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.

名叫佐伯俊雄（小山僚太 饰）的男孩多日未曾上课，他的级任教师小林俊介（柳优怜 饰）按照地址登门拜访，发现家里乱七八糟，臭气熏天，而独自在家的俊雄则浑身是伤，精神恍惚。俊雄的父母行踪不明，他的妈妈伽椰子（藤贵子 饰）是小林大学时代的同学，且一直对小林心存爱慕，但是这份心思为伽椰子乃至她身边所有的人带来难以预料的悲剧。村上一家搬入一幢独栋房产，在一个毫无征兆的日子里，厄运忽然降临，无论是村上一家还是与之相关的家庭教师（三轮ひとみ 饰）、异性好友（栗山千明 饰），皆遭遇了令人不寒而栗的恐怖恶灵。咒怨最为恐怖的故事缓缓拉开序幕……

1938年，武汉沦陷前夕，传奇狙击手左英杰率小队拼死阻击，一战成名。不料事后却遭小人构陷含冤入狱，女特工沈雪在狱中找到昔日战场英雄并授予一项绝密刺杀任务。左英杰临危受命，不料行动伊始便遭遇宿敌日军王牌狙击手下川国正伏击，身陷险境。惊天阴谋逐渐浮出水面，国恨家仇、狭路相逢，巅峰对决一触即发……

“其实，我是个骗子。”美丽的女大学生杀了自己的父亲，动机不明。“她为什么一定要对父亲痛下杀手呢？”一个内心同样受到过创伤的注册心理咨询师真壁由纪慢慢走进女孩的内心，发掘出令人震惊的事实真相。那真相中隐藏着虚构的过去，回荡着被珍爱之人侵蚀灵魂的绝望惨叫声。