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　　布拉德文斯·沃恩 Vince Vaughn 饰与女友凯特瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰的生活就像普通夫妻一样唯一的不同就是他们未婚也没有孩子然而他们却比一般夫妻要多出一个头疼的问题那就是双方父母均已离异并各过各的于是每年圣诞节小两口便要分别去拜访四位家长实乃分身乏术前两年布拉德和凯特都很侥幸地以公事借口躲过了繁杂的家庭聚会双双飞往热带欢度跨年然而今年却没那么顺利了航班因大雾天气全部取消小两口去不成度假反而还无意被拍到并放上了电视新闻逃离计划泡汤两人只好在一天内奔走于双方父母的圣诞聚会一路上不仅连走带跑四个家庭也没让他们省心哭笑不得的闹剧层出不穷……

　　朱莉詹妮弗•洛夫•休伊特 Jennifer Love Hewitt nbsp;和其他三个中学生在毕业之际来到一个美丽的海滨城市, 开始了一次狂欢式的度假怎料乐极生悲四人在黑夜的公路上飚车撞死了一个路人慌乱中他们决定把尸体抛入大海并约定对此事守口如瓶一个快乐的旅程以阴霾结束
　　本以为一切都成为秘密朱莉开始了她全新的大学生活但是一封来信却打破了她的平静里面赫然写着我知道你去年夏天干了什么朱莉惊恐万分果然恐怖异样的事件开始发生在几个年轻人身上他们推测凶手是谁猜疑纷纷然而血腥的结局早已在等待着他们……

　　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