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.
就在你观看电影的128分钟里，有8个女人被强奸了！ 终于，有人拍了这样的电影！ 你找到强奸我女儿的犯人了吗？Case 122. 为什么指责受害者？视TA们为耻辱？
震撼捂住耳朵的人。敢拍这样的电影，是需要整个社会的勇气，摸着石头过河的勇气。
失职的警察，冷漠的旁观者，毫无悔意的强奸犯，拿起枪械的受害者。是时候醒来了。
立意很好，高潮戏尚可，其他都差了些
一个女人需要孤身奋战、耗尽一切才能换来少得可怜的话语权，而现实要比电影黑暗得多，片尾字幕印象深刻，在观看这部影片的两个小时内，就有8位印度妇女被强奸，同为女人、同样身处亚洲，对于这种恐惧十分感同身受。看之前以为会很类似《裙角飞扬的日子》，看完发现探讨的问题确实不同，题材很好，可惜的是拍得一般，制造悬疑氛围用力过猛，几处镜头+音效真的很印度，废镜头废戏一堆，高潮来得太晚，立意大于影片本身。
形式太强，故事要是细想是有漏洞的，最后那个小反转和结尾的字幕真是有点惊到了。
as per statistics,
浮夸的试听和糟糕的节奏让这部电影无法达到《恐袭波士顿》的写实效果。而对于现实题材的作品，写实效果是更加适配的，而非本片的完全类型化处理。不过，本片后半部分对于社会议题的渲染和诉求倒是非常震撼。
不管怎么样结尾有一个案例被判死刑
有時候覺得印度這些社會現實片子，都成了套路片。根據我親眼去看到的印度，印度并沒有因爲這些印度電影，變得好一點點。絕望。但有這些片子還是好的，越南就沒有這種現實電影。另外，女主角和女警长，明显的伊朗人啊。印度这种白净的伊朗种可能低于总人口10%.女警长演员只比女主演大3岁，看着也是大美人
就在你观看电影的128分钟里，有8个女人被强奸了！ 终于，有人拍了这样的电影！ 你找到强奸我女儿的犯人了吗？Case 122. 为什么指责受害者？视TA们为耻辱？
听说印度女性出生都要对下体处理到结婚的时候由他丈夫再处理用来证明自己还是清白之身，这样就很容易理解影片里面的女性了
7/10。套路明显，导致几个小高潮抓不住眼球，后半段真情实感爆发，挽回一点冲突感，这种片在印度永远是意义高于其他，希望现实也越来越好。
难得的一部没有歌舞的印度片，印度片质量越来越好了。除了片尾的煽情之外，其他细节等都处理的很好，演员表演也不错。
这件事的社会意义大于电影本身。
司机就是强奸犯的这个反转确实没想到，千万不要让肖央或是陈思诚或是其他的一些导演看到这部片子，要不然就会被收编到《误杀》系列了
一开始就猜出另有所图，直至过半才切入正题，也太慢了。
其实电影还有不少刻意的地方，甚至刻意的翻转，但是节奏把握尚可，而且叙事也能由浅入深。所以给个意义分也不错。
开始一个小时节奏不错，谜底揭得太早导致后半程有有些垮了。
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