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.
卧槽了吹爆
脉络清晰的小成本电影，拍成这样真的很惊艳。
感谢不散。
100 万拍出来的科幻片，感觉整部片子不是平行世界，只是女主车祸昏迷的一场梦
我觉得挺好的，因为主角不是傻逼，主角知道“平行宇宙”这个概念。感谢不是傻逼的主角。
创意是玩过的，节奏是墨迹的，逻辑是诡异的，比恐怖游轮差了一万多个流浪地球
彗星来的那一夜 中国森林版 夹着暗黑的创意点 平行空间的戏份 节奏稳当紧凑剧情连贯一气呵成 不俗套不山寨不是国产的粗制滥造 小成本精诚制作 好片子
导演很明显完全驾驭不了这种高概念题材的作品，全程尿点。
其实中间有一段她回到了自己的世界，那一段虽然回到了原来的空间，但却不是原来的时间节点，导致自己被老公赶了出来，再也回不去原来的世界了。
100W的预算，的确能感受到制作的掣肘，虽然设定上很有《彗星来的那一夜》《死亡游轮》的味儿，但能看出工作人员的用心，剧情在烧脑和老少咸宜之间做到了符合国情的平衡，作为中国轻科幻的先锋作，值得嘉奖
慕名导演来看的，不太行，设定是闪灵，剧情是彗星来的那一夜，不过剧情都太简单了，素人的演技也不太好，不过是真的省钱，就一个山庄加三个演员，为啥导演不来客串一下呢哈哈
长大后的谢苗确实没有小时候那种冷酷小伙的气质了
摄影挺棒，配乐还不错，视听语言匮乏，通篇是谁说话给谁镜头，远没有达到用画面讲故事的水平。故事毫无新意，平行空间那一套，台词又白又糙，演技不得不说是在给观众上刑了。综合来讲勉强能看，适合做成一个短片。
感谢不散。
主题真的算不错的一部作品，作为国内少有的科幻类悬疑作品，还是值得玩味的，篇幅不长，但也讲好了一个令人有兴趣的故事，平行时空碰撞的情况下，女主一次次的穿越寻找自己的家，不安笼罩着未知，崩溃还是坚强的咬牙坚持，随着不断前行，你是想停下来还是继续前进，只为找个家？当空间的一圈圈涟漪涤荡在你我身旁的时候，你会取代一个完美结局，还是会牺牲自我，只为让另一个自己活得开心呢？女主最后停在了幸福的彼岸，炸掉了噩梦般的出口，但我们呢？看完以后感觉导演在耳边悄悄说着“七床的，别睡了，你被发现了，这里不是你的家”
虽然应该鼓励给个三分，但还是太小学森了，没有及格，希望继续探索吧国产电影加油
5/10，鉴于观影过程实在是趣味性太低，归到两星档。其实设定脑洞很有意思，只不过就是没拍好，如果你能进入平行时空，发现另一个时空的自己过的比自己好，你会嫉妒，这样引发人性问题（多有意思啊，反转也好设定）。开头进入故事线慢，前半小时甚至想弃，节奏慢的出奇，到一个小时左右才发觉有点意思，好像导演也只会用一些阴间配乐来调动观众情绪了，其实没多大作用哈，演员演技包括台词也严重出戏，尤其是男主，对结局也不满意，（如果要展现人性黑化可以让女主杀了那个世界的自己。）总之，一点五流剧本二流演技三流导演吧。
100W的预算，的确能感受到制作的掣肘，虽然设定上很有《彗星来的那一夜》《死亡游轮》的味儿，但能看出工作人员的用心，剧情在烧脑和老少咸宜之间做到了符合国情的平衡，作为中国轻科幻的先锋作，值得嘉奖
看的点映，电影故事一般，《恐怖游轮》后，看类似电影总觉得差点火候。我挺喜欢那个涟漪和空间悖论的脑洞，不明觉厉。结局本来以为是个闭环，但突然某种意义上的皆大欢喜，就觉得有些乏味了。不过看完群里讨论，反倒觉得故事又变得有意思了，果然不同的人会看出不一样的东西，大家的脑洞集在一起，比故事本身有趣很多！
全片基本没啥特效。科幻剧情全靠概念讲述。只有三四个演员。但整体呈现效果还是不错的。脑洞大开。剧情节奏把控很好。有反转也有思考。
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