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.
爱人的名字与巴士底狱押韵，仇恨阿共但更仇恨麦卡锡，你代表了凡人我代表了自己，笑点世代隔阂但尊重彼此存在，演员比观众更需要一个维持幻象的魔法小屋，迷失晃神在一句“回家”的台词……群戏精彩的同时主线足够浪漫心碎，却也很理解其中内容的左右不讨好，加之索金一贯的信息量过载，难免广受差评
非常高级。撑过前20分钟，后面渐入佳境，索金在剧作上的又一次精进，闪回，纪录片，戏中戏，一周的限定，以小博大的方式再次突破了传记片的维度，而且融入了如此多的议题的情况下，还能呼应到当下，而最后轻轻落在女主细腻的情感上，更是有四两拨千斤的效果。厉害！
Aaron Sorkin的风格不适合这个故事。但
带着了解旧好莱坞演员露西尔.鲍尔为人的低期待来看至少是符合预期的，人物性格和形象抓实了，除此之外就是唇枪舌战式的一锅乱炖了。
3.5。索金的编剧技巧实在是炉火纯青，叙事时空结构、主题表意层次、人物塑造真相统统是多维度交织的。最高维度上，影片书写了电影史中的一个章节，书写了好莱坞制片厂体系由于战后政治动荡和电视等新生活娱乐方式兴起而衰落的时期；另一端则深入内心世界，探究爱情的真谛。中间所夹的，是一出喜剧，同时也是一出喜剧的诞生过程，妮可基德曼在这出喜剧中是演员，同时也是编剧、是导演。而当我们拨开喜剧那愤世嫉俗的讥诮面纱时，看到的是一个饱受挫折的理想主义者，这便是索金企图告诉我们的喜剧的真谛。两位主演的表演、剧本的构思概念都无可挑剔，败在谋篇布局的细节和整体的调度——编剧索金是天才，导演索金很平庸。
艾伦索金的那部《芝加哥七君子》我能给95分，而这部我只能给55分。
传记，不熟悉原型，我仔细欣赏了40分钟和结局，主要看看奥斯卡提名的两位主演和一位男配。主演都很娴熟，妮可化妆后我只认识她的眼神，两人初次见面那天的戏很有趣，一夜风流后妮可当面打电话给未婚夫说分手。JK西蒙斯戏份太少。
妮可老了，眼角已经布上皱纹 巴登胖了，身子已经大腹便便 曾经的男神女神已经开始用演技吃饭了，现在都流行差异化秀演技，艾伦索金的剧本又给他们冲击小金人加了分
53rd 露西人物刻画还挺丰满的，最惊喜的是妮可状态大回春
妮可盯着一张塑料脸仅用眼神演出野心勃勃的演员和不安的妻子，真是难为她了！曾经那么美的一张脸。想想索金真是在用写《乔布斯》的方法在写里卡多，一个重要场面开端，然后用一系列现实和过去危机去挤压人物，然后把人物情感、事业、人生信念的危机集中到这一个场面里，榨干人物最后一滴精华后，放出最后一枪，砰，结束！但是如果没记错乔布斯是三个段落，在观感上要比这一部清晰很多。这一部索金显然有点朝女性观众屈膝的架势，且不成功，鲍尔就是一个性转的乔布斯， 本质上还是一个男性，夹枪带炮的台词并没有为人物提供多少细腻的珠光。这次的索金真的不太行，巴登和妮可掩饰不住的年龄感，而且俩人真的没有一丁点儿火花。
前2/3就算有奥老师的美颜也很难熬，好在最后情节快了起来。人终身都在为自己的过去买单
Aaron Sorkin这部算是在尝试自己不熟悉的题材类型，但看起来始终未找到适合的创作切入点/表达重点，人物、结构甚至自己拿手的对白都显得呆板…… Kidman和Javier Bardem全程出戏，演得刻意，还不如不用口音；Bardem西班牙人演南美人总是不可信，始终有股欧洲味。
愚蠢的年代-12/18/21 at AMC Garden State Plaza 16
实在是受不了妮可这张毫无生气又精致别扭的“假”脸了，技术的进步虽然让她在容颜上重回稚嫩，但却又时时刻刻不在反衬出这张精致面庞下缺失的灵魂。而艾伦·索金似乎也失去了以往的魔力，让这部电影在他的序列中看起来是如此稀疏平常。
个人是很喜欢这样精妙的台本的，每一句台词都有存在的意义，不知何时观众就会恍然发觉原来这里在之前早有暗示，原来这一切都是互文。
用剧情拍摄的一周时间串联起两位公众人物的时代画像，婚姻危机，政治立场等剖面，看起来好像真的面面俱到，有争吵，有和解，有猜忌，有怀疑，也有女性主义的抒发片段。但真就流水账啊，艾伦·索金这两次的本子总给人一种争做三好学生的中等生，你看得到他真的有在努力诠释一个“圆形”，但却抹不掉那种努力中的刻意，你说他无聊，但他又表现的这么上进，而这种刻意就让人莫名没有好感。相信这样的“学生”，每个人的中学时代或多或少都曾遇到过类似的。
看睡着两次。大概是最近脑子不够用，电影里 舞台 现实 前史三个时空互切特别费脑子。台词跟机关枪一样密集，事件全靠台词在堆，不给观众留分析人物动机的空间。三个时空互切没有给什么提示，偶尔舞台用一点黑白，但还是乱。开篇是一场明星的危机公关，吊足了胃口，但这事支撑不了全篇，尤其是这么商业的开局后面改拍人物状态，看着有点难受，因为期待值一直在向下。妮可基德曼的确演的很用力，但整体呈现一种人老话多的状态。
too much info yet quite messy⋯ the atmosphere just doesn’t match how all the hidden info needs. Bardem deserves a better co-lead. And Aaron please, please try not to put this much lines next time /_\
55的Kidman挑战39的角色勉强过关，小她两岁的Javier Bardem一脸褶子演33岁的小男生真是要人命！剧本也死气沉沉看了一半开始打盹。
太混乱的叙事，只剩下最后摊牌和演出成了亮点。
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