Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
3.5 执着于为女儿塑造完美受害者形象的父亲，其实只是为了掩盖自己不了解女儿的事实，最终在女肇事者母亲开明和坚强对比下，承认了自己的错误…寺岛忍的角色伪善到极了，只是想用做善事给自己加分，来获取异性好感
#2021年威尼斯主竞赛；黑色幽默，表演出彩，几处声音设计很棒，巨大空旷的空间结构也用得很不错。
对当今影视行业的吐槽嘲讽，一切起因是资本家想名留青史，结果搞得导演崩溃演员互掐，电影行业不易啊
一部话剧式电影，全片都靠台词来推进，剧情也挺幽默的
平平无奇，在同类题材里属于看过就忘的平庸水平。
对骂那段
总体走势一般，结局也难以惊喜，但是戏谑中还是在嘲讽。
西语世界导演特有的画面语言下 肆无忌惮和全然不在乎地调侃与讽刺 辅之以意料之中却又意料之外的反转与呼应 是对后疫情时代电影行业的批判 亦是一针麻药无法缓解的痛楚 或许是 爱之弥深
所謂“諾獎”改編的本子不夠典，現在的諾獎不會發給這麼“普通”的小說啦…最好笑的一段是老學院派偷偷排練拒絕領獎宣言，彷彿在鞭薩特的屍
太精彩了！特别适合在电影院看，看两人互掐很有气氛。table read的细节非常真实了——什么一句晚安念十几次，什么6.5分醉，把导演的随心所欲刻画得入木三分。Julia就是西班牙版姚安娜。一人分饰兄弟是在说Fargo 3和伊万男神吗？像《狗镇》一样的影视舞台化呈现也很精彩。导演可能有建筑fetish，看完好想去这个foundation美丽的空间里工作。
後者非常沉重悲傷時代革命的場景有錢人被搶被虐，再上演黑勢力黑吃黑，劇本與鏡頭都很強勁。
虽然本身进行了一系列结构解构，完全称不上是现实的，但是乍眼一看，只觉国外电影工作者之幸福，与自身所处土地之窘迫了。
濃墨重彩的愧疚委屈和雲淡風輕的平息和解很動人。
一场车祸的发生，一条生命的逝去，在无良媒体的恶意报道下，发生了更大的次生灾害，温柔的人被自己的道德感所束缚着，无良的媒体和货车司机却不会有一丝后悔。不得的想起几天前的上海外卖送饭200块打赏事件，当事人当初发出来本来是赞扬一件善事一个好人，最后却像片中女司机一样赔上自己的性命。那么那些在网络上兴风作浪的人最后得到了这个结果会悔恨自己的言行嘛？还是像那个直接肇事的货车司机一样，宛如事不关己的消失的无影无踪……
继晨间剧后，短时间内再一次看伊东苍小姑娘扮演心事重重的女子中生。吉田写群像依然有个个生存处境各各不乏亮点的细致处，整体叙事上始终有些不得要领。
太好看了…不是那种装疯卖傻式comedy, 笑点背后很多可以讨论的东西，场景里的建筑也很美。
其实从节奏到镜头到表演都挺好，但反而是最后所谓的“和解”给了我一记闷棍，比前面所有人受的苦还让人觉得愤懑。忍不住想女儿有这般悲惨命运明明最大责任就在她这个自私粗暴的爹，为什么反而是这个最不该被原谅的老男人能踩着他人的软弱、善意、甚至是生命来达成他自己内心的成长和解？？接受不了这么扭曲的价值观，可也许这就是现实吧。内心最受折磨的永远是更有同理心的人。
前半段更好一些，跟后半的衔接有点割裂，全员演技都蛮好，就是看得人很憋屈。
策划牛逼，剧本一般，演员不错，脑子里面过了某些演员的脸
极度灰色的电影，还能道歉还能反省的社会总留一线希望。春节期间听修隧道的工作人员讲。工地上的意外死亡事件处理非常快，需要谈的就是钱的数字，死者儿女都不愿意见亡者一面。冷漠到极致。
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