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.

　　A funny and irresistible story of a young girl who literally cannot see or hear her mother, even though she is living with her under the same roof. With the help of an eccentric psychiatrist, and a local, accidental hero, our heroine has to grow up, but falls in love and eventually takes hold of her future - despite not being able to see what's right in front of her.

　　在生日宴会上，布莱斯顿（布莱恩·邦赛尔 Brian Bonsall 饰）拥有了他人生中的第一张空白支票。小小年纪的他便懂得，只有拥有了金钱，在家中才拥有话语权，因此，布莱斯顿对金钱有着格外强烈的渴望和执着。
　　一场意外中，布莱斯顿的车被奎克利（米盖尔·弗尔 Miguel Ferrer 饰）压坏了，奎克利刚刚结束他的监狱生活没多久，但很显然，他并不准备改邪归正，这不，他正急匆匆的赶往银行，去洗白非法得来的一百万美元。布莱斯顿缠着奎克利要他赔偿，奎克利在匆忙之中开了一张空白支票给他，布莱斯顿在支票上写下了一百万美元的数额拿到银行去兑现，没想到竟然真的兑到了现金。就这样，布莱斯顿成为了一名百万富翁。

　　專題另一部默片來自德國的喜劇之王劉別謙，是他應美國傳奇女星瑪麗碧克馥之邀到荷里活執導的首部作品《風流歌女》（1923）。同是曲折的愛情故事，大師靈巧優雅的電影語言及自成一家的「劉別謙筆觸」，令美國觀眾為之傾倒。

　　在这部犀利而真诚的特辑中，安德鲁·舒尔茨分享了他人生中最疯狂的时刻— 成为一名父亲。

　　查理·布朗森（戴克斯·夏普德 Dax Shepard 饰）是专门帮人跑路的汽车司机，向来拿钱办事，尽量不卷进是非中。可一次意外却还是让他不可避免地成为了别人争相想要灭口的目标，于是他只好接受警方为他提供的证人保护计划。但为了女友安妮（克里斯汀·贝尔 Kristen Bell 饰）能够得到一份梦寐以求的理想工作，继而摆脱小镇生活，去大城市发展。他决定不顾劝阻，执意开车送安妮前往洛杉矶。由此，他们不但受到了以兰迪（汤姆·阿诺德 Tom Arnold 饰）为首的联邦调查局的追捕，而且查理之前的犯罪同伙（布莱德利·库珀 Bradley Cooper 饰），也加入到了这场混战当中……
　　一场公路之旅，很快就向着一个异常让人难堪的复杂方向飞速地发展着，既疯狂又棘手……