新天师斗僵尸

　　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.

　　故事发生在地广人稀的南方工业小镇中，闭塞的环境和苍白的日常让生活在那里的年轻人们脑袋里充满了奇思妙想。保罗（保罗·施耐德 Paul Schneider 饰）是小镇上出了名的花花公子，时至今日，你已经很难在当地找到一个没有和他发生过关系的女孩子了，不过，这些女孩子中并不包括诺瓦（佐伊·丹斯切尔 Zooey Deschanel 饰）。
　　纯洁的诺瓦理所当然地吸引了保罗的注意，未经人事的她亦很快就坠入了保罗一手制造的温柔乡之中无法自拔。尽管所有人都不看好这段荒唐的感情，但身陷其中的保罗和诺瓦两人依然坚信，他们的未来是光明而又美好的。然而，随着时间的推移，一些棘手的问题开始露出了端倪。

　　六个死党，Candy(卢巧音 饰)、Karena(林嘉欣 饰)、梁Wing(周俊伟 饰)、Jean(邓健泓 饰)、Leo(周永恒 饰)、美颜宝(森美 饰)，偶然遇到了一间租约为一年的单位，租金十分便宜，六人租了这六楼后座。
　　在这里面，他们最常玩的是“True or Dare”，游戏开始，他们便要卸下面具，勇敢面对问题，青春的荷尔蒙使然，让他们敢于面对这一切。新的一年即将来临，6个人立志要实现自己的理想，一年后无法达成的就要面临吃屎的惩罚。但订下了这个约定以后，每人都忙着发生在自己身上的事：Wing面临回美国读书；Jean被骗了所有积蓄；美颜宝与最爱重逢;Candy面对多角恋爱；Karena与素未谋面的老总谈情，更要面对Leo的暗恋。期限也即将来临，到底谁要接受惩罚呢？