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.
3/范伟演什么都是一个味，不过窦骁还挺好的，蛮惊喜的哈哈哈
有些荒诞，但又在情理之中。没被剧透的情况下看会非常精彩！
故事是个好故事，但是剪接的不行，不够流畅缺乏眼前一亮的惊喜，而故事本身有这个惊喜。
总感觉差了啥，反转不够刺激，黑幽默巧合总感觉力度不够
反转要出乎预料才好看，电影该比观众快一步，「不速来客」显然没做到。
故事想法和演技还是不错的，但细节漏洞较多不能细想。
悬疑的层次在小规模反复，没有大起伏的刺激感，同时背景和演员单调，总体不够趣味性。本来应该给两星，多一星给国产片做鼓励。
还可以 有小悬疑 多重环形叙事 能比较好的圆回来 演员也都算实力派 虽然稍有刻意制造反转的嫌疑 和碍于尺度不能一黑到底只能含蓄表达。 色彩的塑造和小细节的前后呼应还是挺有诚意。
真太无聊了 想法人人可以有 但手艺有限就没意义
如果说艺术创作真的需要宽容的话，私以为那就是现在了
怎么说呢，就是绕得有点冗余巧合堆积得太多了就会失真，不仅不大容易勾起猜想，反而令观众疲乏，放弃跟节奏。
开始略闷，这么热闹还能圆起来的国产电影现在的评分真有点离谱。春来老哥可以的，好角色摩多摩多。
作为处女作还算及格，另外为什么很多人都说这电影是低配版「疯狂的石头」，就因为都是非线性叙事吗？除此之外，俩电影在拍摄逻辑上压根八竿子打不着……
典型的不知名导演和主创在剧本上下了很大的功夫的作品，能想象开了多少个都不满足的剧本会。可惜都不会回到源头问问自己，这个故事到底值不值得，观众到底会看的理由是什么。表演好不好就显得一点也不重要了。
还有最后周深的那首电音迷幻曲风的片尾曲。
小成本高性价比，多次反转，悬疑吊的很足，一直在猜测他们到底在交易什么，孩子出来的一瞬间太震惊了，用最平静的面孔做着最肮脏的事。非线性叙事，多角度慢慢还原了事情的真相，拍的很有特点，很庆幸最后是主旋律结局，否则真接受不了，窦骁最后黑化起来比较帅，最后想问，这破房子在哪找的🤭
其实布景和故事是很好的，整个结构、情节推进、人物一个个进入，就是没当作电影拍好。电影，有电影的叙事方式，这部电影的差距，还是在导演的功底。
整个剧情设计反转都很好，很出乎意料，只是最后这个反转，小马作为最后隐藏线，整个人设完全崩塌了，之前很多事都不合理了，直接崩完了
一个杀了前女友和前女友的新男友的送餐员，一个想要骗钱的小三，一个又贩卖残疾儿童又包小三的老板，两个贩卖残疾儿童的犯罪团伙，一个想要偷钱给孩子治病的老爸，一个想要救女儿的曾经是警察的老爸。七个人阴差阳错撞在一个屋里的故事。外加一个莫名其妙踹了一个多小时门也报不了警的编外人员。剧作结构，节奏和表演还有摄影都特别好，就是故事太不接地气了且漏洞很多，一个曾经是警察的人去找自己的女儿也不报警，愣是给自己的朋友打电话也不报警，自己的朋友也是踹了一小时门，很莫名其妙。
范伟的角色动机不清或者不足，但是算近期不错的片子。倒叙把悬疑做得不错，如果一黑到底会增色不少。
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