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.
本来觉得这剧本写得还可以啊，结果片尾一看，改编自三谷幸喜。魏翔不错。
看着魏翔激动的眼泪，虽然知道这带有制片与宣发的狡黠设计，但也不得不说，虽然我不是演员，但同为影视行业的一员，不由得心中一颤
丽姐是麻花的于谦
每年春节带家人去看一部电影，今年选择了这部，图个开心。
不想当主角的演员不是一个好杀手。作为翻拍，讲的是一个底层演员，能为梦想、为爱人随时付出，机遇来了能活力四射的投入，危险来了能勇敢微笑的面对，更像是刻意满足自己当一次戏剧主角的瘾。所以整篇故事幽默轻松，滑稽可笑，但笑后没有余味，笑点故意放大而显得做作，人物故意卖傻而显得拉胯，场景故意求真而显得虚假。--2147
#补标# 开心麻花失去创作力了吗？这两年马丽遭遇了什么？表演简直灾难…
是真的好看啊，笑到头断喘不过气了，故事也太好了，确实非常值得看。两个地方突然落泪：1.魏站在桌上用机关枪扫射(是他这辈子最过足戏瘾的瞬间吧) 2.江湖再见(是我想阿絮了)。三坚在看的时候应该也破防了吧，他是真的很想演戏啊，在他的世界里，戏就是最重要的，互相成就不争不抢，却被恶性行业竞争设计政治构陷，再也不能出现在镜头前，一个冉冉升起的表演艺术家就这样被毁灭。
真的有笑到，魏翔以前的配角我都不咋喜欢，这一部让我对他改观了，“这是我第一次演男主角”，感情是真挚的。。这部借鉴了好多经典电影啊，雨中曲的片段居然直接照搬了版权许可了吗哈哈哈，麦吉可摸门，还是原版更好看些，但是开心麻花别的不说，把优秀海外影片本土化这一点，无疑是最擅长的。
跟原版比是真的不好看，而且完全没有本土化。转折很生硬，但是还是能看的。
开心麻花的又一部烂片，既不好笑也不感人，舞台剧的效果，网大的观感
魏翔表演得很努力，也贡献了不少真诚的好戏，可惜电影拍成了闹剧，而非喜剧。
符合春节档的一贯气质，气质归气质，但看着实在太尴尬了
每年春节带家人去看一部电影，今年选择了这部，图个开心。
第一幕和结局都比原版好 马丽换个人就更好了 《雨中曲》太短了是个遗憾 多一颗星给邢导演魏翔打气 希望大卖
一个适合串联段子的剧情结构，加上圆老师标准神经病的演技，一个合格的组合，架空的背景也不会让人太较真。段子都是拷贝的，惊喜还属预告片密集。
本来有些失望，直到魏老师跳起了雨中曲，另外大表哥2的剧情梗值得再多颗星~
之前的欢乐喜剧人，早期的，特别喜欢开心麻花的几个作品，尤其是魏翔那个小青《白蛇前传》。这次作品看似喜剧，但其实是悲剧的内核。
你麻花还是你麻花，有期望必失望。又是一部喜剧之王味很重的片，还带着舞台剧的表演方式，场景假到我仿佛看了场舞台剧录播。
（大年初一看了春节档喜剧电影这个杀手不太冷静，带有开心麻花一贯的风格，全员演技在线可圈可点，很喜庆又带有一丝丝逆袭的味道，笑点满满，笑中带泪，还原了很多港片的元素，永远可以相信开心麻花！未成功离成功就差一步。
真的值四颗星。
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