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.
2.3。主要是出现了去年的优秀作品，今年来这么一出就有点说不过去了。故事整体无厘头，场内学龄前儿童笑得前仰后合，而我看得有点莫名其妙，大概蜡笔小新剧场版真的已经不是给大人的动画片了。
他们是怎么能做到开会讨论如何进行种族清洗的，每个人都义正言辞，太可怕了
这集真的感动到我了，你的涂鸦以后又会成为谁的宝贝
最后那段儿让我想到了前些时候看的《来自纳粹地狱的报告》，工业化流水线杀人，把人当做资源去采掘，才是真正可怕的地方
突然发现雅各布演的四处，怪不得看的时候好眼熟（尖叫！）
Road movie farfelu au concept rocambolesque qui nous rappelle de toujours conserver cette part d'innocence et de naïveté : Shin chan retourne aux origines, Crayon sauve le monde. 3.5
人类这个物种可真实千百年来从来没有变过呢，随便换一个会议主题都能成立
昨晚刚看完，我发现蜡笔小新最让我觉得好的一点就是搞笑当中带着能让人深思的特点，这次的剧场版也一样。小新第一次救下了所有大人成为了大家的英雄，但是当第二次第三次灾难小新把蜡笔丢了，所有人都在责怪他，全然忘记小新只是一个五岁的小孩。不求回报的付出真是世界上最恐怖的东西
看不下去了 这会议非常的”高效”且”机械”
国家机器面前，每个人都在做自己认为正确的事情，哪怕是要决定一千万人的死亡……会议结束前每个人的脸色，不寒而栗
好看，第一次休会后到结尾的部分更吸引我。在这个节点看到它，想说，以史为鉴，可以知兴替。
把 90 分钟的会议一比一时间线放在了 108 分钟电影里。一群人决定了几百万人的生死，他们在会议上不在有人格道德，仅是一个个数字
神仙。几年来没做这么好了。剧情一点都不拖沓，希望早日上院线
防卫大臣是个帅哥～
房间内
没有一个屠杀画面，但是却感到血腥。没有一丝恐怖情节，但是却后背发凉。
-有誰消失了嗎 -沒有，沒事的
以上，作为一家之言～
呜呜又看哭了，小新和涂鸦生成的娜娜子、穿了两天的内裤、不理不理左卫门（这次的日语配音不对味 不是平常的不理不理）、佑一起合作拯救春日部，最后小新笑着涂鸦巨大左卫门真的有自由的感觉。大人都在权衡利弊，只有小孩子会勇往直前
别墅、包装的公文式语言、讨论百万人命运时的冷静，不知现在是否也是如此呢？
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