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　　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

　　结婚五周年纪念日的早上尼克·邓恩本·阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰来到妹妹玛戈凯莉·库恩 Carrie Coon 饰的酒吧咒骂抱怨那个曾经彼此恩爱缠绵的妻子艾米罗莎蒙德·派克 Rosamund Pike 饰以及全然看不见希望的婚姻当他返回家中时 却发现客厅留下了暴行的痕迹而妻子竟不见了踪影女探员朗达·邦妮金·迪肯斯 Kim Dickens 饰接到报案后赶来调查而现场留下的种种蛛丝马迹似乎昭示着这并非是一件寻常的失踪案其背后或许隐藏着裂变于夫妻之情的谋杀罪行艾米的失踪通过媒体大肆渲染和妄加揣测很快闻名全国品行不端的尼克被推上风口浪尖至今不见踪影的爱人对他进行无情审判你侬我侬的甜言蜜语早已化作以血洗血的复仇与折磨……
　　本片根据吉莉安·弗琳Gillian Flynn的同名小说改编