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.
办公室恋情。剧情实在是太简单，好多梗太生硬，死磕到底。好在定位就是爆米花轻松喜剧，又有帅哥美女搭档，比较养眼，还能说什么呢。就是女主的身高实在是一到迈不过的坎，跟男主相差太多啊
还是有迷人气质的部分 置景和布光 至于几次 William Tell 的脸与镜头的双向运动关系给出表演和内心的空间做得刻意了点 镜头绕向星点彩灯空中盘旋 360° 再回来就牵手吧 2333 有些傻气的真心感 最后一幕不提致敬 倒也算呼应了台词里的指尖末梢兴奋颤抖 倒是隐线寥寥几笔 作为人物的背景板 p.s. bass 手 Robert 的 OST 做得妙
男主深情得很不真实&普通人千万别像女主那样在办公室主动跟异性讲私密话题，现实生活中只会被Me too或成为全办公室茶余饭后的笑话
仿佛是第一归正会的another version，虽然关键转折和高潮的写法有些自我重复，延续一个男人和他的房间主题所以可以料想转折总归是打开房门，而且这次又没有之前惊艳也是他从来不作的画面强迫症了，好在施拉德写的“一个男人”总归特别对我胃口，人物的塑造、旁白的写法淡淡叙述的赌场内循环人生以及颇有新意的洁癖方式等细节，而且他找男主不能说百发百中吧戳中率七成以上有的吧对我来说，这次轮到奥斯卡，也好好看。女主角La Linda我也挺喜欢的，想起《Light Sleeper》里毒枭姐萨兰登和贩毒哥达福的配对，友谊第一爱情可以培养。ps虐囚事件的场面大概蛮写实的和莫里斯《标准流程》的表达完全一样嘛，推荐和那部纪录片配套观看
12.4 隐喻多样，节奏平缓。有点现代人自我救赎的意思。单调以及被训练好的生活和思考方式，不愿暴露的或野蛮或天真的过往，或黑色或金色的记忆。噩梦的反噬，无法释然的自我，可以救赎和解脱的那个借口（需要牺牲，但不愿牺牲）不回来到，等或是不等？弃子之时。
男主身材长相看似无可挑剔，且长得有点像那谁。女主的亮点好像只有眼部，毕竟不论明星与否，女同胞们涂了口红都很性感呀，不是吗？
已经算是拍得不那么粗糙的一部了，校园游戏那部分就很🤧
颜值高，剧情虽然俗套但我也看的津津有味，而且这个男主长得好像以前的一个外教同事！
6/10。奥斯卡系电影，白布包裹家具、监狱鱼眼长镜头，极大得调高了我的观影期待，谁料一泻千里。除了主角其他人物都没有任何神秘之处，本应是主题的算牌也在香港夸张的赌博电影洗礼下众口难调。我好像从来没有进入过保罗施拉德的世界，《第一归正会》是，这部也是。算牌是导演与观众的较量，他藏着王牌但我已失去耐心。
男女主全程毫无CP感，男主长了张随时要家暴的脸，人工糖精过剩，引起不适，情感进展的莫名其妙，情节递进得令人发笑，玛丽苏小甜剧也要讲点基本法啊，我对甜剧已经很低要求了，实在吃不下
四星给男主joshua美颜，太帅了吧，标准sweet boy
原著看过一部分，反正我就是喜欢enemies to lovers这种类型。
2021威尼斯主竞赛入围+2021手册十佳第9位。剧作一流，台词精彩，旁白特别值得分析；视听上保罗施拉德强调数字感的方式是通过极为清晰的景深镜头实现的，这个景深的处理往前就接到比如《圣鹿之死》等作品；用2D化的VR镜头来呈现梦境和记忆也是第一次见到有人这么做！演员处理上特别布列松（旁白也很布列松哈哈哈），不过美国演员跟这套风格确实不搭……战争相关的PTSD居然还能翻出新花样，实在厉害，奥斯卡怎么着也得给个编剧提名吧！
为了在不牺牲职业道德的前提下取得职业上的成功，露西开始了一场残酷的比赛，对抗冷酷而高效的对手约书亚，这场竞争由于她对他越来越有吸引力而变得复架。
影片讲述了一起工作的两个人之间的欢喜故事。起初，两个人都厌恶着对方，在工作中视彼此为对手，成为自己工作中的动力。但电梯中的偶然一吻，使两个人之间暗生情愫，他们之间的关系也就随之发生了变化。
A fairly cute pastime.
无功无过爱情片，彼此顶嘴的话术还是可以学一学的。
集中各種商業片元素拍了一部……你說啥就是啥吧。
看片名以为会是个决胜21点的故事，实际上还是保罗·施拉德《第一东正会》那种受困过往回忆的主角渴望救赎的路子，所以突破性不太大，赌博在这里不过是暂时逃避痛苦的手段，同时也指代了男主未知的命运，关塔那摩监狱那段的鱼眼变形镜头还挺妙，荒唐与扭曲被呈现了出来，整体还是很克制，有种苦行僧的感觉，伊萨克花白头发造型好评。
看了4分之1，没什么意思，无非办公室恋情呗，观感不理想，这演员身高差不太能接受，咯吱人的笑料实在是提不起神来
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