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.
非常非常喜欢。阿真经历过的心里过程，我全部都有过，虽然没有阿真那么强烈，但是也非常的绝望，感觉被世间一切，世上的人，身边的人，一切的一切抛弃了。然后开始憎恨，痛恨，咒骂。现在其实也不会再像最开始那样，但是现在也好很多了。爱是自己给予自己的，是需要自己愿意去感受才能感受到的。有的时候，也可能是青春期的时候非常容易钻牛角尖，会一个劲的想啊想啊。长尾谦杜演的很好啊，剧本也很好，虽然因为是电影会有夸张的地方，但是非常非常的符合青少年的心理。非常棒的电影，感谢。看哭了，很久没有看哭过了
演员状态的中岛老师真的有点子帅晕俺了🥰🥰🥰！
“放心的你，逃跑的你，都是真实的你。”阿真在开导学姐的时候，有联想到自己吗？阿真最后找到了答案，其实也是接受了真实的自己吧。做到了就容易看开了，身边的羁绊就看得清晰了（虽然真的很难做到）虽然都说“世界没了你照样转”，但是自己内心绝对不可以承认自己可有可无！“人生就是一场寄宿，还是请多爱它一点吧。”即使生活再怎么糟，我也是更倾向于在细微之处找到爱的。阿真用100天做到了，希望我也能做到，在我的homestay中画出饱含爱意的烟花。
正深陷見完shohei的空虛和思念深淵中的我聽到最後女主的信裡「晴人君と生きることができて、本当によかった。晴人君は私にたくさんの”よかった”をくれたね。晴人君を好きになれてよかった。これからだって そうだよ。ずっとずっと これからも。」那樣的台詞（不禁把名字替換成了shohei）就又emotional了……（片中出現好幾次我幾乎就要唱出來的旋律，直到ED出來才知道是哪一首。
套路的人设和故事，灰头土脸的画面，没精打采的演员，没能被感动到。快进也是浪费时间。奶奶的演员在《45周年》里还行。
就完全没拍出那个劲儿和味道。兰普林恐成全片唯一亮点。演孙子的演员表现力太差了。
设定还是挺有意思的，上帝让你以第三视角进入过去的生活，你能拯救自己吗？你能意识到自己的问题吗？导演技法上还是稚嫩了些，男主角好像瘦下来的胡先煦，耐看。
人生只是一场漫长的寄宿生活，要好好的爱，且珍惜这一场home stay。
中间就想真和白是不是一个人，后来发现确实如此。
喜欢，大概因为看的生肉不敢走神所以更觉得剧情没尿点，是一部看完后心情不错觉得自己的时间没有被浪费的电影
电影后半部分靠尿液分辨衰竭程度，而杜松子酒的一大功能就是利尿，真正喝酒的会兑水么，这只是对死亡的另一种自救另一种恐惧
如果我也能死的这么酷，这么体面。那一生也便圆满了。
生命，不过是一场寄居的旅程，既然是旅行，为什么不有趣点，为什么不开心些。演员不熟悉，甚至有点青涩，但是，这种小情小调很不错。
第一幕出现的形象，颜值能打程度就超乎想象。
在有限的条件里，创造着属于我的刺激
故事单一。用心表达温情，奈何基础实在薄弱，叫人难以共情。(5.5/10.0)
评价的人很低。有人会觉得闷吧。的确，话题是老话题，几代人的误解和和解。自我毁灭倾向的少年，对亡妻和儿子怀有热忱但不知所措的父亲，以及，这个一骑绝尘的奶奶。其实主创演职员里面少了那个必然的润滑环节→护士。有空我其实想单独开辟一张写写这里面我所见到的小细节。哈哈。又立flag了。先评价一波吧。白马演的最好。哈哈。
50分钟后全是刀🔪
完完全全没想到最后能把我感动到，けんけん演技那么生涩却刚好符合了角色
比想象中的更加平淡。除了兰普林奶奶，基本上没啥可看的。
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