困惑的浪漫电影

在一間面臨轉型危機的鄉村麵包攤，一個正港台客麵包師傅，遇到了來自英國的貴族麵包師傅，為了追求心愛的女孩，展開正面對決。兩個男人，鄉村麵包店的土洋大戰，誰輸誰贏，口味將決定一切。這是一部關於男人的喜劇，也是一部關於麵包的喜劇，更是一部探討文化差異的喜劇。

About a handsome young soccer player Jake Graham who believes he is going insane, unable to shake the feeling of being stalked by something, by someone.

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.

本片根据霍利?布莱克（Holly Black）及托尼?迪特里奇（Tony DiTerlizzi）的同名畅销小说改编。单亲母亲格蕾丝（玛丽-路易斯?帕克 Mary-Louise Parker 饰）带着双胞胎儿子贾里德与西蒙（弗莱迪?海默尔 Freddie Highmore 饰）和大女儿马洛丽（莎拉?伯格 Sarah Bolger 饰）搬入斯派特维克祖居，竟碰到一系列怪事。贾里德在独自调查过程中发现了楼顶阁楼中伯祖母父亲阿瑟?斯派特维克（大卫?斯特雷泽恩 David Strathairn 饰）的精灵探索指南。尽管书表皮有一纸警告，贾里德还是阅读了指南，随后便看到了书中描述的精灵之一，棕精灵辛伯来泰克（马丁?肖特 配音）。辛伯来泰克警告贾里德不能把书拿到斯派特维克祖居保护圈外，以防恶灵莫格拉斯（尼克?诺特 Nick Nolte 饰）将指南据为己有，加害其他精灵。但莫格拉斯的手下已得知指南重见天日的事实，并错抓了西蒙。为了保护指南及家庭，三姐弟必须与莫格拉斯展开殊死搏斗……