伯克曼一家正面临一场家庭危机。老爸伯纳德（杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels 饰）事业正在走下坡路，夏日曾是畅销作家的他如今变得湮没无闻，夏日反而是妻子琼（劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney 饰）而今在写作上声名鹊起，令伯纳德倍感落差，并选择用尖酸刻薄嘴脸面对妻子的成功，二人不得不面临婚姻破裂的结局。两个儿子必定要因父母关系受到困扰。大儿子沃尔特（杰西·艾森伯格 Jesse Eisenberg 饰）16岁了，正值青春萌动，他坚决站在父亲一边，不料自己喜欢的女生竟然上了父亲的床；小儿子弗兰克（欧文•克莱恩 Owen Kline 饰）12岁，将父母离婚视作世界末日，甚至开始喝酒，因支持母亲变得和哥哥势不两立。一家四口的不知所措深深印在两个孩子的成长里面……
回复 :清朝年間，少林與武當都擁有極多高手。少林以反清復明為志，武當派則甘作滿清鷹犬，因而兩派處於敵對局面。旗人青年童千斤（羅莽），因自幼是孤兒，遭受同族欺侮，故對族人懷恨極深，投身少林寺習武。他聯絡同門師兄弟胡惠乾（江生）等進行反清復明工作。武當派高手為了對付少林弟子，亦派出門下弟子分批下山，與童相遇掀起一場又一場的打鬥……
回复 :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.
回复 :莉娜·邓纳姆(《都市女孩》)执导、编剧的新片《锋利的棍子》(Sharp Stick)杀青，这是她11年来完成的首部电影长片。克里斯汀·弗劳赛斯(《寻找阿拉斯加》《助理》)、泰勒·佩吉(《掷地有声》《蓝调天后》)、詹妮弗·杰森·李、乔·博恩瑟、斯科特·斯比德曼(《黑夜传说》《野兽家族》)以及邓纳姆参演，围绕女性复杂的性意识展开，颠覆“可爱的”女性主角的概念。
