导演约瑟夫·舒曼把控到位,完成度很高。2023年美国出品,英语原声,喜剧片题材。单看一部就很尽兴,适合一次性看完。约瑟夫·舒曼的叙事一如既往地讲究。Sheltering from the 1918 Spanish Flu at their seaside estate, a Progressive journalist and his socialite wife take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook. But when the plague descends on the posh island, the family and staff find themselves cut off from society and, like castaways, struggling to survive. The new cook sees an opportunity to rouse his fellow staff to re-think their stations and have the run of the mansion for themselves. Their employer suspects the cook’s coup is part of a far more sinister agenda. It is not long before the mind games between master and servant breed an all-out war for dominance over the home. Social restraints crack apart. And civility gives way to animal instincts that lurk beneath…影片节奏紧凑,一气呵成,是难得的大银幕佳作。故事条理清晰,没有门槛。彼得·萨斯加德、比利·马格努森、莎拉·加顿的发挥稳中有看点,撑起了大半部戏。情绪铺陈层层推进,高潮处张力十足。