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.
剧情好水，从头水到尾，而且还挺闹。闹也就算了，扔的包袱也没多大响，这就很尴尬了。重点是打着哥特风的旗号，做的却是低幼合家欢的事儿，受众也就完全没有针对性。
但凡是进入千禧年后他主演的电影，你会发现无一例外都是童话。本片亦不例外，唯一区别就在于到现在他已经抛弃了那种悲情的想象或者陶醉。《老爷车》是用一种愤懑甚至暴戾，以自我牺牲实现了看似不可能的交流，而本片打通交流障碍的，似乎只有善良，还有一张没有任何攻击力的脸。整个电影看下来，没有哪怕一场稍微紧张的危机事件，没有，就像大卫•林奇《史崔特先生的故事》，唯一的冲突就是一个老头固执到可爱地开着除草机穿越大半个美国。但你说这算是江郎才尽力不从心吗？也不是，一些情境的构建都指向激烈的冲突，但最终还是被他本人所一笔带过了。童话在今天看起来保鲜期已经越来越短，并不是说什么人越来越现实这类废话，而是很多时候，人们都不相信，美好幸福的事情往往都是简单直接的，理所当然的。
真的没意思，一点都不哥特，比第一部还要差，失望
原本的歌德风格被阳光沙滩和莫名其妙不搭的流行乐取代，上一部好歹还有说说每个家庭成员的困境与烦恼，这集完全是围着星期三的工具人，剧情也莫名其妙，各种不必要的爆炸与对白，也不懂到底想传递什么讯息，一个半小时的戏居然能无聊拖沓到我频频看时间想快点结束，这部不配称为亚当斯的Road Trip！
全网没找出一个能好好翻译这部电影的，全都是些劣质字幕，好像机翻的一样（点名批评远鉴…这么拉还好意思往上面打自己名字说自己是翻译啊）最后还是开英文字幕自己看的😥
虽然故事太合家欢了，但是看到夫人和姐姐就很快乐
还是那句奥的配音能力真强hhh
很烂，BGM比较印象深刻，剧情低幼且好无看点，可能已经过了那年纪...
帅了一辈子，太温柔了I dont know how to cure“old”
就凭这黑白的肤色，也绝对是爸爸妈妈亲生的好不好
老爷子变温和了，给人的感觉就是，即便他还有话想说，但是也有点说不动了，干脆就编织一些童话般的美梦好了，for next generation。一趟明知终点却又中途停靠的旅程，是谢幕亦是启程，仅此已足矣。
比第一部还不行，搞笑也不搞笑，梗也不多，逻辑么就看个乐。
好像没啥gothic味道了，就一个普通的挽救叛逆期女儿和家人关系的动画片，也并不好笑。
看了十分钟，果断放弃！拍个动画片都这么恶心！
你曾经骑着牛骑着马 现在你要靠鸡救你了 你嘴里说着 硬汉都是被夸大的 但我们确实见过你硬汉的模样
看得开心不就行了，所有celebrate weirdness的电影都加一星！
动画家庭片happy ending 跟娃一起看 剧情很弱 但娃很喜欢
有一种喜欢只与情怀有关，看到这些人物的时候回忆上脑，智商为零
看评分以为扑街了，看到一半两星预定，全看下来又觉得也没那么糟糕...还是逃不掉对东木的粉丝滤镜。
90高龄的Eastwood还有如此精神，实在可敬。但这片保险应该很贵吧。。。
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