While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
乐在其中的不知道是不是皈依小资自以为高人一等的人，评分能被抬到8.3说明打高分的人估摸着心里向往的也是这一阶层的纸醉金迷玩世不恭，仿佛和他们保持一致优越感就有了，看得我如坐针毡…
“无论现在在做什么忙着生计，但不要放弃想表达的，不过分在意别人的想法，时来运转，电影总有一天会有钱拍的。”long live！
应该是这个周末口碑非常棒的一部。。。
太喜欢了，私心一百分。不尴尬不做作，不亵不使人欢笑，可是又足够严肃认真。
假模假样，侮辱智商。片中涉外形象（租户亚历山大、英国混血小女生）充斥着生造与漫画化，女性塑造甚至更为虚假不堪，全片散发着一种中年男心有不甘的性幻想气质。电影不忍卒观，后面剧情发展是家属告诉我的：徐峥的感情线没有实质进展，而自诩索菲亚罗兰前尘炮友的邻家男竟然受这位老女星在片场晕倒消息的刺激，酒后一命呜呼（！），身后被发现他的住房还真是欧洲人（暗指罗兰）出钱关照的（！！）。天方夜谭呀这是。徐峥父子戏还有点温暖的人情展现。其余如路边修鞋匠眼尖看出名牌高跟鞋售价一万多，并且出口就是英文长句，多属捏造，越显摆越暴露土劲儿。据一条，原来编导是才满30岁的九零后，外地人，剧本原先也是以普通话写的，年龄阅历不到，写中年人的感情世界还是隔靴搔痒啊。本来没想到是女生编导；所谓跳出男性凝视却落入女性脸谱化的窠臼。
套路感还是有点强的，不过讲到文艺作品里头的上海男女，有一路确实是尽显“渣女”本色的。怎么说呢，这个地方的女人不讲政治正确，都是铁板一块的正经货金宇澄也写不出《繁花》来。《东岸纪事》里的乔乔看上去像个典型的拉三，么办法，就是好看呀。上海的市井文化有种消解能力，能消解一切宏大叙事，包括宏大的女权叙事。你说李小姐吧，看上去精明独立，也被老外骗去两套房子；蓓蓓虽然外面搞花头，但其实不想离婚的呀，说她们女权，也激进不到哪里去。所以说也就是白相相，格洛瑞亚就是典型的白相人。包括这个电影也就是蛮好白相，没什么太深刻的啦。但好白相又有啥不好呢？本来谈的也不是感情，而是规则。大家在一定的规则范畴内，都可以白相，从心所欲不逾矩，不然超出了规则，就伐好白相了呀。所以不要看它是爱情片，真谈感情的，是另一种叙事方式。
你要问我经验到的上海是不是这样，我觉得不是，但是纠结于还原度本来就是件愚蠢的事情。电影拍得自洽有趣，让外地人看了相信这是上海，浦东人看了相信这是浦西，闸北人看了相信是徐汇，这就够了。发明上海，让上海人都迷糊，以为自己还不够了解上海，这就是最好的上海电影。
3.5 像玩似的，感觉各位主创就像片中呈现，很可能一边吃饭一边唠嗑一边就把影片雏形给构思好了，显得特别放松；近期由此片所引发的热议乃至争执挺能说明些问题；正如疫情防疫措施各地对上海的好评一样，并不是有多热爱上海，而是一种期望能被理性对待和尊重的渴求，本片观众，尤其是女性观众未必不知道这并不是完全意义的上海的“真实”“现实”，而是一种冀望能被当成真正的人来理解、能过自己选择的生活而不必被人戳背脊指指点点的心理折射；所谓对费里尼的致敬不过是问费费大佬借了海报、剧照之类的外在梗，内里似乎更像是《欲望都市》式的意思；难得看到气氛好到如此程度的院线片，前前后后的陌生人都笑成一团；强烈建议在徐家汇商圈看本片，结束后可以顺道去天钥桥路白玉兰买蝴蝶酥
绝大部分电影都是有时态的。比如看港片，《八星报喜》《精装追女仔》《赌神》都是过去时，《智齿》《浊水漂流》《拆弹专家》是现在时。我特意去学习了一下关于这片的讨论，发现无论是正方还是反方，尤其是激烈抨击此片的，都没太理解片里吴越说的三个字“过去式”或者被那看画的路人甲文艺中年重复了一遍的"过时”到底指的是啥。拍片的人是不是心里有数呢，也许是宁愿做梦吧。当年老崔有句著名的歌词“不是我不明白，这世界变化快”，执迷于校准片中生活与人物或者为其辩解的，不是沉浸于还活在过去的错觉里，就是还没分清此时到底是过去还是现在吧。
《李小姐的高跟鞋》《她相好的就是北方人》《我编的》…维斯·安德森之后迎来伍迪·艾伦，中年男人的爱情与家庭碎一地…总之，恭喜徐峥老师找到全新口碑密码。
作为一个土生土长的上海人，我表示这不是我长大的生活的那个上海，完全不接地气，我朋友说得非常形象，就是小红书里的上海，以为在做很洋气的事情，我离开上海这么几年，哪能就成这样了呢？虽然都是在说上海话，但台词假得不行，做作得不行得！徐峥和马伊琍感觉上就是很久很久没在生活中讲过上海话了，每一句话说出来都不对，我和我上海同学不这么说话，我和我爹妈更不这么说话！徐峥还要假惺惺地做菜，这架势我还以为他是为了拍视频传上网！最后一群人看盗版的费里尼看得快睡着，我笑死了！然而看完我都不知道看了个什么东西，中年人恋爱，我也没看出什么智慧或是浪漫，还蛮尴尬的。全片我最喜欢的就是周野芒的老乌了。
意外的还挺好看的 事实证明电影选对了语言是有多么的重要 上海话的节奏太流畅了 气质对了 故事对了 人物对了 电影就顺畅了合理了 徐峥的商业片风格拓宽了
音乐也是，宁波话歌曲虽然惊艳，但不太上海。英语歌很不正宗，网红店爱用的，哎败笔。
导演只看到了上海的表面，小资 文艺 浪漫。但上海人的底色、精神、时代气息没有抓到，柴米油盐生活化的场景只是略微体现了一丢丢。中年人的爱情除了爱更多的是处理生活。没有生活也只能是漂在空中的“神话”了。评分那么高也许是导演拍出了大家想象中的上海，但法租界不代表上海。
意外的好看除去最后老乌那里故事不俗套，而且那种上海小资情调拿捏得很好，对于中年人爱情有了点向往。无论是街景还是主角住屋都让人喜欢，白虽然大腹便便但是会绘画、做饭，喜欢三位女士之间对话。
另外，难道就找不到一位上海的年轻演员吗？一个上海味的片子，普通话都显得异样。找一个同样文化环境的演员很难吗？
完全是一部海派的伍迪艾伦小品，本影迷看得如痴如醉，对费里尼的致敬与调侃也于我心有戚戚焉。以及成年人之间哪里有所谓爱情，无非是在生活的烟火里点到为止，推拉进退，最后又自然而然。
PS:评分虚高，但不能否认电影的商业属性和话题热度。片子很多地方都不出色，个体的刻画像极了豆瓣知乎文艺用户，但对电影市场上数字奇观和流量审美疲劳后，这种操着方言的市井电影更能舒服和留恋。
最后的上海人，拼尽全力守卫着法租界，守卫着最后的营垒天平路街道文化活动中心。
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