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.
法庭戏精彩，最后塞进的反转信息过多，显得稍乱，前面可以减少时长，电影就会精炼些。
属实是给我看笑了，虽然知道每一步要表达什么，但这也走的太笨拙了；全片除了导师压榨博士那一段，没有一处像是超过10岁的人写的
还是很好看的，比如舆论煽动什么的，然后那个副警官可能因为被政客耍了，让老警员举报自己玉石俱焚，然后辩护律师也是被那个政客坑的，来复仇的😂另外死的女教授还有律师的妻子都是穆斯林啊，南印是不是也很多穆斯林。。。
开场其实觉得会得奖的，只是渐渐地……就是说，又一部印度神剧呀！
层层反转确实有些别扭，不过敢拍也是确实敢拍。
每抛一个严肃社会议题探讨却浮于表面。
162分钟，结尾居然是这个……虎头蛇尾吧。
是个前传，后传应该是律师的主线，这只是个支线任务，不过很精彩，剧情反转很流畅
故事很震撼，电影不太行。原以为是个单纯的jian杀案，然后发现是为了阻止举报的仇杀，最后才知道是为了选举设计的一出戏。一开始以为律师是坏的，结果发现律师是好的。一开始以为警察是好的，结果是坏的。本来信息量就已经非常大了，最后一部分又用闪回的方式试图讲清楚律师与政客的恩怨，试图讲清楚律师是如何被冤枉的，警察是如何看清现实后帮助律师的。最后这部分我觉得再拍一部电影也很紧凑，而本片只用了十来分钟闪回，观众只能大概猜测一二。所以电影最大的问题是顾此失彼，头重脚轻，结构是不平衡的。
3.4，印度电影，拖沓好像是不可或缺的一部分。
很多高光时刻，但也有些地方的故事模糊不清，法庭上那场戏最精彩，一再反转，在大众狂欢中以为自己得到了真相与正义，但实际上只是一种情绪宣泄，叫嚣着正义却成为了屠杀的刽子手。情感成为大众被操控的工具，一旦大众情绪被煽动，理智将不复存在。媒体应该是报道真相的媒介和话筒，却成为了政治工具。我们该如何在这个信息时代的冗杂信息里分辨真假呢？如何能知道自己的革命将刀剑指向了真正的敌人而非成为敌人的工具呢？革命万岁，但是革谁的命？既觉得讽刺又觉得有点无力，但是大概我们都需要狠狠的摔倒才知道真正正确的方向。坐在旁观席上，我们任何人都可以发表意见，但是是否有勇气付诸实践呢？不怕犯错不怕流血不怕一切黑暗。随着鞭笞，火焰将蔓延开来；随着鲜血溅出，一定会有救赎。
但至少 是个开始吧
有一些缺陷，比较生硬粗暴，但一勇遮百丑，即使是洒狗血式的批判现实主义，也足够中国电影汗颜的了。
我不知道为什么这么高的分。一尘不染的镜头，到处诗意的慢动作，还是充斥全篇的bgm。明明这就不是真实的印度，至少不是真实的人民，也不是真实的悲伤和愤怒，粉饰过的善与恶不应被夸耀吧？真实的有，《德里罪案》，然鹅《星期四》也比它强，更不用说《炙热》了。
Jana Gana Mana-人民的意志-印度国歌，译为宿敌意味减半，原意恰到好处，人民的意志被政客玩弄股掌之间，主导社会舆论，引导人民情绪，自以为伸张所谓的正义，终究难逃棋子的命运，影片将印度种姓制度以及引发的性别、党争、司法、暴力、犯罪、教育等一系列衍生痼疾作为内核，再披上悬疑的外衣，通过设置特殊人物、多重反转达成，节奏和叙述则掌控不足，缝合拼凑感明显。
大 烂 片 不 用 多 说 听 配 乐 ... 非要说也是一言难尽
印度新片，直面社会犯罪案件，情节几次大反转，虽然漏洞很多，还可看。
故事线和节奏都挺不错，后半部分庭审有点李狗嗨的意思了。不过就是镜头剪得有些碎，而且音效实在不能适应。
反转挺有意思…还是和之前我评论的另一部电影类似，像是抓住了一个社会典型现象的问题点，然后硬拓展出来的假想故事，还是有一些逻辑漏洞的…如果我们要靠编造完美切题的故事来影射一个社会问题中微小的点（舆论影响观念），然后蜻蜓点水地带上几个幕后剧（各种典型社会问题），这显得有一些过于取巧…
印度又一部批判体制的电影，敢于发声的电影，对于热点社会议题没有进行更深层次的探讨，好在讲故事的手法，角色的反转，还能吸引人看下去。前面半个小时的处理不太好，为了后面法庭戏的反转模糊了故事，又想调动大众情绪，总是情绪先于故事，很难让人共情。
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