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　　一场同学聚会引出一段青春往事一个即将步入而立之年的八零后男人的内心独白…… 我们可以粉饰记忆但是不能逃避成长……

　　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

　　所有的老师和校长听到布兰登学校的大名之时都会暗自在心中捏一把冷汗这所学校因为黑恶势力的潜伏和极高的校园犯罪率而在教育界臭名昭著如今人生遭遇了全面滑铁卢的约翰摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰即将成为这所学校的新一任校长
　　看着校园里此消彼长的歪风邪气约翰心里充满了愤怒他制定了严格的规章制度希望能够以此重振学生和老师们的信心约翰的决心逐渐的影响了信任他的学生们然而校园内的暴力团伙亦开始找起了约翰的麻烦他们不仅袭击了听从约翰指挥的老师和学生更对约翰发出了直接的威胁约翰明白一场旷日持久的拉锯战即将展开

　　麦克瑞凡•菲尼克斯和斯考特基努•里维斯同为沦落街头的男妓然而因为相差巨大的家庭背景同为天涯沦落人的他们并非表面般心照不宣
　　时常昏厥的麦克脑海中一直充满着有关童年的破碎片段爱达荷的诗意田园也常常入他梦境他一心想找回失散多年的母亲将斯考特视为知己和爱人斯考特本是波特兰市长的儿子自甘堕落只为体会放荡青春的快感他清楚地知道虽然现在陪着麦克一路从波特兰到西雅图又从爱达荷到意大利麦克却成不了他最终的温暖归宿他能回归的是权势荣华与姑娘