在这部豪门孽债剧情/传记/悬疑片中,本片讲述一位富豪被控谋杀妻子，一切证据都对他十分不利，陪审团认为罪名成立，将被判刑。他不服上诉，並延请一位法律教授出庭辨护，法律教授通过严密的调查分折，将一审有罪的判决推翻。尽管谋杀的可能性依然存在，但再无指控的法律根据。
Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title.
命运的逆转。一个真实的睡美人的故事。极度主旋律的电影……。家庭冷暴力的无形谋杀。有些真相你永远不必问 --《豪门孽债》。为什么人人都怀疑铁叔呢？。Jeremy Irons的奥斯卡水准。
