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.
还是很好看很好看，居然看哭了两次😭😭对追完整个系列的人来说真的是个太好的结局
剪辑依然不大用心。这不是剪完的总篇章而是掐头去尾连播的剧集吧…
更进一步，仆人成了维多利亚时代的老爷太太们。戏装里的求婚，语音直播。
在最难的一段时间里曾经充当过我的精神支柱，做梦素材，和一点点希望的影子。今天下班以后一路跑到电影院，错过了前十五分钟。剧情很平淡，就是用两个小时交代了每个人物的结局，不过有主题曲就够了。PS司机真是全剧唯一一个令我讨厌的角色
某些呼应挺妙的。奶奶和侯爵曾经的美好，与玛丽和导演之间的感情的拉扯。
（TV动画第11话~第14话总集篇。）
每一集新的都能翻出花来，又是感动满满。希望可以继续拍下去拍到Mary变老。
“在他们眼里女人有两种：愚蠢的和邪恶的。你要让他们觉得你是邪恶的那个。”
特别在看了“诡秘之主”后对英国贵族生活有了一点理解
看着所有人都在成长或者老去，想想当时的时代背景。看到最后才猛然想起电影的标题。啊，没错呢。It is indeed a new era.
十多年过去了。这一群人啊，依旧能让我拥有最由衷最幸福的笑和最伤心的眼泪😭😭😭Dear granny, thank you❤️🤧
服化道极佳……剧情属寻常电视剧水平，不过整体逻辑算说得过去。观影于鲁迅曾光顾的永汉电影院。
老太太的离世也是一个时代的🔚 优雅的毒舌老太太，是这剧里最喜欢的角色了！
十觞亦不醉，感子故意长。
主称会面难，一举累十觞。
电影版都看了，圣诞版也都看了，唯独电视剧版，停在大小姐速度周旋在两个男人之间，以及各种糟心的剧情。再看此片，情怀都在。依旧不喜欢司机，他简直是在编剧笔下开挂的命好，原因是去世的三小姐爱上了他。我甚至为托马斯开启“下一站人生”而欣慰。是的，在这残忍的世界里能尽量幸福！父亲大人一如既往抓我眼球，哭泣那段演的真好啊！希望还有续篇：南法度假篇（让我联想到阿婆的推理剧），玛丽跟导演再续……想不到已经十二年了，第一次看此剧是2010年。
维多利亚时代的夫人与复辟时代的侯爵
只恨不能给满分。电影院里我想着好喜欢好喜欢，又哭得要命。所有人都圆满，所有细节都窝心。我幸福到泪流满面。又想起我的爷爷，好想他。
Very Downton abbey - you laugh and you shed tears. Reminds me of the old golden days, yet a new era is awaiting. Goodbye Lady Grantham. (唯一忍不住想吐槽的是老爷这些年都经历了什么 为什么脸简直黑了两个色号..)
小品文艺电影，换成文学形式应该会是一个小短篇。全篇幅注重刻画人物的心理，虽说拍得很漂亮，但是终究限制于主题，到底还是只让人感到赞赏却不惊叹。值得称道的是男主演技，很厉害。
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