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.
C+ / 舒适，甜蜜却保守的时代氛围感。纵有光线的设计，但运镜方式决定了「私恋失调」里的灵气无法复现。
开心麻花的戏，你要说好看吧，看后又记不住任何，你要说不好看吧，毕竟你也跟着笑了
男女主都丑，成日疯疯癫癫做着毫无意义的事情，就是看不出与爱何干。年代感营造的还不错，最后一对gay的撕B抢走了全片的高光。
我甚至不知道这个片到底的算不算爱情，毕竟25岁的女孩和15岁的男孩真的相差太大，心境也不太一样，很多争吵点都让我觉得男方的想法十分单纯天真，但是同样也让我觉得他是比较尊重女主的。但除此之外，好像也没有什么特别的，感觉是男方的幻想故事罢了……
这就是青春，悸动与不确定，人性的起承转合，复古的色调和选曲，以及客串的明星都加分，PTA did another good job... 如果片长缩到100分钟可能会更令观众舒适？
PTA的爱情狂奔。我的温冯道格玛年下爱大代餐。✨
有点像当年的 Punch-Drunk Love，属于那种怪咖爱情小品，但又不太像，70年代的西海岸背景类似《性本恶》《不羁夜》，胶片感超级重，有些地方真的笑出声，男人都又渣又幼稚，最后不如选个清纯的。。Cooper Hoffman太乖了，想抱着他猛亲两口，女主稍微不太好看了一点
PTA最私人也最散漫游移的一部作品，透射出颁奖季一众清晰连贯紧凑的古典叙事电影所不具备的迷人华光。1.同为年代剧，重返导演家乡圣费尔南多谷，对青春岁月的回望与不少老歌金曲的借用恍若70年代的[美国风情画]，无尽奔跑&断续追爱与复现的蓝色光晕犹似[私恋失调]。2.主线是一对“姐弟恋”若即若离、分分合合、兜兜转转的关系，但最有余味的恰是二人各自成长过程中偶遇的各色人等与古怪插曲，还有猝然的被捕释放与莫名的监视等突兀无解的事件，琐碎，陌异，离散而反中心化。3.导演的拿手运镜与精妙调度：餐桌上利用镜像与遮挡的缓慢前推长镜，反向奔跑的交叉剪辑，横向摇移，甩镜拍对话等。4.PTA亲友团全亮相，还有西恩潘与库珀饰演的花心自恋狂影人与萨弗迪扮的虚伪又无奈的议员。5.石油危机与汽车长龙，女主的无油卡车倒车戏创意十足。（8.8/10）
當PTA學會了日劇跑⋯⋯喜歡復古的調子和緩慢的敘事，喜歡他們的生命力，他們有感情,他们有感觉，他們在活著，有时觉得女主是占更加主导性的主角，man all sucks, only small man just not so bad……小霍夫曼真神TM他爹附体
我看到演员的油腻会不舒服，就像我厌恶我自己一样
根本不是所谓的爱情戏，而是一男一女两位导游带你漫游浑浊、喧闹、煞有介事的70年代马戏团。小霍夫曼很像他爹，细看上去还是差了些底气。
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。
一个安德森喜欢色彩斑斓的东北乱炖
很私人，也很悠长，一场“姐弟恋”到底又是怎样的感觉。后半段各路明星的出场简直是在凑时长，这场青春电影，太中规中矩。
比烂爱情故事？姑娘觉得小男孩儿小但是“熟男”们更是自恋疯狂油腻或者压根儿深柜基意思大家兜兜转转还是奔向彼此，看在浪漫喜剧和成长电影的主题还是打四星但不得不诚实地说我一直不太能体会PTA电影的点……
While acknowledging the artfulness and the technical superiority, I cannot help but ask.... why. No, literally, why?!
开篇对白精彩，越来越平庸、乏味。失望至极。时代限制，个人才华衰退……
略失望，高开低走，终于还是顾左右而言他，像极了你说的，爱情的模样。怼脸近景和室内收光还是优秀，第一次约会的一系列正反打精彩。安排Sean Penn, Cooper, Safdie都有一点大师那个意思了(好的方面也是不好的方面
pta的爱情神话，是描摹时代的爱情神话，最后归结到爱情片开端就应该出现的confess，仿佛七十年代的种种（石油危机、好莱坞往事、各种政治事件）只是他们俩爱情的点缀似的。
才发现HAIM近年来的MV都是PTA拍的，歌手x导演紫薇星般的联谊
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