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.
骗不了我的眼泪，这哪是高中生恋爱……说大学都牵强
一个天赋异禀的男孩有了人物欲望：建造简易车站，姐姐作为韩国典型女性形象代表选择照料家庭。姐姐陪伴着走完了一段路，这样的男孩前途也会一片光明吧。
本来只是想看看林允儿的美颜，演高中生真是，又想起了柯南。但是看着看着就陷进去剧情。看到一半才看懂原来姐姐早就不在了。凡天才思维能力异于常人，还好没人格分裂。后面父亲也总算强硬了一把。再说，林允儿演技真是，十几年始终如一。。。
女追男就这么简单，这种风格的青春片很有感染力，带走了不少姨母笑，是背景音乐的力量吧？女主也还算赏心悦目
父子和解的转折显得生硬。前面“憨憨”两位恋爱戏码有趣，中间突变“鬼故事”是有惊喜，可惜还是后劲不行。现下韩国编剧的功力也是不如以前了。
林允儿真美，搞笑的初恋，但为什么会一起看A片？🤔
2021年11月17日观看。有点煽情，不过挺感人。
从特工开始喜欢李星云这个演员
煽情过于刻意 故事节奏细碎 缺乏起伏 男主太过杰克苏 剧情太理想化 前面还好 后面就很拖沓了 导致观影情绪很难保持持续饱满状态 这种电影最好控制在90分钟内
死去的姐姐回到了身边，是奇迹。
这可能是全亚洲乃至全球的共性：父子之间总是讳莫如深。但好在，那些爱和歉意，总能借着韩影之口讲出来～
怒江索桥、还有悬崖村，掉下去的人不少，怎么就没人拍得出动人的电影？
我的意思是真的会有这样的女生吗 她真的太好了吧 唉 好傻的爱情 我已经对童话的部分免疫了（落泪）
虽然很喜欢允儿但爱情这条线其实大可不必，主线建车站，与自己和解与父亲和解可以多一些戏份。
为什么会在刚好看完Good Will Hunting之后紧接着看了这部...故事结构相似到突破天际。笼统可概括为出自贫民窟的天才少年，在缺乏亲情的环境下成长后如何摆脱童年阴影，“原谅自己”，放下过去走向未来，以实现自我及社会价值的故事。
借真实事件的壳编了一个乡村少年被治愈的故事。故事结构很完整，天才少年因家乡没有火车站而意外失去姐姐，长大后想尽办法引起官方注意为家乡修火车站，最后火车站建成，修复父子关系，姐姐去世的阴影也被治愈。被想象出来的姐姐一直以高中生的样子伴其左右，直到男主治愈才和姐姐告别的设计其实不是很新鲜。而且三十岁的朴正民真的不适合再扮演初中生了，演技再好也让人出戏。李星民大叔的表演依然没话说
故事理得没有那么顺，但编剧思路很清奇，突破可突破的极限，也算是一种有惊喜的表达方式
横批，一切皆可泡菜。
个人对什么修车站，学霸励志没什么兴趣。步入中年后对纯爱情片也没了兴趣。我记得我上一次哭得这么惨的时候，还是年轻的时候看《我脑中的橡皮擦》，我还得跟别人解释那一垃圾桶的湿手纸不是他们想的那样。
挺感人的故事，允儿是真的美，三十岁演高中生也毫无违和感，只可惜后面戏份太少了
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