《水性杨花》是一部从批判道德观念出发而引发家庭矛盾的剧情片，这是一个社会焦点问题，影片开头营造出轻松诙谐的氛围，让人以为这是一部爱情喜剧电影，但是接下来的剧情发展将影片又拉回“矛盾”这一主题，通过音乐与影片色调的配合，让观众慢慢的置身于电影中，更能清楚地感受到女主的无奈与彷。

影片主要讲述的是20世纪初，来自英国的约翰•威特克喜欢上了美丽动人的美国赛车手拉莉塔，两人闪婚后回到了男主家，而稍显古板的男主妈妈惠特克太太却对这个儿媳充满了挑剔，而女主拉莉塔也选择放下身段委曲求全，但即便如此，她的行事风格与威特克太太还是格格不入，面对变本加厉想要将其赶出家门的婆婆，拉莉塔终于受够了这样的生活，选择离开去寻找属于自己的自由。

"Footboys" is a film that starts from critical moral concepts and triggers family Contradictory drama, this is a social focus issue, the film creates a relaxed and humorous atmosphere at the beginning, making people think that this is a romantic comedy movie, but the subsequent development of the plot brings the film back to the theme of "contradiction", Through the cooperation of music and film tones, the audience can slowly be placed in the film, and they can more clearly feel the helplessness and imitation of the heroine.

The main story of the film is that in the early 20th century, John Wittaker from England fell in love with the beautiful American racing driver La Rita, the two returned to the host's house after a flash marriage, but the somewhat staid mother of the host, Mrs. Whitaker, was full of pickiness about the daughter-in-law, and the hostess, Lalita, also chose to put down her figure and beg for compromise, but even so, she Mrs. Whittaker's behavior style is still incompatible with Mrs. Whitaker. Facing her mother-in-law who is getting worse and wants to drive her out of the house, Lalita finally has enough of this kind of life and chooses to leave to find her own freedom.