Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five Easy Pieces" and continued with "The King Of Marvin Gardens". In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. In this one, Nicholson is a wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, Victor, things start coming apart. His wife sets out to interrupt what she thinks is another one of his weekend dalliances, but is really his trip to pawn the jewels.

影片改编自2008年震惊美国的“凯西·安东尼杀女案”。时年22岁的凯西·安东尼被控谋杀自己2岁的亲生女儿凯莉。无论是媒体还是公众都一致认为凯西·安东尼有罪确凿无疑，然而经过漫长的庭审，凯西·安东尼最终无罪开释。全美舆论一片哗然。该案随之成为美国司法史上继”辛普森杀妻案“之后又一个”悬案“。 本片从当时负责该案的联邦检察官Jeff Ashton（罗伯·劳 饰）的角度，探究案件隐藏在重重迷雾后的事实真相。

Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer has served in the army for over twenty years. She's just fallen in love with an artist she's met, she's going for a PhD, and has a job at the VA hospital, as well as in the reserves. She decides to upgrade her security rating, with an eye toward promotion, and during the interview, she tells the investigator that she is a lesbian. The army begins proceedings to discharge her. And with the support of her family, her lover, (and LAMBDA), she decides to fight for her right to serve.