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.
电影观众不一定都是原作小说读者 仅从电影呈现的内容真的对李相日大跌眼镜…对丝姐路黑尤其这部冲奖意图明显我是带着挑剔的预设的 但看完认可她演得不错 前半几乎完全陷在更纱的情绪里 尺度戏感受到的尽是痛苦 夜色里的奔跑和在咖啡馆的道歉甚至掉了眼泪 至于村长 瘦脱相的脸被这么大特写地拍对他对观众都是残忍
分数：57
大可不必的续集，说中文的片段好歹找个中国人配个音啊
等了4年的《魔女》第二部，有些小失望。导演说”完全没有必要为了看第二部去补看第一部“，确实，因为故事是讲妹妹的，与第一部讲姐姐的主角都换了。如果说第一部的姐姐还可视为人类，动作虽强，但还是可以被理解接受的；到了第二部的妹妹，简直比超人还强，能把自身动作和仅凭意念把身外之物的速度提升到难以想象的境界（好吧，影片没说把速度提升到超越光速，所以还是没违反科学理论的），这哪里还是人类，明明成神了嘛！
3.5 配乐和摄影都很喜欢 有被松坂桃李演技触动 丝丝家暴后冲出家的那段长镜头到桃李再次带她回去那段 全片最喜欢 看完小说了，撑死三分吧……
被船戏动图拐进来
正当我觉得这是一部可以推荐给别人的电影时，一拉进度条发现还剩一小半小时，当下就觉得「完了」。
镜头叙事很美（横滨流星演家暴男蛮有感觉的🥵
还是不忍心对桃李恶言相向，但是…换换路子吧…
这种故事应该拍得再拧巴再变态一点才会显出美感。
关于男女主的故事前面都很好，我原本以为他就是棵与众不同不被期待停止生长的小树苗，所以在落雨的那天对另一棵有相同属性脆弱的小树苗伸出照拂的手，但最后那个摸嘴唇的镜头看得我太无语了，可能是我被规训了，但这不就是恋童癖吗！其他的立意在我的理解里很不错，有时候不是受害者不主动走出阴影拥抱自己，而是周遭人的怜悯无形中把他禁锢在受害者困境里。还有人们对于社会事件的狂欢，无论是不是真相，经事者本身对事件的理解往往不重要。
在村长脱光之前我都还想打四颗星的，真是气笑了。。。。。白瞎我的眼泪！
李相日的电影总是在最后30分钟才开始爆发。两个人之间的爱就这么热烈吗，15年过去了，还是一种“非你不可”的感觉（松坂桃李15年后容貌没有变化，导演不细心哦）。明明广濑铃更有机会开口解释，帮阿文洗清冤屈，可她就是不。而且多部末华子的戏份好少啊，都没什么发挥空间，这个角色真的需要多部末华子这种咖位的演员来演吗。
3.5 看完好郁闷…全部人都没有听“受害者”的任何一句话，全世界都是加害者…就跟湖水一样，前面有多平静，石头落下后，后面的爆发力就有多大
最后村长脱了没个近景差评！看了半天看不清道具，片子太长磨磨唧唧，另外的看点就是流星的家暴渣男
本来以为桃李的角色单纯是个有自毁倾向的丧人 结果是真·恋童癖吗（。
冗长，太过于讲究配乐和画面情感，2个半小时的音乐剧。。。
时长编排太磨叽了，要是先看评论区的话我估计都不会去看了。
合法版lolita，流星这种掉粉角色演一次就可以了
前半程不停感叹“原来这种心情真的可以被拍出来啊”，后半程一路垮到不成样子…
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