乔尼是村子里最胆小的人，胆小到天天被村子里的大大小小欺负。他不帮年老的父亲干活，天天就顾着买彩票，做着总有一天中彩票变成百万富翁的白日梦。乔尼生命里的唯一动力就是他的爱，玛利亚——村子里最有钱的人也是他父亲的仇敌彼得的女儿。两人真心相爱，彼得死活不愿意让他们结婚，而乔尼又太胆小，任凭玛利亚的哥哥们揍他，直到有一天一个沉默又爱吃的硬汉来到村子，接下来村子里就上演了一系列闹剧...到底这个硬汉什么来头？乔尼会得到心爱的女孩吗？
《青春星主播之我的个女神啊》讲述了因飞船突发事故，导致来自开普勒星球的呆萌外星女王妃(夏小薇饰)意外掉落地球后的各种奇遇。起初，刚到地球上的王妃对于地球文明一无所知，百般无助下误打误撞地遇到了正在《青春星主播》担当辅导老师的地球宅男罗翔(罗翔饰)，并通过罗翔认识了《青春星主播》十强选手。王妃在新伙伴的帮助下，凭借着超强的记忆理解能力迅速融入进来，成为《青春星主播》破格录取的参赛选手。正当王妃一边准备比赛，一边寻找如何返回开普勒星球的时候，意外发生了，在地球上无冤无仇的王妃竟被神秘人抓走……
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.
An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building
