尽诉心中情

　　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.

　　故事发生在禁酒令执行期间，私酒买卖成为了黑帮分子们赚钱谋利的最佳手段。达利（大卫·帕特里克·凯利 David Patrick Kelly 饰）和史托兹（尼德·艾森伯格 Ned Eisenberg 饰）分别是爱尔兰黑手党和意大利黑手党的首脑，两个帮派因为争夺地盘的问题而闹得剑拔弩张。
　　某日，镇上来了一位神秘的流浪抢手，自称史密斯（布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰），经验丰富的他很快就看出了盘旋在小镇上空一触即发的紧张气氛，喜欢铤而走险的史密斯决定在此大捞一笔。史密斯游走于达利和史托兹之间，很快就赚得盆满钵满，然而，没过多久，他就发现，自己陷入了危机之中，成为了两大黑手党都想要除掉的对象。

　　一群心怀鬼胎的人被巨额保金诱惑，住进了阴森“鬼”楼。楼内诡事频发，冥婚拜堂、厉婴啼哭不休、墙上莫名的血脚印，一切宛如噩梦狠狠缠绕众人！沈言（李梦 饰）对男友刘振中（苏小玎 饰）温柔体贴却另有企图，而看似老实的刘振中也藏着秘密。苏杰克（刘迅 饰）、张辰（海陆 饰）与鸳鸯楼“厕所产子”传闻的女主人公封雪晴（赵樱子 饰）三人之间存在一段难以释怀的过往，就连楼内看似普通的保安叶凡（薛元清 饰）也卷入这个恐怖漩涡无法逃脱……头七回魂夜，怨魂归来审判渣男，他们不得不直面自己曾犯下的罪过，一场酣畅淋漓的复仇戏码悄然上演！