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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.

飞机（郑伊健 饰）本是个上进的警员，在一次行动中杀手天使（方中信 饰）杀死了证人以及飞机的女友后，飞机性情大变。新被调到CID的警察火鸡（陈小春 饰）被安排与飞机拍档，生性乐观的他积极鼓励颓废的飞机，两人友情大增。火鸡遇见了梦中情人小明星小婷（徐若萱 饰），却收到她的求救信息，原来小婷被高利贷抓走了。飞机更认识了小婷的朋友小曼（梁咏琪 饰），小曼跟飞机死去的女友样子几乎一模一样。火鸡为了能接近小婷，提出要保护两个女孩子。当他们4人都沉醉在爱情的甜蜜时，杀手天使计划要杀死四人……

美国怀俄明州的西部，沉默寡言的农夫恩尼斯（希斯?莱杰饰）和热情开朗的牛仔杰克（杰克?吉伦希尔饰)一道被派到山上牧羊，那里人迹罕至，他们只有与羊群为伴，生活单调无味。一个天寒地冻的夜晚，在酒精与荷尔蒙的作用下，他们做了“不该做的事情”，也就此他们在断背山上度过了人生中最美好的时光。季节性放牧结束，迫于世俗压力，杰克和恩尼斯不舍地与对方分离并各自结婚生子。恩尼斯迎娶了自幼相识的阿尔玛，并有了两个可爱的女儿；杰克到了德州，在妻子露琳家族的扶植下事业顺利，还有了个儿子。虽然彼此真心相应，他们只能每年定期约会。一边知情的阿尔玛痛苦无比，而他们又无法满足一年只有几天的团聚。这时意外发生……

30年代的上海，马丽某年生日收到了表姐送来的一块古董梳妆台，可是表姐已在几年前被她设计迫害自杀了。她的丈夫是著名教授，可是两人年龄差异较大，丈夫有了外遇，对方竟是马丽的表姐，马丽愤怒设计杀死他们，最后自己也在那块镜子前自杀了。90年代的新加坡，律师詹辛为了丰厚的报酬，埋没良心为罪大恶极富家子辩护。他的妻子买来了一块古董梳妆台，每当他在镜前都会发生奇怪的事情。后来他因车祸毁容了，没想到整形医生拆开纱布的一刻他发现，自己的容貌跟富家子被杀害的人的模样。世纪末的香港，兰姨（罗兰饰）含辛茹苦独自带大孙子麦迪（谢霆锋饰），对他无比牵挂。可是孙子带回来洋气女友Ruby（林心如饰）令她很不满意。Ruby得知兰姨身价丰厚，便极力讨好她，杀害兰姨后嫁祸他人，她在新买回来的古董梳妆台中看到了幻觉，自杀身亡。