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.
一条忠告 做爱前和进行时 能不聊就别聊 对大家都好 这个角色太适合艾玛汤普森了 克制焦虑优雅有姿色又脆弱 就是可惜落脚在这样的情节上 一个迷失自己的自卑的通讯录都比这个结尾强 虽然片尾俩人露屁股露的好看
原来还有这样一段历史。演员都好出色，音乐都很好听。哎还是希望love & peace吧
女主演技很棒，让她说大段台词的时候尤其好。剧情感觉有些乏味，它试图构建起一种对性的探讨，包含性自由，高潮，性工作者等等，但是这种探讨好像只针对剧中的这一个漂亮大男孩，我不能想象这样的探讨如果在现实世界里会多么荒诞，你告诉一个以此为生挣扎在生存线上从未受过教育的人说，你应该以你的职业围为荣，你妈妈不该对你失望。这听起来很像个玩笑，是个不能让人笑出来的玩笑。确实人都有尊严，确实职业无贵贱，但是面对现实里的痛苦人生，谁能拿着这么一部干净漂亮做爱都在干净旅馆里的剧来有底气证明这一切呢？象牙塔里不缺天才，但天才可能没光脚站在土地上。
1⃣️最后非要去调查人家真实身份想要帮助人家就有点多余了哈，非常“女/母性”，总以为可以改变/拯救男人2⃣️话痨片，我的爱，感谢电影，又对我脑中“女性找男技师话题”拓展了新的视角3⃣️Nancy的解放日记，万岁！4⃣️男主太帅太帅了好性感，期待更多作品，大火吧！
看群像的剧不如看纪录片有趣。除此以外服装不合我审美。很平庸的剧。
值得反复观看。爱自己，接受自己原本的样子。
万恶的资本主义社会x行业已经成熟到兼具心理咨询功能了吗？
“我觉得，这整个理念的意义要比这个大得多，试想一下，如果它对所有人都适用，没有任何羞耻感，没有任何评判，那将是多么文明的事情。”
看的过程热泪盈眶，这就是原汁原味的百老汇歌剧的魅力。舞台表演永远最能接近艺术的本真，它的爆发力和感染力可能是电影都不能具备的。之前的《汉密尔顿》和《万尼亚舅舅》都制作了官摄版，如果没有疫情想必《来自远方》也不会诞生这个版本。至于表演，永远可以不用质疑歌剧演员的演技，他们超一流的群戏、走位、变装，这种舞台感已经说明了一切。棒！
哇！那个有点像Monica的女机长也太帅了吧！
再好再温柔的男菩萨也有不能触碰的软肋，与此同时，再苍老再固执的身体也可以入驻一颗年轻自由的心脏，正视自己，才能灵肉合一，只是及时行乐的性，彼此理解的真诚，这一切也都必须在进一步了解前将其阻断。小成本，但内容够，Emma Thompson演绎这个角色，自然得心应手，年下应召男也很优秀。
音乐无国界
很欧洲的片子，什么题材都要立意深刻，上价值。虽然……但还是被退休年龄段的老太与90后年轻小鲜肉的这对30多岁年龄差的大尺度震惊到了
#How a small island changes the world when the world is on the edge of falling.
还是那句话，英国人才能做到这种冷清的温暖。
I'm an islander. 纽芬兰岛Gander小镇。喜欢女机长的故事，原型是 Beverley Bass, the first woman captain for American Airlines. "And the one thing I loved more than anything was used as the bomb" 真是听着很让人心痛。
精彩绝伦！！！
中国目前日渐保守的文化土壤上，这样性积极叙事的文本获得不少好评，可以认为是对性解放和对自己身体探索的渴望，也可以认为是用porn视角凝视里奥获得愉悦，毕竟如果使用镜像原则的话，我相信评价不会很好。
一部关于爱、欲、和满足的喜剧片。艾玛·汤普森饰演的55岁寡妇Nancy Stokes迫切渴望冒险、人类联结和性，渴望她人生中第一次很棒的性爱。丈夫Robert给了她住宅、家庭和看起来像样的生活，然而他已经走了，如今Nancy觉得“连有些修女都比我性生活更 丰富”，她一向是行动派，且当过老师，相当有条理，于是她马上开始实施计划：做了一些研究之后，Nancy雇佣了一个20岁出头的性心理治疗师Leo Grande，准备重启对自己身体的认识。
比之前听Ost强太多了，很美式正能量，基本把音乐剧的特质展现得淋漓尽致，群像故事表现那么流畅，个体性格又很鲜明，主旋律节拍好好听(但不到洗脑的地步)，一切都注定这是一部成功的作品。有掉眼泪，在机长故事和消防员母亲那里。
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