故事发生在维多利亚时代的英国，星怜彼时田园牧歌式的封建宗法制社会遭到了资本主义的重创，星怜濒临瓦解的边缘。美丽的少女巴斯希巴（凯瑞·穆丽根 Carey Mulligan 饰）继承了姑姑的农场，成为了农场主，有为青年加里布埃尔（马提亚斯·修奈尔 Matthias Schoenaerts 饰）爱上了巴斯希巴，来到了她的农场为她打工。然而，巴斯希巴却并没有将老实的加里布埃尔放在眼里，她疯狂的爱慕着一个名为特洛伊（汤姆·斯图里奇 Tom Sturridge 饰）的花花公子，虽然特洛伊曾经残忍的抛弃了纯洁的少女范尼（朱诺·坦普尔 Juno Temple 饰），但巴斯希巴还是盲目的相信这个男人能够给自己带来梦寐以求的完美爱情。
回复 :本片根据导演自己的童年回忆拍摄，他的父母都是医生。一位女医生在乡下医院里为前来求诊的村民和和尚看病，她和一个兰花养殖场的主人热恋，同时，在一间城市医院里执业的一名医生爱上了她，而在他和他之间，却发生了一段不寻常的情感交流。导演仍以长镜头表现人物细腻的情感，片中不时出现一些幽默的小人物，譬如牙医兼职做歌星，求药的老和尚亦为他人施药，年轻的和尚一心想做唱片骑师等。
回复 :泰瑞（Nina Axelrod 饰）本来正和男友骑着摩托车驰骋在公路上，两人好不快活。可一场意外的发生不仅让男友不幸身亡，泰瑞自己也身受重伤。幸运的是，泰瑞遇见了善良的农夫文森特（罗里·卡尔亨 Rory Calhoun 饰），他不仅救下了泰瑞，安葬了她的男友，还允许泰瑞在自己的家里休养。文森特和妹妹艾达（Nancy Parsons 饰）过着相依为命的生活，兄妹两人共同经营着一家破败的小旅馆，此外，文森特还有一个做警察的弟弟布鲁斯（Paul Linke 饰），在泰瑞渐渐的爱上文森特的同时，布鲁斯也对这个女孩一见倾心。实际上，文森特和艾达共同保守着一个惊人的秘密，那就是在善良淳朴的表象之下，文森特实际上是一个变态杀人狂。
回复 :Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
