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.
献给摆脱债务的尼古拉斯凯奇自己，献给所有他的影迷，以及所有爱电影的人。这是一部关于自我救赎，以及关于电影的电影，正如从《卡里加利博士的小屋》到《帕丁顿熊2》。
这？用力过度？不如让漫威再翻个恶灵骑士？不过漫威也不会请凯奇演。。。
imdb 8.7, douban 7.2 差距不小啊|| 小时候改变剧本get不到,老了这部电影get不到|| 这片子更像是凯奇给忠实的老粉丝的一部情书,一封道歉信,一个解释. 问题是除了这是凯奇，这部片子的剧情乏善可陈，笑点也很有限。
尼古拉斯————————凯奇！
疯狂cue他自己的电影很有趣，但我觉得最有意思的是它毫无保留地嘲讽了凯奇咋咋呼呼的表演风格。笑点不错，能让凯奇的粉丝们在银幕前笑得像个憨批。然而频繁的戏剧化、反高潮的场景让整部电影节奏松散，完全用人物推动剧情，则显得没太多实质性的内容。
看完的第一感觉是凯奇想用一部电影告诉你:我接的那些烂片只是因为演员这个职业，不要忘了我不仅曾经是好莱坞一线巨星、奥斯卡影帝，也是一个优秀的喜剧选手。抛开凯奇老哥的情怀，无非也就是三流的喜剧卧底片，再加上一些不三不四的追车枪战商业元素，注定了质量上不可能成为凯奇的翻身之作，精神分裂出的分身负责了自我调侃却未真正触及这些年的心路历程，悲伤完全沉寂在吵闹之后，电影最大的乐趣仅仅是因为他叫尼古拉斯凯奇，那个曾经年少快乐的暑假时光在mp4里与其相伴的男人。
《尼古拉斯凯奇的多重宇宙》lol 挺轻松的，好多喜欢的演员，凯奇确实演了很多烂片但是他的好电影也真的值得回顾，私心多加一星
Every Nicolas Every Cage All at Once
看时不觉得怎么样，要看完才有点理解凯奇向凯奇致敬的味道。
@ 山田孝之，这就是你的戛纳电影节！！！最好笑的还是影迷尬聊，梦回无数个北影节散场、努力在对象面前装逼的男人
不愧是你，烂片王！看了一半后实在看不下去了，双男主就像两个小女生一样幼稚爱斗嘴，笑点很尬，主线剧情很傻，骗情怀的烂片
以前美式英雄片风靡国内的时候凯奇是男性沙文主义的代表人物 （身边认识很多中年男的喜欢）现在都知道解构了 只能说时代确实有进步那么一点点 老凯奇演老凯奇自己 老凯奇热吻小凯奇 这已经够好笑了 演凯奇女儿的居然是Lily Sheen 这就更好笑了 怎么说呢 男的 闭上你的嘴 做个谐星 永远是最好的选择👌
人和模型渐渐重合那镜头很绝
尼古拉斯·凯奇扮演尼古拉斯·凯奇，对影迷来说一些梗和细节值得玩味，整个故事游离在虚构与现实之间，挺有趣的。关于电影中与内心另一个人格自我对话的部分摘掉或许更好，另外佩德罗·帕斯卡也很加分，甚至比凯奇还符合这部电影的基调。
因为对尼古拉斯凯奇有情结，所以开头和结尾都很感动，有点原谅这个不善管理自己人生的大男孩对演戏的炙热，希望他能在之后接到更好的符合他年龄的剧本。当然，这本身也很难，希望他不要再欠钱和大手笔花钱了。整个剧情节还是缺乏精彩度，黛米摩尔是出来打了个酱油。看完电影好希望他真的有个女儿。
有点早年的尼古拉斯凯奇作品味道了，也算是一种演员与自己过往的和解方式，用一部电影致敬过去，有点浪漫。
老子还能东山再起
I love Nick fucking Cage!
因为从小看电影频道，一直觉得尼古拉斯凯奇是比较“正派的”演员。。。
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