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.
第一部关于c-19+AD的电影，Sarah的表演惊叹！那段长镜头，黑暗中亮起的那束光，只有你一个人。你听够了TA们的敷衍，受够了TA们的虚伪，根本没有人会来，只能等死，没有急救车，FK，而这些人连成为一个数字的资格都没有，就这么死去了。无助绝望无能为力。
金敏喜蛊惑人，每次看完她的演出就觉得近期看到女孩都黯然失色！
电影语言层面相当不错，专注于浅焦镜头。怜悯且无助。★★★★/8.1
看的第一部和疫情直接有关的电影，在经历的这一两年难称为顺利的困苦中，听到演员们集体朗诵Sir Edward Dyer my mind to me a kingdom is, 边吃面条边流泪
大概有三场戏比较好，对比挺浅显的，其它没什么了。我觉察出一种对使用工具的脆弱的温情，这也许就是文化人的爱吧，宛如萌宠vlog。
喝咖啡喝酒看电影的电影应该有一个自己的genre
片头提示很贴心 果然会引起不适 医疗资源倾斜在疫情期间太突出了 我们的生命平等过吗 反正大陆是不敢这么拍的
两星半。朱迪科莫不错；演员没问题，疗养院的视角和切入点也不错；但叙事不过脑子，剪辑也是；
一个疫情大爆发，并且现在还是捉襟见肘的国家拍的抗疫电影，让部分zg键盘感动得不行。还反过来嘲笑《zg医生》，我笑了
这就是以“人”为中心和“以“国”为中心的电影的区别。隔着屏幕都感受到了新冠肺炎病毒的传播和紧张，每一个镜头都是为了人这个个体。又摆脱不了个人在国家、社会、体制面前轻如鸿毛。最后无奈的质问镜头问的绝不仅是英国！
没有正能量主旋律，没有刻意煽情，但很有效。格局很小，仅仅展现了长照中心，就折射出了整个国家的问题，明明没有投入任何援助，广播里却在说着国家对他们的付出。
这是一部洪常秀电影的说明书啊，演员要摆在舒适的位置，不重要的故事，反制纪录片。他制造一个没有亮部细节的浅景深世界，所有的人物都是他们本身，在这个舒适圈里，电影就像vlog一样被洪常秀轻拿轻放。甚至直接就拍一个vlog吧，像将奶油抹在美术馆一样将这样的电影放上银幕，给予这样轻盈的美一个郑重的画框。
天色尚早，但很快就会暗下来。趁着白日漫漫，我们一起去散步吧。
疫情爆发期间UK养老院的缩写。导演出色。凌晨三点女主Sarah请男主Tony帮患者翻身那场重点戏，全程没有拍Sarah的脸，戏结束后才把镜头转到Sarah，这段处理的太好了。你为什么这么关心他？因为他是好人，而好人太稀有了。if i helped, that’d be nice.
2021年9月22号，已经一年半了，疫情仍然像数码宝贝的盲盒一样，不知进化成什么样，不知何时到谁家
我们看的每一部洪尚秀的电影，好像都是关于他的纪录片的一个片段而已；当他的电影与他混合成为了一种特殊的存在，其所携带的魅力也变得无穷大。
3.5-4。整个观影过程很愉快，可以说是笑声不断了。小说家的设定蛮有意思，一方面像是洪的代言人，一方面又过于执着输出的想法、一味只会强调概念层，加之连个行业从业者都不是，又像是洪对对他作品进行一遍又一遍“点评”的观众的嘲笑。
只有我一个人觉得小说家这个角色言行举止太讨人厌以至于毁了整部电影的观感吗？？？？？？
这是对敏喜示爱的电影，论秀恩爱撒狗粮的最高境界。
整部电影像是自然喷薄而生的，天然去雕饰。不过还是展露了一些导演对于电影和小说的思考。金敏喜是点睛之笔一般的存在。唉，什么时候我能有金敏喜一半的气质呢！
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