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.
装腔作势地跟拍一段无逻辑的运动，随后的大全景自曝其片场实质，电影小镇级别的置景完全僵死，人物在各种精致构图的钳制下如同木偶。为什么要对标《罗马》？几乎和国产片水平差不多，报奥斯卡之前不如先来春节档走一圈，让大伙看看北爱版《我和我的父辈》
for the ones who stayed
【D】剧本还是很好的，但奈何布拉纳一塌糊涂的导演水平和拙劣模仿，空有堆砌的技巧的糖衣炮弹。
真是无聊，想要渲染情怀以及对于故土的那一份执着的思念，但是呢，除了精致的画面，以及欢喜交错的音乐之外，在剧情与人物之上，似乎没有什么能引发共鸣的地方。缺乏张力是整个作品给人的一种感受。能提名奥斯卡最佳影片真是看不明白。
电影一般。不过字幕组能把“England”翻译成“英格兰”而不是“英国”么？人在北爱尔兰，还说自己背井离乡去“英国”，emmm……
2.故事太过平淡，冲突不够激烈，像记流水账一样
其实任何作者在拍给家乡的电影都会因为很浓的情绪没法评价，在我心中（罗马）是封神的。本片只能拿45分。
调度很差，一到群戏就晃个不停 拿六十年代的乡恋做幌子 实际年代感与布景一点都没做好 特别出戏 居然还得了奥斯卡最佳原创剧本 台词也很装逼
冲着结尾的And the healing Has begun可以多加一星
桥段有些零散 角色可爱 英式祖传生活小妙招 工人阶级的父亲们都不错
黑白格调，有历史感的同时不失唯美，儿童视角，动乱冲突依然看到儿时的快乐和对故乡的留恋。似乎也就能想到这些，还有就是英式英语吧（大概）。7/10分
到底在讲啥个故事啊
黑白摄影很棒，演员很棒，致敬了很多经典电影，迷影情节很棒，可惜歌实在太多了，比歌舞片的歌还多，太简单太直白了，导演水平不够啊，可惜了。
拜托不要一言不合就播歌，这是在拍电影不是在MV合辑。段与段之间显得非常割裂。
我是真的不太懂奥斯卡了，开玩笑呢，工业水平甚至不如英剧，说成是舞台剧还差不多。
合着你们自己也知道爱尔兰口音会被人笑死，想不通到底是怎么做到每句话都用同一个声调说出来的…插曲和配乐非常不错。
3/8/2022 开头一出来就不是很喜欢 镜头和整体影片感觉很不搭 很多镜头角度和构图有点刻意 与整体故事和剩下镜头脱离 很漂亮但是很刻意
相比于罗马，我更喜欢这部，罗马对于我来说太遥远了，根本共情不上去，我所拥有的童年更像是贝尔法斯特，爱我的亲人和朝夕相处的邻居，最后一次搬家结束了整个童年。或许电影中很多东西比较俗，但正是这种俗使我感到亲切，以及创作者对童年与故乡的纯粹怀念。
A bottom-up approach to paint the conflict. In broad strokes, the story shows the things that matter to people: their relationship with neighbors, moral integrity, the class/financial struggle, romance untainted by arbitrary divisions. Peeling away structural intellectualizations, we're left with tender feelings for those who made difficult choices.
看到一半睡着了，看完剧本发现那些地方睡过去也不影响理解。全片唯一让我印象深刻的就是开头吧。詹米多南拍拍这种角色挺好的，逐渐让我摆脱五十度灰的印象，虽然一开始看还是有点出戏
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