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.
整体挺好的，可惜中间看睡了10分钟
硬塞了些zz隐喻，致敬了《低俗小说》，最后窦骁是愚公移山。但结尾踉踉跄跄、比还没看完演职员表就爆亮的影院灯提前让人步入尴尬的迷了眼状态。：老张好帅啊´д`
有几处笑点还是猜到了，诠释出来依然很搞笑。整体都挺不错。
印象最深的镜头是，结尾街头大屏幕上对窦骁搬冰块的直播。
硬塞了些zz隐喻，致敬了《低俗小说》，最后窦骁是愚公移山。但结尾踉踉跄跄、比还没看完演职员表就爆亮的影院灯提前让人步入尴尬的迷了眼状态。：老张好帅啊´д`
好看！
真假虚实来往主客都进屋，一屋笨贼转念化变仁义心。（3.5）
确实反转和悬疑，也拍得合格，演员们表现也不错。就是不够惊喜，黑色幽默有，只是不够好。巧合利用得好就是好，如何叠加产生剧情需要的冲突和设计，恰如其分表现出来，难哦。窦骁的小怂外卖员和最后的财欲焚心的黑道大佬似的，只能说明，这个男人只是平时怂，一旦有切口什么坏事都是做得出来。缺了一个给自己的借口而已。
不然我还是有点害怕的
非线性叙事营造悬念，通过不同人物的视角层层揭开真相，引人入胜。配角们各个出彩，些微抢了主角们的风头。重庆再次成为隐藏大佬。
有的片子就是哪儿哪儿看着都像那么回事儿。但拼起来吧，就差点意思。这种类型的影片典型的特点。就是片子的演员，都和他们上一某部戏里有点延续感。从而给观众带来一种破碎的观影体验。
没有铺垫，而是一层一层反向加戏，全靠编剧与观众的信息差，犹如开了金手指，一个个人物和剧情合理地加进来，尤其是结尾快递员的黑化，虽然对应了前面广播里的“一对新婚夫妇被快递员杀”的事实，但中间的人物形象是割裂的，黑化的很没铺垫，故事是可以，但金手指般的上帝视角还是一般般，而且范伟的表演在这完全就是小人物的作态，有点套路化了
剧本杀式的电影，运用闪回交代各个人物视角的故事，前期有点乱，后期逐渐有点看头，人物塑造略显苍白，大概算是个低配版《疯狂的石头》吧，以及，致敬的元素有点过于多了，很多地方能看出一些经典电影的影子，范伟演技是全场MVP
1.冲着张颂文老师看的。 2.窦骁脱掉外卖员外套简直像解开了封印！ 3.其他各方面都一般般。
6.5分。其实是一部很不错的舞台剧，可惜导演的控制力不够，又加入了很多倒叙插叙的设计，导致观感不太好。整理起来的各类反转本应很有力，但现在却变得有些突兀了。如果最后是全灭可能会更好一些。
前面闹那么大动静，窃贼老李在屋里都没听到吗？
国产悬疑片+1星，值得鼓励！多线叙事，演技都挺好，配乐恰如其分。不过为了反转而反转，剧情有点点扯，不真实，哈哈哈哈哈
我可以理解本片是想要用所罗门式的叙述，层层剥茧，但剧情实在是过于单调与繁复，小品式的表演增加了一些趣味和笑点，但总体水平一般
😹bug过多！冰箱。。救护车。。。
一个密闭空间里，多线回溯的叙事，把各个不相关方联系在一起还蛮有趣的，但是感觉最后缺了点惊喜，不够反转的亚子，后来都有点困了。 ps：还是范伟问话最好看
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