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.
更生人的故事。女主角演技很強，還是會有...一開始就坦承說出一切真的比較好...的感覺。復仇兄弟戴綠帽那段太灑狗血了，覺得很瞎
这么短的一生。
女主角的脸怎了么？
哪都一样啊，永远忘不了你的过去，人生就是不能读档的有戏，一步不能错，没机会后悔。即使替妹妹顶罪20年，也依旧不为社会所容
成功的翻拍，剧情推进略慢，但还都在点上，四星推荐。
剧情稍显狗血，可是表演到位，情绪表达人物关系都立得住
拍出了另一面的西雅图，是码农的泡泡世界里没有的那一面
旧的怨恨难以消解，新的仇恨因此衍生，失去亲人的他选择夺取她亲人的性命来报仇雪恨……谅解两个字看似简单，但要做到却时常并非易事
女主的对于见到妹妹的偏执型动机没有很好的交代，导致其替妹顶罪所饱含的爱妹心切显得别拗。
虽然部分价值观上有不能理解的地方，但总体还是很完整且逻辑通顺的。从头到尾压抑…
演得确实不错，但每个转折点都so predictable
老师每次让看的电影感觉都是我不会主动去看的类型，前面看得我快得抑郁症了，最后那一段好好哭啊……
养父母收到露丝律师寄来的信件那段声画蒙太奇很妙，交代了露丝和罚叔的关系变化，律师的决定，以及寻找妹妹这条主线的剧情推进。
是我喜欢的调调，比起相信掌握命运，我更相信面对命运的无力与无奈。只是如果没有提前看结局，我可能撑不到最后。主动看剧透后，还是有动力看下去的。所以纠结4星还是5星
即使以如此低的强度看Netflix出品 也已经感到十分疲乏。人物和情节仅仅是「安排」 而非「发生」 主角缺少挣扎 好在表演有些张力 也算是体验到被迫感动什么感觉了
导演相当克制，一部不错的表演佳作，借着看上去很实，很真的社会事件。如果给韩国导演拍，一定反转一次又一次的复仇电影。导演并没有让剧情朝着观众的设想让任何一个人去挂号。着力表现女一号内心的挣扎和生活的不易。
桑德拉·布洛克真的太好了。躺椅交谈那处的眼神真的太好了。隐忍，坚忍，不说。
虽然支线剧情凌乱且欠缺收束，配角人物弧光有头没尾，但依然瑕不掩瑜，片子整体很成熟，女主演技非常值得一看
如果是纯伦理片感觉会好很多，纯粹是桑德拉布洛克的表演秀。
张弛有度，收放自如！
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