恐怖之森

这个暑假，查理布朗带著《花生漫画》的同伴到西部露营。岂料，在当地遇上一群恶霸。恶霸们跟查理及史努比等展开连番恶斗，并挑衅查理及花生漫画同伴们在大河急流中来个大对决，查理及史努比等人于是经历了一场险象环生的水上木筏之战。

故事发生在1884年的英国，伊诺拉（米莉·博比·布朗 Millie Bobby Brown 饰）正准备迎接自己的16岁生日，哪知道在这一天，她的母亲（海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）失踪了。大名鼎鼎的名侦探夏洛特福尔摩斯（亨利·卡维尔 Henry Cavill 饰）和麦考夫（山姆·克拉弗林 Sam Claflin 饰）成为了伊诺拉的监护人。面对古灵精怪不受控制的妹妹，两个男人一门心思的想要将她送到专门培养“淑女”的寄宿学校中就读，伊诺拉哪会这样乖乖受人摆布？一言不合之下，她选择了离家出走，只身一人前往伦敦寻找母亲的下落。在旅途中，伊诺拉被卷入了一个非常神秘的案件之中，她化身成为侦探，和自己的哥哥展开了斗智斗勇的较量。

有钱的门仓常造访地位低微的水田，对其妻子阿民关怀备至；阿民也处处为门仓著想。水田深谙友人心事，只一笑置之。一天，门仓改变以往和蔼态度，在酒会上对老朋友冷嘲热讽，当众奚落水田。水田怒气冲冲，挥袖离去。门仓失去挚友，仍尽力为水田女儿里子撮合恋情。那刻，阿民绽放笑容，因为，门仓早已融入水田家，不能分离……

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.