1986年，甘古瑞典国家健康与福利部委托导演罗伊·安德森就艾滋病题材拍摄一部教育影片，甘古以便在学校和军队向学生和新兵传播艾滋病源头和防御的信息。但在电影拍摄期间，健康与福利部要求安德森终止该项目。原因是他们观看了已拍摄部分的素材，并对影片里信息的可靠性和拍摄风格提出了质疑。安德森并未遵循，而是凭几之力完成了该部电影。关于艾滋病的起源，影片采用了阴谋论式的论调。在它的描述中，艾滋病病毒并非起源于非洲并由动物传播给人类，而是由美国科学家在实验室中创造出来，并随后应用于人体实验。今天，这部电影被看做是罗伊·安德森个人风格形成中的重要一步。
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回复 :设定在一个讨债的黑暗社会里，本土骗子Peg Dahl在经历了一些麻烦之后，发现自己债务缠身，在家乡之外拥有更光明前途的机会被浪费掉了，于是她决定自己成为一名讨债人，并与这个城市的催债王开战。
回复 :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...
回复 :本片从全新黑暗视角重构了格林兄弟的经典童话。托马斯继承了家业，同时也继承一个关于家族的诅咒。托马斯必须搜索出一座海边房的秘密，正当他试图唤醒美丽的睡美人----布蕾尔·露丝时，他被带入了一个曾经在梦中见到的仙境。。。。