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.
歌舞版的《Freak Show》，非常精彩。有这样的母亲杰米连做梦都会笑醒吧。（为什么几乎所有同志电影里面的gay都有一个自私，冷漠，骄傲，自负，大男子主义的父亲？《CRAJY》如是，《Freak Show》如是，《被抹去的男孩》如是，《Jamie》亦如是。这种人所谓面子比儿子还要重要？这千篇一律的父亲是普遍行为还是导演设定？）
既然可以灵魂附体在场的每一个人，那就差她媳妇了……最后他俩不会合为一体了吧？
摸索真相的方式是新颖，问题是这个真相本身就很烂啊。出来也没什么效果…
摸索真相的方式是新颖，问题是这个真相本身就很烂啊。出来也没什么效果…
既然设定是会变身，煞笔导演为啥还用一个演员来演，变了个毛线啊，不是精分吗！！
结果最后啥都不是的三流动作片，有几段打戏应该还是加速的。关键也没加速成魔女那个效果啊。不抱期待打发时间可看，个人2.7⭐
创意不错，但打戏有点假，主角光环太明显了，尤其是1小时34分45秒-35分这段，反派的女人像是个傻子，主角跟别人正打着，她去藏到柱子后面，等把别人打死了，她才跑出来送死，请用点心好么，观众不是傻子，OK？一星给创意，一星给男主吧，男主换来换去蛮累的。
设定吸引人，但故事并不精彩且比较无聊。前半程脸盲（相似的脸型、小胡子、短发，衣服区别也不大）导致不好理解情节，后面线索多一些才明白一些
Surprisingly, it’s better than the staged version. It linked to the old days and made some sense out of his relationship with his father. So, well done.
上一秒在教堂门口接了对象回家，下一秒独自一人在家看u盘接到对象电话，再下一秒就是冲进去看见对象被按在地上挨打，然后自己就交出u盘再被注射新型毒品，然后再和电影开头和后面故事串联上，怎么就感觉这个剧情这么突兀呢？设定也是够突兀的，总感觉都是为了体现最后女主嘴里说出来的台词罢了。
韩国编剧又突破了，灵魂乱窜，进入节奏太慢，打斗不过瘾！
创意挺新颖，灵魂也能互换吗？动作+枪战也算及格，韩国人的名字真是记不住，加上脸盲，男主好像孙悟空似的变来变去，受不了。
逻辑性还是差了点，失忆这块还是伯恩玩的好。
无功无害糖水片，男主角选的不是特别讨喜，歌舞也没有太让人眼前一亮的段落，但整体还算流畅。
打斗够激烈，故事引人入胜，最后主角醒过来了吗？
要搞死一个人反而给他注射毒品，太牵强了。而这是整部剧的合理化前提。扣一颗星，其它方面都很不错，复杂的故事条理清晰，节奏明快，自成风格。
什么玩意啊!鬼附身也得讲些鬼逻辑吧?就流浪汉是合理的!
中间两场大打戏真不错，概念挺有意思，但是人物挖掘的不够
内容单薄。同性恋的努力可以移动群山颠倒银河。
灵魂都能附体了，你就这样使用而已？？？？？
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