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.
东木老爷子还在擅长的领域拍着电影，老牛仔一面展示与动物的亲近，一面教育起了小孩子，这趟旅程很无趣，西班牙语与英语的切换也让人难受，尾随者构不成严重的威胁，唯一的黄昏晚霞，多少散发出一丝慰藉，也许这就是东木当下的心境，寻求归宿。
full of grace的老年公路片，也只有这高龄自己演才能行了
他自己的温柔乡，雄鸡鸣叫，公路旅行。
22.7.22 vie to ewr 1/4 另类公路片
原来有前作啊，怪不得这么有意思的设定配这么水的剧情。。唯一可看的就是歌还不错
说实话没有第一部好看，但是还是故事说清楚了
东木老矣，温柔如故，和《老爷车》以及《骡子》一样构成了独属于他自己的童话故事，自己的坚持，情节温吞如白开水，台词也波澜不惊，不过能看他的电影，对于我来说就没什么可要求的了，本来想着为东木加一颗星，但我后来想了，他可能是现在所有的导演里，最不需要这种安慰的人了。
我是你爸爸
太失望了。看到一半就开始玩手机了。。。然后就 不想看了。。。。情节感觉东拼西凑，硬扯到一起，什么尼加拉瓜大瀑布。不知道主题讲的是什么。
看完本来准备打一个离谱的低分，然后主题曲响了，又加上一星。太浪费这么好的设定了，失望。
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。
弱智剧情 浪费时间 只不过想要系统地补亚当斯一家所以还是看了
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2021.9.22 老爷子yyds 期待你的新作品 简简单单的故事 非常的平稳了可以说是 但我是真的respect老爷子 91岁的高龄还奋斗在好莱坞一线 到底是什么支撑着你不空闲下来自己还在工作 这毋庸置疑只有热爱了..老爷子这样热爱电影的人才是真的不尊重 出一部尊重一部 毕竟91了..还有多少年呢 这部有点类似于骡子 反正都是公路电影 就是老爷子的老板想找回在墨西哥的儿子 他们夫妻出现矛盾实则是带回孩子可以拿到很多的赔偿 他去了墨西哥带了那个孩子 后面车被偷了就去了一家饭馆 联邦都在搜查他们 那家饭馆的老板娘也爱上了老爷子 两人虽然语言不通但境遇相同 没有老婆没有孩子都孤寡一人 老爷子和小孩在这生活好久教小孩骑马 帮助受伤的动物最后送他到边境自己回到饭馆找老板娘 但没看到有男人哭泣啊。。
我觉得叔叔好暖心啊，最后变成章鱼了还救自己的家人
弱智剧情的哥特小女孩寻找自我的家庭温情公路喜剧片。
我还是蛮喜欢这亚当斯一家，黑色幽默还是蛮多的，只是剧情稍微弱了一点，还是可以看看的。
剧本太儿童教育片了，只有东木泡妞值得看，大镖客最年轻最帅的时候永远是独行侠无名客，现在终于有了黄昏恋……anyway 片头字体一出现就是老西部片了，应该彻底复古来个name-above-the-title，开屏就把Clint Eastwood映到观众脸上，然后才是片名；墙上的rowdy剧照真是年轻美好，就算东木老了也帅，还是让人觉得时间残忍；东木走进服装店，旁边的路人都穿poncho，为什么不给他一件经典poncho；忽然理解他美观众对Dirty Harry的执念，现在我也想看Harry的退休生活
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感觉剧情矫揉造作、无痛呻吟，可能这是妹子青春期的叛逆吧……家人们并不出彩。打发时间可以看看。
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