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.
情怀感满分，谁不爱凯奇叔，而且一上来就是两个？！
“你是，尼克·＊＊＊………………哇！凯奇！”
自己演自己演自己…俗套的故事，因为是凯奇吐槽自己和致敬自己，而且恰到好处，就变得有趣很多，我很喜欢这个点子，其实我也不介意其他过气大明星借着类似的影片回顾自己的演绎生涯，比几分钟看电影那种要好吧
3.5啊！！Nick is back!!!
来，为情怀，为那些年的岁月，干了！
U R Nic fu*kkkkkkkkin CAGE!
我脑补的情节：那一对Cia其实是雌雄大盗，他们绑架了议员女儿顺便嫁祸黑社会，凯奇被当作一颗预料之外的棋子；实际上的情节：一些不可言说的男男卖腐。
和红毒蛇卖腐，还能和另一个自己卖腐……整个过程确实都很萨满式表演。谢谢没有说拉斯冯特里尔坏话
说起来还是第一次看凯奇的电影，这部电影或许会成为凯奇事业的第二春。
其实这是一部帕丁顿熊2的超长预告片（doge）
7/10。看的上一部凯奇作品正好是《我心狂野》，落魄演员凯奇和当年的巨星凯奇对话，无比怀念却依然要故作诙谐给粉丝和观众强调that's my job，果然喜剧的内核都是悲剧。
这部电影是六月初看的，非常缓解当时压抑的心情，看完得到了暂时的快乐。Pedro太帅了，因此多给了一颗星！！！
Why do you guys go CRAZY for Paddington 2???
应该算是凯奇近十年最好的电影了吧，相当于凯奇本人参加了一次以自己从影经历为主题的冒险真人秀，其中的自嘲与回顾，挺有味道。
我的天好看到爆炸，不管你认不认识凯奇这部电影都可以让你爱上他，他演出了很多维度！这不是谁都能达到的，戏里演自己，戏里演自己演戏，戏里演年轻时候的自己和中年的自己对话接吻！戏里演戏演自己第一次执行任务。听着就复杂吧！人都给你演出来了。但是整体的话我比较喜欢前半部分，就像我不喜欢喜剧之王的结尾一样，周星驰当年可能是为了商业非要弄个枪战什么的，但是在这个大环境，如今还是变成了间谍片就完全是欧美那边粗暴无脑的商业行为了。
从头到尾都是凯奇的脑残粉在扯淡加意淫，不过还挺有意思！
当那些熟识的桥段与名字映入眼睑，他与我们都知道，既然曾经拥有，便是天长地久。
自己演自己演自己…俗套的故事，因为是凯奇吐槽自己和致敬自己，而且恰到好处，就变得有趣很多，我很喜欢这个点子，其实我也不介意其他过气大明星借着类似的影片回顾自己的演绎生涯，比几分钟看电影那种要好吧
Every Nicolas Every Cage All at Once
这是一部献给尼古拉斯凯奇影迷，粉丝的鸡汤！为了近些年那些烂片，给影迷的一个解释，一个道歉，一个自我救赎的方式吧！
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