西摩·帕里什(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)是一家大型冲印店的普通职员,四十多岁了,一直过着孤独的单身生活,但是在他心中,一直对幸福美满的家庭有着梦想,不知从什么时候起,这份梦想被投射到熟客尤金一家身上。尤金太太妮娜(康妮·尼尔森 Connie Ni elsen 饰)美丽优雅,男主人威尔(迈克尔·瓦尔坦 Michael Vartan 饰)事业有成,他们还有个可爱的孩子——全是西蒙想得而不得的。西摩开始幻想自己是这家的一员,是可亲的“西蒙叔叔”,他还把这家人送来洗印的照片都偷偷拷贝一份私藏,事情败露后遭到解雇,但只是刺激他更加过分地接近和偷窥这一家人,在发现男主人竟然有外遇时,西蒙愤怒了,他开始着手进行惩罚,只因他梦想中的完美不容任何人破坏……
In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.