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.
该是老爷子的最后一部电影了吧，且看且珍惜。
一个老人、一个孩子、一辆车，很像他93年的那部《完美的世界》，只是近30年过去，这部老爷车已经没什么油了，观影中我很难入戏，不是电影不好，而是东木太老。如果骷髅人能走路，大概就是这部电影里伊斯特伍德的样子，我甚至害怕一阵风就把他刮倒了。他比《骡子》时更老了，还那么艰辛的拍戏，我已经成了哭泣的男人。
画外:老当益壮！
单论电影，节奏非常平淡和缓，寓意也那么直白，在我看来，是一路的反高潮。但因为是克林特的作品，全程感受到的是和蔼的温柔。不是缅怀，不想说教，而是，就任车这么开，走到哪停哪，遇到谁就聊一聊，到达目的地之前，任旅程平缓还是颠簸，任生活刺激还是散漫。
老爷子很起范儿，尽管动作缓慢，但一看就知道很强大，老少配的公路片就有点平庸，挺美好的，没有什么紧张气氛。Macho，是对硬汉片的反思。
哎，真是好失望，以为东木老爷子最后要去一下西部牛仔，结果这个牛仔不硬，也整不动了
67/100。相较于《骡子》《理查德·朱维尔的哀歌》这两部还带有一定指向性的前作来说，克林特·伊斯特伍德在本片中则完全褪掉了对社会现象的自我认知，而转成了一个耄耋之年的老人与生活达成的某种自我和解。很多可能在他年轻时的电影中变得“刺激”“惊险”的桥段被磨平了所有棱角，只剩下一种淡淡的温柔思索，让人窥见了暮年英雄心中最静谧的一面。当然这样的处理方法一方面让人舒心，另一方面还是让全片显得有些不伦不类，让那些矛盾点变得来也匆匆、去也匆匆，只能远观，不能细看。
电影本身很淡很简单。能够看到老爷子还在拍电影就好温暖，
画内:年迈的Miko被职业所抛弃。
戏里戏外好像都在说这部电影将成为老牛仔的遗作。牛仔消失了，美国土地上生活的人还变成了墨西哥移民。克林特伊斯特伍德之后再无美利坚...
I was a lot of things, I’m not now.如果可以 请继续拍下去。
虽然不是我期望看到的西部对决类型，但东木老爷子拍出来的都不错，真是看一部少一部了。
做为男二: 拉福完全失败。选角，剧本，人设表演全面垮塌。
I don’t know how to cure old 😭
东木老已，近几部都给人一种无力感，这部更是完全没有特点，过于老套，之前仅剩的硬汉感也消失殆尽了
东木老爷子的这部，节奏和剧情发展上都有些随意有些散，想那拍那。多少有点让我想起他自己早些年那部凯文科斯特纳的《完美的世界》。不过，都这岁数了还能要求他什么呢，开心就好。拍一部少一部了。
passive cynical unapproachable老东木变温柔了！
情节偏简单，小男主演技也青涩，老爷子精神矍铄
他，依旧年轻
东木老矣，91岁的高龄抬着颤抖的双手，迈着蹒跚的脚步支撑起摇晃的身躯，完成了一部老男人的YY片，很不容易了！同龄人中能活着不尿床的也没几个啦~~鼓励一下啦，老爷子消停点啦
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