of them to have a couple of years apart before they consider becoming a couple. Rose walks off down the street by herself.
女性群像和共同体刻画得很立体，可惜还是太满了，好莱坞匠气
剧情经不住过多推敲，想来也没什么不好的，只是这个时代这种故事，厌倦了吧。
女主20年前为啥不找个年轻人演，跟她6岁的妹妹看起来像娘俩，其实20年后也像。
形式到位了，但是剧情还差了点。一些零碎拼凑起来的东西没有很好地把更深邃触动的东西表现出来，同时也缺少情感爆发点。
3.5 后置事件真相，加之前半程极为克制的情感暴露（从表演和导演层面均是），使得ruth到中心点时开始流露出的情感极具爆发力；不知道是不是真实事件就如此——1.ruth和katie是姐妹而非母女；2.结尾ruth冒着生命危险救的是绑架错的emily。很细微的两点，把ruth对katie的“两次拯救”剥离掉了很多身份属性（亲情）带去的动机，使得产生的情感变得纯粹且具有穿透力
目前IMDb评分6.2/362票，自带字幕省事了
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？
姐姐作出的牺牲太大了。本以为是一个讲述罪犯再就业的故事。故事中牵扯了受害者、领养者、罪犯三个家庭，其实核心主题就是“宽恕”“生活应该继续”。但支线过多，反而妨害了影片的表达。受害者线情节有些drama，影响了质感；姐妹救赎线不免多此一举，妹妹是否想念姐姐，妹妹是不是犯罪者，妹妹是否知道姐姐的存在，其实无关紧要。
很多影评人抱怨剧情不合理，可是人家是改编自十年前的获奖英国迷你剧集啊。好吧，里面的好人（律师、鱼工）可能是太好了点，坏人（警察的儿子）确实是太坏了点；但前者并不影响主线剧情，后者则为了突出典型和增加张力，所以都还可以接受。本片最大的反转——女主是主动顶罪的——我也觉得逻辑通顺（妹妹五岁这个年龄非常关键），而且这更加深了“请给回头浪子再一次机会”和无私亲情的两大主题。真要挑毛病，我觉得西雅图中国城及亚裔的形象可以再光辉一些。
泪点可能是变低了 哇哇哭啊 也可能是最后的钢琴曲太吊情绪了 只能说导演太会了 他让听觉沦落为视觉的奴隶 然后抽打观众 把无数的记忆闪回同理化 把抽丝剥茧做到水之呼吸的节奏 真是妙啊
为了亲爱的妹妹承担了一切也无怨言
粉身碎骨都护之身后称为之爱。
很高兴看到影片这样的解决，被保护的最终还是被保护了。
背负一生，警长的儿子好惨，父亲被杀，自己被绿，绑架还要坐牢。
我哭得好大声，the system is not broke it is built this way，这是一个本该避免的悲剧，女主的不负责单亲老爹自杀后法院要收回房子（我猜可能因为没钱付房贷这类吧），警察暴力上门驱赶女主和她的五岁妹妹，于是妹妹开枪射死了进入房子的条子而Ruth为妹妹顶罪
很不错的悬疑片，真相大白的时候，让你想起来不要那么主管judge别人
一个被关20年刑满出狱的颓废女，社会关系完全断裂，被歧视被贴上once a cop killer, always a cop killer 标签。找工作不易，谈恋爱不易….更主要的是自己亲人不相认，受害人家属不放过等等。这部发生在西雅图的故事，果然色调阴郁，气氛压抑，而且因为情节不夸张，故事贴近现实生活，才愈发令人深思，对曾犯过错但已服刑赎罪的人，社会应如何包容接纳？
冲奖套路片，即使这样，桑德拉布洛克感觉今年也没有女主命啊…
当所有人都在谈论和解的时候，片中反复出现的“you're a cop killer everywhere you go”才是世间的真实吧/女主演技值得加一星
ps:姐妹情，其实更像母女。
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