一对夫妇外出度假，留下孩子们自己在家，然而儿子因为跷课的事情被学校扣留后，轻松的假期结束了，事情也发生了意想不到的转折。
本片讲述的是一位女高中教师在课堂上回答了一个学生关于耶稣的提问，这给她带了深深的麻烦，她将为此争取在公共场所讨论耶稣的权力。
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.
影片根据哈罗德·费雷德里克Harold Frederic (1856-1898)的小说改编，故事来自于真实的历史。作者曾经在童年的时期经历过美国的内战。1862年美国纽约州的秋天，有一名叫阿波内尔·比奇的养牛的农民，他内心固执、坚持自己的信念，因而坚决地反对内战而与自己的邻居以及政 府决裂。
少校巧妙地逃离了监狱，开始了新的生活。 新的甜蜜生活！ 索科洛夫斯基加入了世俗的人群，每个人都坐在一种新的合成药物上，他再次被汽车，别墅和顶级模特包围。 朋友，敌人和FSB都跟随着少校的步伐，试图了解他开始了什么样的比赛以及他站在谁的一边。 伊戈尔（Igor）试图了解他是谁-叛徒，圣人还是同一个……少校？
