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.
大大高于预期，好看，开心，沉浸，戏如人生，人生如戏，魏翔的第一个男主角，每一个镜头都用灵魂在表演。因为高于预期，超出同类作品，现在评分太低，所以五星。
不知所谓。原速看了一小时，1.2倍速看了一小时，最后也没有惊喜，浪费时间。
没有人不值得被爱 几个长镜头仍让人大呼过瘾 为什么说写喜剧要比写悲剧难百倍？PTA still got it
不知所谓。原速看了一小时，1.2倍速看了一小时，最后也没有惊喜，浪费时间。
不可他妈的思议，那个拍《不羁夜》的PTA真的回来了？！笑疯我了这小破片儿
Punch Drunk Love 2.0，PTA真是个永动机
我怎么那么喜欢呢！人只有不完美 值得歌颂
不是很喜欢，太多的碎碎念，在小演员身上又少了点层次感。Alana倒车下山那一段是真的牛
用人情场走马观花的年代杂剧，继续书写PTA近年来最痴迷的另类情感关系，除水准以上的视听外，形式的自然随性与演员的洒脱气质，令一切对时下而言不那么政治正确的荒唐事化为成长传奇。
用话剧式的表演风格演绎了一出荒诞的喜剧，虽有亮点，但总体笑果一般。马丽一如既往的稳定，魏翔首次担纲男主角，看得出他的卖力，一直都觉得魏翔是个被低估的演员，而这次主咖证明了他的优秀，期待看到他更多作品。
能把这个片子和racism扯到一起的也真是厉害死了，对放大真实的70mm，还原LA的荒唐叙事不满的，就是会在莎翁剧作里加黑人主角的，I guess?
又拍起了纯纯的爱情，就算融入了石油危机,社会恐同的大环境下理想主义政客也不敢出柜做自己的70年代大背景，这部也还是太轻巧没野心了吧。
客观3.5，感情分4.5星。虽然豆瓣和友邻评分都只有6.8分，但我却看得超级享受。虽然故事很散，有时候自己也摸不着头脑这一段到底在讲啥，但片子一会儿看出了两小无猜、一会儿看出了春天不是读书天、一会儿看出了婚姻故事的感觉，既青春无敌又中年现实淋漓，过瘾。
最打动我的一个长镜头是男主饭后送走“父母”，在夜里一个人的独舞。魏翔演技不错，细腻感情的表达或者是有情绪张力的戏份，他处理的都还蛮不错的。 整部剧的笑点还算密集，没有那种刻意的扮丑耍宝比较低俗的包袱，如果在电影院看的话，我觉得自己笑的次数会更多。 整部电影，致敬的经典作品很多，用的还算恰到好处。但是吧，个人觉得更好看的是前半部分，后面的剧情发展有些流俗。
好久没有看到如此舒适愉悦的电影了。青少年的爱情小品和成长日记，也能拍得如此“波澜壮阔”，包罗万象，仿佛70年代the valley的地方文化志，也只有举轻若重的PTA了。
看完预告片：这是什么啊？ 看完全片：这到底是什么啊？
IMDB 8.2 METASCORE 89 实在不理解 PTA这部甘草披萨和WA那部法兰西特派🈶️一个共同点 就是怀自己旧自己爽 拉来一票熟人明星帮衬 PS 好莱坞的星二代legacy也讲得厉害 库珀霍夫曼演得也太烂了 不靠爹怎么可能 虽然他爹不在了
某种意义上的“随心所欲” 在PTA的纬度里只有几个镜头能感受到他的美妙
要在身体状态特别不对劲的时候看就会觉得特别好看，这种特殊的观影感受也许只能由PTA给我带来。
西虹市的改编解决了三谷作品常见的“呈示部”过长的问题，把主要人物关系捏在一起迅速抛出，第一幕凝练高效。设定正是麻花最擅长的架空时空（一个充满美式类型片特质却全员东北话的哪里都不存在的世界）。但这一部价值却恰恰不在它极致的高概念设定，而是在概念搭建出舞台后，给你看血肉健全的小人物的挣扎。东北喜剧之王跳着雨中曲该是什么样子？就是反复较真儿死法够不够富于表现力的魏翔，在《冷静》中的样子。 “黄金配角”这四个字里，不止有“配角”，还有“黄金”。魏成功的眼泪，好像每一滴都属于魏翔自己。努力演下去却好像很难被人看到，这样的眼泪有几个普通人能不感同身受呢。
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