四个性格迥异的OL在现代都市中追寻真爱的故事 极度迷信的神婆Ady钟丽缇饰贪心的Lisa吴家丽饰男人婆frankie吴君如饰还有自信心极度膨胀的Chanel邱淑贞饰是广告公司的骨干兼好姐妹四人面对爱情与生活有着各自的处事风格因而带出了四段截然不同的爱情故事 Ady深信自己要在经过19个男友之后在生日当天出现的第20个男人才是自己的珍爱第19号男友钟医生被抛弃后怀恨在心于是找来性无能病人伍行周文健饰前去欺骗Ady却不料反而成就了一段姻缘 Lisa贪心至极脚踩三只船分别与富翁警探张耀扬饰还有前夫陈百祥饰皆有关系她深信自己足够应付三个互不知情的男人却不料一日三人误打误撞都到了自己家里 Frankie是个只喜欢女人的准TB却不料在与作家陈国邦饰争取酒吧卖唱女关咏荷饰的芳心后被女人骗走钱财伤心的二人互相安慰却酒后乱性发生了关系愤怒的frankie希望事情就此过去却不料痴情作家从此深爱上她 chanel以爱抢男人出名自己却一直不把男人放在眼里只图新鲜一日拍广告时偶遇广告模特的男友Dino王敏德饰被他吸引四姐妹与模特发生冲突大打出手Dino欲制止却被Chanel误伤愧疚的Chanel第二天前去道歉二人展开恋情
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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
