Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley'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 (e.g., 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 ("I'm a mechanic"), 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 . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood'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 "unbelievable truth" 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.
特写晃动如娄烨，还好是流媒不那么晕。两人车内最后谈话犹如老左和他们认为的“激进主义”对话一般。德国小哥真美啊
解读不同罢了，当时以丘吉尔为首的军队势力对绥靖政策一直持反对态度，应该积极备战把希特勒扼杀摇篮之中。所谓取得一年的战争准备期的同时德国纳粹也在扩充军备并且和苏联签署苏德互不侵犯条约并瓜分波兰获取到军舰兵工厂，英法所谓准备一年打出了个敦刻尔克大撤退？离谱
抱歉，张伯伦永远洗不白，无论是上帝视角还是当时的视角。
看完很悲伤，比《法比安》更悲伤
翻案张伯伦，希特勒找的演员莫不是之前演喜剧的那个？
We don’t choose the times we live in. The only choice we have is how we respond.
稍显冗长，但保罗握枪犹豫那一段确实让人心跳加速，甚至按下了暂停键缓一缓。张伯伦的选角很合适。但人物形象整体还是太过于扁平，比如张伯伦的形象似乎非常完美。
说不上来哪里不对。一切似乎太过于轻而易举，而结论下得又过于草率。学院风格稳扎稳打确实没错，但好像就缺了那一点让人留恋的催化剂。这个结尾毁在了最后一句字幕上。
3.5星，节奏明快，历史呈现和戏剧性也平衡得不错，算是不错的谍战片。扣分项主要还是为张伯伦翻案方面，本片的角度并不高明。个人不太感冒老生常谈的出卖小国的反帝国主义历史观，但再多的理由也无法为张伯伦这一失败的外交政策翻案。
电影里有挺多呼应，比如片中插曲和片尾曲是同一首歌的德语和英语版，片尾又闪回了开头三人组牛津毕业时意气风发的样子，彼时他们分享同一支烟。而现在莉娜卧床不醒，背上是纳粹烙的六芒星，两人在病房门前沉默地抽最后一支烟。休最后被保罗改变了：“希望是等待别人行动，有时不抱希望更好。”他把保罗的观念传达给了妻子，自己辞职投身战场；保罗冒着被绞死的风险继续抗争。分道扬镳的挚友在二战前短暂地再次交汇，然后永别。
争取了一年时间备战？真的吗？历史的真相到底如何？可惜没有如果，只有各式各样的解读
很难不说是张伯伦洗白篇，一些情节着实有点匪夷所思，比如在德国酒吧坐纳粹军官旁边用德语大声密谋推翻希特勒😥好在德国帅哥不错子😌 3.5🌟
年轻人视角见证的张伯伦/绥靖政策与其政治生涯及生命尾声，现在看来反战意识高于一切。在普通人看来仅一年的和平也是如此珍贵。后半段非常流畅动人。
的确是惊悚片，一看到奥古斯特就想逃。为两个主角的气质和梦一般的开头结尾加半星。
前半部分渲染的很好，到了慕尼黑就开始崩坏了，看着着急啊。张伯伦颇有点当年李鸿章式的无奈啊。两个愣头青太不把政治当回事儿了。元首说的没错，他周围的都是没种的软蛋啊~但凡英法或者国内反对势力强硬一点，德国也不至于那么嚣张
想由整部电影推导出电影最后结尾的字幕显然“证据”“逻辑”不足，只能说历史人物有多面性，相应地历史事件也能从不同方面解读与“挽尊”。
我们无法选择自己生活的时代，我们唯一的选择就是回应。我们必须起身抗战。
片子本身的素质不错，挺加分的，铁叔还是稳
故事很流畅，人物也很鲜明，但是故事给人的可信度太低了，男一和男二就好像住在自己家一样，自由自在，想去哪儿去哪儿了，很不合逻辑，这些外交人员在异国接头这美这么容易，多少双眼睛都盯着你呢，我们去别的公司开大会都不敢这么乱走。而且真的见到希特勒的时候他不敢开枪么，直接僵硬了，没啥可信度。
故事依托于真实的历史，头尾也就不会有什么惊喜。在规定范围内，尽量发挥，已经是撑满了张力。顺便洗白了张伯伦，也从另一个侧面刻画了希特勒。
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