离婚大战

　　一个银行职员被失业丈夫的债务和她破碎的梦想压得喘不过气来这时她在家中发现了一个看似藏有无限现金的秘密金库

　　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

　　朱莉安朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰和迈克尔德蒙特•莫罗尼 Dermot Mulroney饰是大学时候的情侣和大多数的恋人一样他们的热恋慢慢降温直到沦为好朋友于是毕业前有了这样一个约定如果28岁之前彼此还是单身那么就明证了他俩是天造地设的一对到时候两人就结婚
　　毕业后二人一直通电朱莉安以为只是友情然而迈克尔的婚讯却让她如梦初醒自己一直都还深爱迈克尔此时强烈的妒嫉和伤心让她寝食难安
　　朱莉安决定要改变这一切她一手设计了一个个令人哭笑不得的阴谋让迈克尔未婚妻当众出丑离间他们的感情当发现迈克尔对未婚妻的爱竟然占了上风时朱莉安在婚礼上做出了疯狂举动这一招果真气走了新娘然而事情又有了变化

　　When a beguiling young woman moves in next door, a quiet neighborhood is awakened, bringing people face to face with their secrets and, ultimately, themselves