该片改编自张爱玲曾将其“翻译”成国语的吴语小说《海上花列传》。上海英租界一所名叫“长三公寓”的高级妓院里，小仓红倌人沈小红（羽田美智子）、小仓黄翠凤（李嘉欣）与周双珠（刘嘉玲）心事迥异，一个想同某个男人建立长久关系，一个一边与多个男人斡旋，一边秘密锁定其中最有闲有钱的一位，想其 将来帮她赎身，另一个心地仁厚，却又看破红尘，觉得人生不过如此。几个女人用生存、竞争与心计作武器参与两性（同性）斗争，来到妓院狎妓的男人则抛出金钱、权力与性，见招拆招。
蜜雪薇琪
回复 :“安全屋”为警方安排给重要证人秘密居住的地方，警员VICENT调查一起赌波事件，成功偷听录音而破案，因此获得升迁，VICENT与女友莹及好友美、琳、靖庆祝，不料，VICENT不久遇袭，身中五枪，生死未卜.美与靖调查毒枭雄，借故将其扣留，正要因证据不足放其走时，雄的得力助手辉被抓获，辉之女友怡亦被捕，安排辉、怡住安全屋，以防雄对其不利，雄利用开庭说出一些无关之话，众人不解，却有一个将之记入在心，安全屋屡受袭击，发生激烈枪战，此时，美追查出VICENT遇袭与雄有关，原来VICENT的录音里含有雄不可告人的秘密.怡邀辉一起逃离安全屋，中途却将枪指向他，恩爱的女友变成仇敌，原因何在？而雄正洋洋得意面对的证据不足，究竟正义能否压倒邪恶？VICENT又能否重新苏醒过来？
林家栋
回复 :Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.
板本龙一
回复 :该片是由东野圭吾为了纪念出道30周年而创作的同名小说改编而成，讲述了爱女瑞穗因为意外成为意识不清的病危之体，播磨薰子与播磨和昌夫妻俩面临难以抉择的局面的故事。
