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.
好像还可以。但是快进跳着看。所以具体不是很清楚哈哈哈哈还行吧。全家完犊子了。
传统拍法 无功无过 节奏有点慢后面还不错
有点意思，但意思不大，惊吓场面不够。幽灵都是无辜者且不伤人。祭祀活动使得献祭者有了伤口自愈能力。
一个还算可以的概念，如果换个名导可以整得更高级一点
快进看完的，不算特别的差，但是一个半小时的影长，长镜头拉了可能一个小时，故事确实是不够饱满
亲戚真是倒了八辈子血霉，屠龙者成龙的结尾我很讨厌。
蛮好看的，怪还挺可爱的，看起来以为需要肉体博弈，没想到是精神方面的战斗。以为是战士，结果是法师。
最后五分钟终于精彩，结果都快结束了，完全就是家庭教育片，数数字这个巧思还蛮妙的，从此下楼梯都有阴影了
前面节奏太慢，伏笔有点多，后面也没咋解释清楚感觉，女主是当主人了？给怪物送猎物？还变异了？怪物形象像日本的飞头蛮，设计的很不错，这个是亮点，可惜出场时间太少
只能说还一般吧，没有特别的吓人，就是血腥场面 有点看不了。
饰演妈妈的是《24小时》里小强的女儿金姆，片里的女儿显得太老了，松垂的脸部皮肤显得跟妈妈年龄一样大。影片前期的神秘氛围渲染的真不错，吊起了我的好奇心，但也有些问题：1.女儿失踪后父母觉照睡，班照上，心太大了，导演完全不明白该情况下正常父母应有的心态（我丢儿子不到10分钟，自杀的心都有了）。 2. 妈妈不小心把弹力球踢下地窖，球弹下去那么长时间有回音，要是我接着就弄个手电拴着放下去试探，或者第二天买个遥控灯放下去，然后摁灯亮，查看明白到底是啥情况。3.开留声机导致儿子失控，房间里开的那个秘门都不看看里面是啥吗？唱片里的那些话不去找人研究一下？结局肯定是悲剧，要么全家挂了都在地狱，要么山羊魔已经把他家变成了地狱的一部分。影片质量比我预想的要好，我给3星6.5分！
氛围烘托不错。奈何有恶魔的片没有神父，铁定搞不过呀
应该是山羊怪吸收所有人的灵魂重生吧 是重生还是附身呢？儿子胸前的图案是怎么回事？
一般
恐怖气氛做得不错，故事也很有创意，导演中间误导了观众，还以为和数学和量子定律有关，实质上还是个关于魔鬼的故事，总体来说值得一看，比前段时间大厂狗尾续貂的那几部恐怖片强多了。。
虽然看着成本不高，某些细节没有交代清楚，但因为没有期待却收获惊喜，近期不错的类型片
我对那个吃人头的蛾子很感兴趣，塑造得非常棒，当然我只是说它的样子。至于其他的，乏善可陈。
只有抹去人性，才能在这个残酷的世界强大起来
冷色调不错，节奏拖沓，逻辑混乱，如坐针毡后果然看到了狼牙棒爆头的爽点，杀死宿主，自己替代宿主，也印证了与恶龙缠斗，自身亦变成恶龙。给你5分鼓励
有个圣斗士星矢场景，巨蟹座迪斯马斯克直呼内行
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