New York private detective Duncan "Mac" MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.
Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from "Gabriel" to "Vera." Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps.
Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly "Uncle Mac" who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an "emergency rehearsal", called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems.
Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to "go home and get Marty." Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new "Uncle Mac."
影片应该是以日本311地震后为背景的，灾难后每个人心中都有不同的伤痛，围绕这些痛苦，聚焦贫困问题，社会福利等问题，是一个蛮沉重的故事
6.8。卡司无敌了，平静压抑痛苦，一如日本电影。所有人都有自己的坚持，且地震带来的更多。看到一半就知道反转的套路，比较硬。
前半部分是OK的
一部描述后311时代日本的灾后重建（包括精神上的）的、比较治愈的影片，尽管看前面不难猜到后面的剧情，但还是被阿部宽大叔的那份延续了《新参者》的暖心的微笑给治愈到。何况影片还涉及了某些值得反思的社会现象
对原著的改动太大了，单纯靠演员的卖力演出和台词的铺陈，无法将如此沉重的议题完全地展示给观众，也导致了整部电影的深度欠奉。电影里那些疯狂的情绪渲染，虽然带来了一定的震撼，却始终无法将原著抨击社会制度说清楚，同时，也缺乏了对戏中官僚们为何一定要“照章办事”的原因探究。而最后那浮于表面的动机以及道歉，再次令人感受到在资本面前，影视作品无法真真正正去揭穿那些本质的、更深层次的、更骇人、更教人无奈的“疾病”。最后的最后，给了4星，是因为中山七里。
后半段垮了，这样做实验是不能通过伦理委员会审查的，根本不可能这么做实验
改了1星吧还是。
感情厚重。看完我浑身冰凉。比起希望 世事好像尽是无可奈何和残缺。唯有果耶小妹妹的复仇来得快意。
前半段的年代爱情跟后半段的带点奇幻色彩的对生死的思考有些太割裂了，感觉有些没有抓住重点。
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总分三星6.5分
看了一个小时，大概是那个小女孩儿是罪犯吧，拉到最后果然是，剧情还是有些平淡，比起身边正在发生的事情，还是欠缺一些感染力。
在东日本大地震这个真实背景下，全片作为一部与杀人事件为起点反映社会的推理片，也充斥着真实到令人窒息的氛围。没有绝对的善恶，都是普通人的互相温暖和个人挣扎。“生活保护”在日本也是个很敏感的社会问题，有复杂的历史背景，有“贫穷”究竟是社会责任还是个人责任等政治论题，还有所谓日本人的“恥”文化等。所以其实最后这部电影想表达的点（声を出して。出したら絶対誰か助けてくれる。）我个人觉得很奇怪，或者说很单薄，所以感觉有点可惜。不过总体来说还是部合格的片子，值得去电影院听着旁边座位的抽泣声看一看。
由311大地震的“天灾”引申到因贫穷致死的“人祸”，前者的确会为社会增加负担，但如何处理却能体现一个国家的责任。如果国家都开始计划要放弃一部分人的话，那指望他们自救基本是希望渺茫的，像片中的女主说的那样，还是要发声，发声才有机会让人看见。主题本身是很好的，就是濑濑敬久总是把社会派推理拍得不咸不淡，也真是毫无进步。
看哭。
砂糖的造型不咋好看，宽叔也机器人了点，kento在线，果耶妹子感觉没以前好看；至于eita，还是那种贱贱的感觉，
15-098日本《致那些得不到保护的人》
看了别人的评论才知道原来这是小说改编，ma，ano，有时候我还是不咋理解日本的思维，老人总想不给国家添麻烦，但实际上本来就造成了麻烦，而且社会福祉本来就应该是通过税收来调节财富来帮助需要被帮助的人。。。
但是一个没有深入挖掘主题的悬疑片，你弄这么慢的文艺片节奏是要闹哪样？！不是不支持你们悬疑片勇于挑战按文艺片节奏拍，但是，这个的前提是有这个必要，你是有挖掘的东西，不然你这种慢节奏真的很多余而且让人昏昏欲睡。
后面太扯淡了。
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