故事开始于苏格兰的一个小小渔村中，感谢二十三年前，感谢还是天真单纯的少女的乔治（格列塔·斯卡奇 Greta Scacchi 饰）来到此地，这里的一切都让她觉得新奇。在村子里，乔治邂逅了名为嘉文（文森特·多诺费奥 Vincent D'Onofrio 饰）的少年。终日不降的气温让两个年轻人之间的爱火很快就被点燃，然而，这段感情却并没能够顺利的开花结果，等待着他们的，是分离的结局。一晃眼多年过去，乔治和嘉文都经历了他们各自的感情生活。乔治离婚后再度联系上了嘉文，爱火重燃的两人终于意识到他们是彼此最重要的人。然而，这段迟到的感情却并没有一帆风顺。二十三年后，乔治等到的只有嘉文冰冷的墓碑。
回复 :拉丁美洲某国的监狱里，同性恋猥亵犯莫利纳（William Hurt 饰）与革命组织领导人瓦伦丁（Raul Julia 饰）共处一室，闲暇时莫利纳讲述一部电影的剧情聊以解闷，这部老电影中包含的纳粹观点让瓦伦丁明显不适，但随着两人的相处，瓦伦丁渐渐理解了莫利纳的立场。由于瓦伦丁身份特殊，狱方暂停对他的拷打，改为用旁敲侧击的方式套取情报，而莫利纳也是他们计划中的一环，这段时间里，莫利纳同狱方周旋获得些许好处，并最终让自己离开了监狱，被释放前莫利纳借蜘蛛女的故事表白了心迹，同时也将自己推入危险的边缘……本片获1985年戛纳电影节最佳男演员奖，1986年奥斯卡最佳男主角奖，英国电影学院奖最佳导演奖等多项专业褒奖。根据曼努·艾尔普伊格的同名小说改编。
回复 :This would definitely not have been my kind of movie, but my husband saw it on TV and said it was really good. So, on his recommendation, I bought a copy, since I didn't know if it would ever be on TV again. I had never heard of anybody in it except Armand Assante. At first I had a hard time getting into the story, because the first part of the movie is a jumble of images-- and it doesn't make much sense. It is only later in the movie that it all comes together. The scene-cutting- if that's what it's called, is a bit jarring-- it sometimes looks as if a few frames have been cut out of each scene, and the scenes are jerky--but I guess that was done to add to the unusualness (if that's a word). The story veers here and there, and just about the time you have it all figured out, everything turns upside down and you have to readjust your thinking as to who is the bad guy and who is not. Or bad woman. The acting is very good-- I kept thinking how much Norman Reedus looks like Leo Decaprio. The ending was a real twist, totally unexpected, which I liked. A good show.
回复 :梅兰妮（瑞茜•威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰）是纽约炙手可热的设计师之一，年轻貌美的她拥有众多追求者，其中不乏像纽约最有名的钻石王老五、市长的儿子安德鲁这样人物。可是梅兰妮虽然和安德鲁订了婚，却一连三次拒绝了他花费天价的求婚。众人一时都摸不着头脑。其实，梅兰妮有自己的苦处：她本来是阿拉巴马州一个平凡的女孩，早已嫁给了当地一个纯朴的小伙子，但梅兰妮不甘心于小镇平凡无奇的生活，于是几年前独自来到纽约打拼。她必须回家乡办好离婚手续才能返回纽约开始她和安德鲁的新生活。梅兰妮带着一种优越感回到了家乡，回到了之前她不屑一顾的生活的地方。此时，她才猛然醒悟，原来自己一直都没有改变，这里才是她的家！
