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.
2.5，可谓用心做画面和配乐，非要用脚写剧本，真就动画版《尼罗河上的惨案》呗，日常剧情，灾后阴影，奇幻传说，样样都沾点边，样样都讲不深，最后打怪干脆都不讲基本法了，直接上来奏乐拿把弓箭来个精准打击，一点都不带练的就跟后羿射日般就赢了，人啥事没有一箭就拯救了世界（话说龙傲天爽文都不敢这么写啊...），最后强行升华一波励志主题，到这真就离谱他妈给离谱开门，离谱到家了。
这部居然给我好多快乐，笑了好多。
四颗星给美丽的风景，治愈舒服😌。情节后期出现妖怪有点突兀，死的很突然。
开始看着挺心酸的，中年危机经济窘迫，感觉都是在强笑欢颜，感觉把生活过成了笑话。后来看到最后才觉得，无论日子多苦，还是要有一颗欢乐的心。
“吞噬内心的悲鸣”。奇幻治愈向，迷途之家的受创者。结尾打怪时长太短，高潮没撑起来。
前面的节奏有些慢导致后面的剧情赶了…但是整体完成度挺好~看着让人特别舒服…CV选的高分~画面和分镜也很好~很治愈~
虽然是部喜剧，但是现实的残酷令人心酸和感动，年纪比较大的人应该会更有触动吧，总之，是部好电影
很有意思的剧 也很现实 特别是婆婆那句打工人 感觉看到了自己老年生活
想要一个这样的家，适宜温度的洗澡水，吃不完的饭，马上就能喝到的冰水。治愈，但感觉又有点普通。
在雅安地震之后看到这部电影，还真是，心情复杂
作画很好，前中期剧情比较宁静，后面打斗比较儿戏，整体而言有不错的提升空间。
刷微博时被台词“福气不需要那么大，只要每天有小小的福气就足够了”安利到
结尾非常理想化 还顺便宣传了日本的未来群居生活推荐 挺那啥
看开头以为是夏目友人帐，中间觉得是河童之夏，快到结尾发现是鸣人大战九尾……
及格不能再多，前面致郁，结尾又太乌托邦了，唯一的看点是吐槽女主进不了宝冢哈哈哈哈哈
什么嘛，一点都不现实。share house真的哒咩
值得满分，就冲风景太美，看着就很治愈。这是个受创伤后努力治愈自己的故事，不禁想到“幸运的人用童年治愈一生，不幸的人用一生治愈童年”，但终其一生，总有那么一个人愿意和努力治愈你。
画面挺好的。故事有点不给力。以温馨来映衬家庭悲剧？而且家庭悲剧不是很深刻。
人物和背景的画风有点割裂，剧情前面太慢了后面太快了，感觉新海诚开拍应该会更抓人
画面绝美！但最后的boss战过于草率了，铺垫那么多，最后一分钟就结束战斗了，详略太不得当了……而且人物性格也不太饱满。
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