1990年代的北英格兰小镇，一个少女想当音乐记者，而她朴素害羞的风格跟乐队、演出格格不入。但某天，她摇身一变成为“朵丽·王尔德第二”，以一个彩色头发、华丽张扬的新锐写手形象打进了那个圈子。但新生活也带给了她五味杂陈的新感悟……

　　诺维尔（蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）从大学毕业后便来到纽约街头找工作，缺乏经验的他只能在一家金融公司里担任一名收发室小职员。不久后总裁自杀身亡，公司的实权落入了老奸巨猾的董事会成员马斯伯（保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰）手中，这本来没有诺维尔什么事，不料马斯伯为了达到他低价收购公司的目的，竟将看似愚蠢的诺维尔任命为他的傀儡总裁。而诺维尔此刻正在一门心思地研发他的新发明——呼啦圈，马斯伯想借此发明使公司的股票跌入冰点，不料呼啦圈推出后竟大肆流行，公司的股票直线上升。恼羞成怒的马斯伯开始在暗中大动手脚，将公司的局势搅得一落千丈，诺维尔也变成了众矢之的，甚至有可能被关进精神病院。绝望的他再次回到公司大楼的顶层，准备纵身一跃一了百了，然而就在此时，原已故去的前任总裁竟然出现了……

　　在不远的将来，一名男子深入柏林阴暗的地下世界，寻找自己失踪的女友。虽然他无法说话，但在这个危机四伏的地方，行动远胜千言万语。

　　A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
　　What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.

　　本片讲述的是一个年轻女人努力不懈的追求真爱，苦苦寻找真名天子的故事。这是一部介于《唐顿庄园》与《BJ单身日记》之间的电影。贝基最近刚刚大学毕业，在一家没有什么前途的公司工作。为什么她就找不到自己的梦中情人呢？她发现这个问题很难找到答案，因为她发现自己都不够了解自己。这场追爱之旅是如此的离奇曲折。这部爱情喜剧就是90后追求爱情的缩影---他们不会盛装打扮，手牵手，漫步在塞纳河畔，也不会坐在炫酷的摩托车上抱紧一个型男的胸膛；而是喜欢街头买醉，穿梭于交际场合，与朋友亲密接触。英国广播公司一号广播评论道：这部电影是生活中很多人的真实写照。