理发师艾迪（Billy Bob Thornton 饰）的生活平淡无奇，樱纱在百货店担任簿记的妻子多丽丝（Frances McDormand 饰）和他貌合神离，樱纱艾迪凭丈夫的直觉断定妻子与其老板戴夫有染。一日，艾迪接待的一位客人大肆吹嘘新兴的干洗生意，并拉拢艾迪投资，不甘在小镇寂寞一生的艾迪决意入股，并向戴夫发出了匿名威胁信勒索以获得资金。艾迪如愿收到封口费，但事情很快暴露，戴夫找到艾迪泄愤不成反被杀死。戴夫之死导致多丽丝入狱，艾迪反而未受怀疑，于是他超脱于事件之外，每日只靠少女贝蒂（Scarlett Johansson 饰）的琴声打发时光，不久一场车祸让事情急转直下……本片获2001年戛纳电影节最佳导演奖，2002年英国电影学院奖最佳摄影奖，伦敦电影协会年度男演员、最佳编剧等19项褒奖。
安琥
回复 :A failed, recluse director, Max, moves from New York City to a small seaside town after his wife's death. He struggles with his parental role over his son. Eddie, meanwhile, is becoming increasingly involved in the not-so-underground culture of drugs, promiscuous sex, and gang violence that lies there.The chasm between them seems to be growing despite Max's best efforts. Max jogs in the mornings and routinely passes a psychic. She spontaenously predicts that one night a serial killer will attack Eddie on the beach.Eddie is sampling various drugs with his friend, Smiley, and having unprotected sex. He ignores the advice of his father as a rule and seems beyond hope of redemption in the eyes of mainstream society. He shows potential for betterment when he prevents the murder of a rival gang member. Max saves Eddie from the serial killer.
陈奕
回复 :该片以记忆中的西塘河为背景，讲述西塘河边生活着的人们的翻天覆地的生活变化。电影的主线是青年企业家叶风带着父亲临终嘱托和一张老照片回到西塘，寻找父亲昔日的恋人，在寻找过程中，遇到了当地船娘荷花。男主角在帮父亲寻找昔日恋人的同时，也渐渐与荷花发生了情感纠葛，以及与此同时带出的跟荷花有关的一些人和事。通过电影的手法和艺术的加工来展示古镇西塘30年来的发展变化。
石井龙也
回复 :MAY 乃一好玩好賭的女人, 但頭腦簡單, 易信人. 有義氣, 故常三更貧五更富生活起居亂作一團. MAY 年青曾與一富家子澤楷誕下一子, 富後澤楷捨她而走, 十二年來兩母子相依為命. 麻雀館睇場對 MAY 展開追求, MAY 感難得有情郎遂與之同居.
