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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.

张正光（雷震 饰）是名副其实的花花公子，个性前卫的时髦女郎沈婉虹（林黛 饰）和出生于大户之家的富家千金李可珍（苏凤 饰）和个性娇纵蛮横但又不失可爱的周纯美（林慧 饰）都是他鱼塘里的大鱼，与此同时，他还有一个青梅竹马已经定了婚约的表妹丁小圆，只不过，张正光早已经将这一纸婚约给忘得光光的了。丁小圆从老家进城来找张正光，恰巧碰见张家在举办舞会，由此目睹了未婚夫花天酒地的生活的一角。张正光只把丁小圆的到来当成是一个大麻烦，于是将姑娘托付给了弟弟次明，次明和妻子看不惯张正光的所做作为已久，两人决定帮助丁小圆俘获张正光的心。

比利之父伦德路经一家古董店，看中一只灵巧的小精灵，想送给比利当圣诞礼物，店主老翁坚持不卖，但是老翁的孙子偷偷将小精灵卖给伦德，一连串不幸的事情就此展开。

州政府为节省财务开支，计划把分别由拉萨雷和毛瑟所领导的两所警校撤销一所，为了从生存竞争中胜出，两位校长各施所能，毛瑟在州长与学监面前大拍马屁，并且暗中在拉萨雷警校中安插了两名内线；而拉萨雷则召回了昔日优秀学生担任教官助阵，于是马哈尼（斯蒂夫?古根伯格 Steve Guttenberg 饰）、黑巨人高塔、泰克布雷等六人再次回到警校。毛瑟为了获胜，将看不顺眼的学员赶到拉萨雷处，很快，一班古怪学员汇聚拉萨雷警校：从上一集中出现的懦弱眼镜男和流氓头子，到精通空手道的日本交换生应有尽有。马哈尼等人必须在短期内将学员们打造成合格的警察，但这个任务并不简单，除了学员本身的素质限制，毛瑟一伙也在暗中破坏……