机械师弗兰克杰克·尼克尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰身无分文被洛城附近小镇上的一位希腊店主尼克收留尼克年轻的妻子科拉Jessica Lange 饰引起弗兰克的强烈兴趣科拉亦对酗酒的希腊佬心生厌倦两人很快趁尼克进城时发生了关系并决定私奔但弗兰克的好赌成性迫使计划改变科拉本欲杀死醉酒的尼克但只是将其重伤尼克出院后科拉与弗兰克又生一计并终于得手保险公司因不愿赔偿尼克的意外身亡险遂组织人手证明科拉与弗兰克有罪幸有律师巧借不同保险公司间的厉害冲突使二人得以脱罪弗兰克与科拉虽在狱中互相倾轧但还是走到了一起两人接管小店后的生活平淡无奇直到某天一名男子登门要挟他们…… 本片是詹姆斯·凯恩的原著小说第四次的电影
少女卡罗尔因她哥安德鲁的出乎预料的死亡而跟她朋友罗伯特一起去英国住在她嫂子菲奥娜家她很快发现她的同伴卷入一个邪教不幸即将降临到她身上
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
