贾姬(苏珊·萨兰登 Susan Sarandon饰)是路克(艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris饰)的前任妻子。她为他生下一对儿女,精心操持家务,却终因性格不合而宣告婚姻失败。离婚三年来,儿女一直由贾姬和路克轮番照料,生活倒也波澜不惊,直到女摄影师伊莎贝尔(朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts饰)和路克堕入情网,矛盾开始繁衍激化。 伊莎贝尔搬到路克家来,一心一意要做一个合格的继母。即使她没有多少持家经验,但还是设法和孩子们快乐相处,让他们接受自己。事与愿违,在孩子的心中,谁也无法替代生母贾姬的地位。而贾姬的心情更是复杂。她已经身患癌症,当然盼望有个好继母照顾孩子。可是,妒嫉心却让她不愿看到伊莎贝尔和孩子们情如骨肉。病症一天天恶化,心理挣扎的贾姬,终于有了令人释怀的决定。
劳森(小库珀·古丁 Cuba Gooding Jr. 饰)是一名经验丰富口碑良好的律师,某日,市长请他帮自己犯下了杀人罪过的儿子进行辩护,劳森内心里尚存的良心驱使他拒绝了这一“美差”,他也因此而丢掉了工作。 就在劳森的生活陷入了困境之时,他偶然得到了一部名为《乌鸦谋杀案》的小说,该小说的作者已经死亡,一时糊涂的劳森将小说据为己有,并凭此一炮而红。名声给劳森带来了财富,却也带来了麻烦,没过多久,劳森便成为了警察重点监视的对象,因为《乌鸦谋杀案》中的谋杀案件,在现实中接二连三的发生了!为了找回自己的清白,劳森决定亲自出马,透过种种蛛丝马迹,找到隐藏在幕后的黑手。
前美军上校本杰明·福德(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)曾在20世纪90年代随军奔赴塞尔维亚战场,经历了人间炼狱最惨烈的洗礼。回到祖国后,因家庭破裂和战争阴影的缘故,本杰明选择在深山密林隐居,长达十八年之久。这一日,原计划外出卖药的他在山路上结识了自称来自波斯尼 亚的狩猎爱好者埃米尔·科瓦克(约翰·特拉沃尔塔 John Travolta 饰)。狂风暴雨之夜,二人相谈甚欢,更相约次日一同打猎。谁知第二天,本杰明却遭到新朋友的无情追杀。原来埃米尔是曾在战场与本杰明交过手的塞尔维亚敢死队,此番怀着深深的仇恨向这位早已放下屠刀的老对手展开复仇。 接下来的时间,他们你来我往,互换猎人与猎手的身份,结果难以预测……
Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.' By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses. Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together. One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around. While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with hisher partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken. Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...