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.
特别精致，调度工作做的很足，但缺乏一股创新感，光线风格讲究戏剧感，缺乏真实性
可能老斯失败了，也可能没有，他只是想完成自己所好吧。其实本片北美口碑还是挺好的，豆瓣只刚好及格，没办法，国内观众没有歌舞片的基础和情怀。服化道景都是没得挑的，但是故事拍摄手法确实太上世纪了，但也显然是老斯故意为之。且看且珍惜吧
非常糟糕。歌舞糟糕、打光糟糕、布景糟糕、剧本糟糕，表演更糟糕。唯一被观众称道的调度水准其实也不值得多加夸赞。棚拍感十分严重，加上这种非常不自然的打光将人造场景的粗糙感愈加明显地突出，无时无刻不在提醒着观众：你看我这布景、我这打光多么人为。俗套老土的故事在两位主角尤其是男主角拙劣刻意的表演之下演绎得尤为尴尬粗鄙，几次看到男主角的表演我都压抑不住想骂人，非常拙劣而且恶心。歌舞片不是随便跳两下、随意唱台词就能拍，你没有优秀的旋律何必非要学人家的形式。难看至极，全是糟粕。
每年邻近圣诞我都会寻找一部爱情电影来看，不需要太要死要活说着形而上的矫情话，只需要甚至蠢的冒着傻气的小确幸，这样平时看起来会觉得烂的桥段在这个特殊冒着红酒肉桂冬衫香气在红绿色的搭配下却显得异常温暖。
影片文本改编于《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，然而故事却很难让人喜欢起来，尤其是女主角玛丽亚被爱蒙蔽，错把昏聩当纯情，极易让观众引起不适。
舞蹈音乐都很棒 斯皮尔伯格很会讲故事 别人家的演员业务能力真是甩天朝小生小花好几个银河系
电影很美好 现实很残酷 但看到越来越多亚裔题材就是值得鼓励的 少数族裔要改变既有的stereotype那必须不断站上文娱和政治的舞台 Netflix能再来一个欧阳万成脱口秀吗
我向《安奈特》道歉！当年在百老汇看就睡着了，这次看我旁边的disastrous date睡着了。我就想问问你们是如何共情boomer白男和puterico墨男打架搞女人的， 歌也是难听的要死，舞技主演属于张牙舞爪，唯一一颗星是多给群演和西语演员的。真的就算不共情，歌舞片无沉浸感刚要渐入佳境就开始讲话，我真还不如去看西贡小姐。
歌舞艺术表现力不错，男女主角的选择值得商榷。
如果是老版是舞台，这版就是片场。相比老版我更喜欢这版的处理，当然这也是仅导演层面来说。但这个故事实在是……
集成圣诞rom-com的想象：不期而至的偶遇和天造地设的结局，误会、尴尬、纠结、告白，浓厚芳醇的节日气息，真爱至上重温和复刻…白女亚男搭配社交骗局的冒进选择，拆解套路呼吁diversity，顺便嘲讽dating app放大谎言侵蚀真心的暗面效应，仍不能免俗以皆大欢喜的灯下拥吻作结。你爱的到底是屏幕对面的心灵，还是profile的漂亮皮囊？抛开口是心非伪饰，我们都需要一次机会，正视被浮华的社交运作遮盖太多的自我、梦想和真爱。欧阳万成奉上可爱的演出，Darren Barnet饰演的完美替身则是立于社恐宅男反面的刻板镜像杂糅。当Nina Dobrev注视他藏匿镜片后的puppy eyes时你将意识到人的魅力真的会被偏见蒙蔽。最打动人心的一笔是香味蜡烛留存记忆，无关种族，只有信物之于节日的承诺意义。
想看斯皮尔伯格怎么改，除了男主，都是剧场演员啊。/斯皮尔伯格并没有改，完全是老夫聊发少年狂。
年度大灾难，是有几场戏的编排不错，比如说舞会，还有抢枪什么的，其他部分简直尬出天际，很多镜头都不知道是在拍爱情片还是同性电影...音乐片真的是退环境了，没有《倒数时刻》《爱乐之城》这种音乐工作作为故事背景的话，一言不合就尬舞的效果可能还不如宝莱坞。斯皮尔伯格的最佳导演提名倒是实至名归，毕竟要不是他的编排，这个片子可能第一场戏就直接降到1星了，如此垃圾的剧本，谁都救不活啊。
男主长得太像本科一同学了
确实，新版的光影更精致，剧情更充实了，但是舞美和编曲远不如原版；两版的Anita都是最出彩的角色，为亲情友情付出，身份认同的觉醒，张力十足；新版最大的问题是ansel的主演，倒不是说他唱歌跳舞不卖力，而是长了一张三好学生的脸，实在不像西区的问题少年。
三星半，欧阳演得很轻松。半颗星加在亚裔为主角的好莱坞圣诞片。
年轻人要多跳舞，多唱歌，多谈恋爱，少打架，打完架就没有明天了
Love Actually絕對是最難看的聖誕電影不能更同意
想起大卫伯德维尔吐槽，相比港片，好莱坞的黑帮火并戏就像三明治，三板斧，机位很少，看起来就是扭打在一起，毫无美感和张力，眼前就是个反面典型，而且丝毫不肯脱离舞台剧的外壳，把舞台剧的走位分毫不差地嵌入到电影实在违和，五六十年代的故事放到现在看更加奇特，和刚杀了自己兄长的男友啪啪，又把嫂子置于更危险的境地，这不是绿茶吗…
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