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.
离过三次婚、相差24岁的姐弟恋还是行不通的。那么扎根在扭腰公立学校、离过婚带着娃的数学老师能赢得巨星的心吗？那得问过小她三岁的Ben Affleck!
比想象中好 感觉在现在的世界里偶尔能看一些不用带脑子的东西多开心啊
评论区必会出现loads of“Luke我抱走”之类的，所以再加我一个也不为过哈。
普普通通正正常常的无脑爱情喜剧，看完会觉得很开心的那种。
歌都好好听啊，洛佩慈真是个会唱歌的人。喜欢她的尸比月殳。
不用动脑的cheesy romcom，看完心情是愉悦的，足矣。
女主角非常美，艳光四射的大明星，电影配乐也好听。男主角口头很会撩，会到根本不像一个数学老师，年纪看上去也偏大，令故事的合理性打了折扣。老又矫情，他何德何能？如果能花些篇幅烘托男主的魅力会更好。
速食电影 但是不看又一直想着 所以还是看了... 就很套路...
彩云易散琉璃脆，横祸袭来生死间。
套用公众号的标题就是“大明星要吃素”。如果里面没有社交网络的情节，会以为这是90年代的片子，老套、乏味。怎么都不敢相信两个人的爱情合理性，硬掰不行的。
PPS：詹妮佛·洛佩兹太女神了，谁看谁知道，也就只有她可以hold住影片里那些绚丽的战服。欧文·威尔森我嫉妒你T-T
真是好久没看过如此俗烂的剧情了，甚至每一个俗点都是没有任何意外地猜中，但我们还是需要看这样的电影，就像偶尔吃吃垃圾食品也没什么不好的对吧？
与其单身到底，不如姐妹磨β。(Luke我抱走惹)
甜萌帅各种款都有，剧情很cliche，圣诞大概就是这种无脑合家欢的最大市场。ps .iphone的摄像头要给本片打钱
気軽に観られる一本。かなりくさいけど、嫌いじゃないかも。音樂用得有點多餘。以及果然大家都想到一塊兒去，年齡往下設置、年代推移到更近的Ghostなんだよな笑 談戀愛的部分還是挺可愛的。
一股脑看完才发现这居然是2022的片子……呃呃，不是说拍得不好，只是2022年还能看到这类题材也是蛮新鲜的。影片里面的摄影作品都好好看啊，成功激起我拍回胶片的欲望了hhh
特么好做一女的。各种别扭。香肠嘴越看越烦。
其实我觉得这是一个非常男性向的故事，天呐，热辣女明星强行要嫁给普通数学老师，做大梦！但可能JLo太美太辣自信从容整个追爱就是非常女王，好甜哦呜呜呜呜，被封家里看这个超级治愈
some guilty pleasure…
女主太难看了，脸型扁蹋，厚嘴唇，身材五短。
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