影片由三个短片构成——《魔法（比魔法更不真切）》《开着的门》《再来一次》。女性角色的多重性和镜像性是滨口之前的作品中的主题，乱世在他的新作《偶然与想象》中也是如此。前作《欢乐时光》和《夜以继日》，乱世从字面上看，颇有小说的味道，而《偶然与想象》则可以说是一部短篇小说集。叙事节奏 更强化了这一印象：三集，每集围绕一个女性角色展开，又分为三幕。三个短片讲述了一个意想不到的三角恋、一场未遂的诱惑和一个因误会而相遇的故事。尽管零散，但仍保持了有机的叙事流程，甚至还强调了这一点。虽然大部分的动作都发生在一个空间里，而且只有两个演员参与，这部电影却不让人觉得像一出室内剧。这不仅仅是由于对话的缘故，还在于其复杂的时空概念，最后一集几乎变成了科幻片。我们所见证的时刻都与感人的普遍命运相连，以选择、遗憾、欺骗和巧合为标志，它们是影片真正的主角。
赵壮赫
回复 :林俊杰（张学友 饰）出生于富贵之家又长得一表人才，从小到大，身边追求者数不胜数，但个性认真专一的俊杰明白，这其中的大多数均虎视眈眈地冲着自己的财产而来。在被女友无情抛弃后，俊杰的心跌入了谷底。一次偶然中，俊杰结识了名叫戚瑶君（张曼玉 饰）的化妆小姐，瑶君的开朗和乐观拨动了俊杰的心弦，却也触动了他的伤口。对爱情彻底失望的俊杰决定将这段感情埋在心底，同样亦对俊杰动了情的瑶君亦因自己与俊杰的地位悬殊而纠结万分。经俊杰的邀请，瑶君来到了他的公司工作，本就心心相惜的两人日久生情终于走到了一起，可他们的故事却并没有就此结束。
胡吗个
回复 :"The One" tells the incredible and true story of a young woman who survived a fall from more than 5 km. Wounded and hurt, she had to struggle several days in the wilderness before being rescued.
回复 :Sydney and Darrel met while working through the trenches of chaos of low budget independent filmmaking. Like most forced to produce under pressure, they grew close and began to admire and respect one another. However, their romance never quite had the opportunity to blossom and once the production was over, they went their respective ways and moved on with their lives. After 2 years of post production, when the film is celebrating its premiere, the two of them meet again. With spirits flying high and the cast and crew present to critique and admire the work they have done, Sydney and Darrel after a night of drinks hook up. In the last two years they've had their professional triumphs and failures, they've had their flings and various romances, but they've always kept each other in the back of their minds as that one that got away, the magical other. But...things are different now.
