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.
未经他人苦，莫劝他人善。她把曾经的伤口撕裂，血淋淋的向世人展示，用最引人瞩目的方式，惩恶扬善。
主题立意很高尚，但拍摄水平欠佳，很简单的剧情，拖了整整两个小时。话说印度这个神奇的国度，好像整个国家的男人一直都处于发情期，真是奇葩，但这也反映出弓虽女干在印度的犯罪成本是有多低，真是印度女性的悲哀……
有些国家的女性确实不容易
内容差点意思，明显一副用力过猛的样子
至少敢说，敢拍，敢面对。希望现实可以越来越好。
印度终于关注到这个问题了吗 作为我们熟知的女性最容易被强奸的国家 大概是一群人艰难地拍出了这部电影 凭什么受害者要被心理阴影折磨一辈子 而施暴者却逍遥法外 最好现实也是如此美好吧
震撼捂住耳朵的人。敢拍这样的电影，是需要整个社会的勇气，摸着石头过河的勇气。
对于印度人敢说敢干这件事，我是服气的。一方面，他们什么都敢干，另一方面，他们还真的什么都敢干。
3.5又一部主题先行的电影，要控诉的也非常地直白了，德里黑公交事件中多名罪犯被判处了死刑，但他们却迟迟没有执行，印度在修改了相关法律后，受害者却迟迟等不来正义的到来，电影中一大半时间都在表现女主角的“凶恶”，其实很多细节都明显地留下了反转的铺垫，这次这个发生在戈拉巴的绑架案中也用相当的篇幅展现了社交媒体、传统媒体、警察机构、公益互助组织、法律、行政当局对于印度女性权益保护的角色，它们没有形成有机的高效的联合体，反而需要受害者自己来为自己复仇，一个几小时就能抓住的关键罪犯，却浪费那么多年直到彻底被遗忘，发声是多么地困难，正如电影中所说，你拉着人家的耳朵喊都不一定有人愿意理会你
这位支离破碎的女性在最后得到了舆论的支持，some kind of伸张了正义，简直是科幻片。片尾的数字触目惊心：印度平均会有8位女性在我们看电影这两小时里遭到强奸。
印度版的三年A班，一班学生成了幼儿园小朋友
震撼捂住耳朵的人。敢拍这样的电影，是需要整个社会的勇气，摸着石头过河的勇气。
反转之后都挺好的，就是前半段那种一惊一乍的架势看着可太难受了，配乐可以拿个表演奖的程度。
有時候覺得印度這些社會現實片子，都成了套路片。根據我親眼去看到的印度，印度并沒有因爲這些印度電影，變得好一點點。絕望。但有這些片子還是好的，越南就沒有這種現實電影。另外，女主角和女警长，明显的伊朗人啊。印度这种白净的伊朗种可能低于总人口10%.女警长演员只比女主演大3岁，看着也是大美人
那个前程似锦的女孩。人的生命不能只换来一场烛光游////行。不是这个代价。不能这么衡量。
女主实在太美了，美、智慧、勇敢、真实。女孩子们，要站起来，也要保护自己。
把ron称作小白再合适不过了。友情就是这样，会让你开心、难过且成长。本来我很不理解最后barney的选择，这不是又回归到用网络替代真实社交的死循环了吗，但不是每一个人都可以遇到有趣的朋友，为了抵抗孤独，只能是短视的妥协。“一只鸟刚刚评论了你的脸”，hhhh
印度电影几乎什么问题都敢抨击，三傻里的高考制度、px里的宗教问题，这一部，好像是我看到的第一部剧烈地反映印度女性问题的电影。能拍出来、能播出来，感觉某些方面确实比那啥宽松自由。就是希望不要停留在文化层面的觉醒，不要只是个美好的愿景。
这个，真的不行的，价值观有问题！除了诡异还是诡异！
印度政府的无能表现的淋漓尽致，噱头足够，却内容单薄，实属雷声大，雨点小
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