In Cecil B. DeMille’s 1920 comedy Why Change Your Wife Gloria Swanson (DeMille’s regular leading lady of this period) as Beth, a respectable and rather prim wife who discovers that husbands don’t necessarily want their wives to be respectable and moral. It’s not that he doesn’t love her; he just wants a little romance in his marriage, and when another woman comes along who offers him the excitement he craves, he inevitably strays. And divorce inevitable follows. Beth then has a sudden revelation – maybe it’s not only true that men like shameless hussies, but maybe it’s also true that shameless hussies have quite a lot of fun. So she decides to transform herself into a sexpot.
根据“短篇小说之王”莫泊桑的同名小说《漂亮朋友》改编而成。 老兵乔治·杜瓦洛( 罗伯特·帕丁森Robert Pattinson 饰)退伍后从非洲只身来到巴黎,在铁道局打杂过着清苦交加的日子。偶然机会碰到昔日战友,在其帮助下进入《法兰西生活报》担任编辑一职,苦心钻营成为“瓦尔特帮”的重要写手,参与倒戈阴谋。凭借一张漂亮的外表和一些取悦女人的伎俩辗转于贵妇人之间,克罗蒂尔德(克里斯蒂娜·里奇 Christina Ricci 饰),玛德莱纳(乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰),瓦尔特夫人(克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)都成为他平步青云的牺牲品,他无耻的利用女人来发迹,大搞投机冒险,步步为营跻身上流社会,并最终通过拐骗报馆老板瓦尔特的女儿苏珊(霍利·格林格 Holliday Grainger 饰),与之结婚成为报社总编辑,将权钱名并入囊中,成功得取远大前程。