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.
严防死守！都是骗你先结婚，结婚就万事大吉了吗？生孩子！生了以后呢？二胎！再生一个以后呢？三胎！剧是皆大欢喜，现实中有风险需谨慎。（ps：女二好像张钰琪啊，嗓音也有点沙 “你真的要抽血吗？还是我们可以去喝咖啡？”）
各种折中手法，后面给了个HE ，或许是现实太艰难了。角色设定Crop和教师真的讽刺。
在宗教和传统的两座大山下还可以rainbow， 看来真不是不能是不可以
真的挺有意思的，印度拍这个题材不容易了，拍的也不错了👍
荧幕里的他们可以有好的结局，荧幕外的人呢？
单说电影叙事的话会觉得还行，但是能这样拍且上映，真的太棒了吧，最后游行那一段很感人！
欧美拍只能三星，但是印度可以四星，毕竟他们的社会氛围比我们更加保守。然而印度电影都已经走在我们前面了，we should be so ashamed
矛盾聚焦点放在潮汕人的婚姻观念上，故事非常完整，起承转围绕“外省人”与“离过婚”的身份冲突，并适当埋下伏笔，让关系得到顺畅而合情理的转变。
因为不是专业演员，所以有些情节“演”的成分很浓，其余的都还可以
认真写影评：
还是欣赏不来这种类型的。同志的确可以参照这种找个都是同性恋的，不然就是害别人！
技艺上的些许生硬倒是让电影多了分自然的亲切感。// 信息化社会与传统习俗交融的艰辛，小蝼蚁穿梭在摩天大楼之间呕心沥血地打拼，一同映射出了这个时代违和又有趣的光景。// 男主角貌不出众，却帅气地演出了小人物的谦和担当。// 一首首歌配得揪甘心。
最後還是傳統的互相和解大團圓結局
最后，“要不要我教教你，记得先脱裤子”的你奶炸了哈哈哈哈哈，可爱而又毫无违和，果然活到一定年纪什么都可以看开了。
质朴无华的电影，人物都那么可爱，歌也好听，好喜欢
男主、女主都有情绪爆发的表演高光，但最感动的情节反而来自临近结尾的一个【欺骗性】黑屏，相信没快进的观众会被那情节所触动。
太棒了，谁不想拥有电影里的完美结局呢，很开心看到周围的世界都在进步，不过多久才能轮到我们自己呢？
看哭了，我不知道最后一幕是剧情还是真的有人会这样，什么时候我们可以走在这骄傲之路上。
鲜浓的潮汕风味。作乡土片很优秀喽，插曲配乐都那么好听。但我是情比金坚的理想派呀，老妈不同意，你就松了手，算哪门子男人。影片拍摄手法也很有创意，手机录像视角的使用非常配合妈妈素人般的写实表演。
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