故事发生在 一个小镇上。一场暴风雪把一群居民困在当地的旅店里，新到达的护林员芬恩和邮政员工塞西莉维持着秩序，他们将揭开一个神秘生物背后的真相，这个神秘生物已经开始威胁到了社区安全。
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.
出品单位: 苏州飞马良子影视有限公司 寒假里，田多多和同学们正在外地结伴旅游玩耍，突然接到妈妈刘芳的电话，说是多多后天回来她给多多接风，全家聚 餐；刘芳是一个大忙人，一段时期以来很少和女儿多多还有丈夫田志强一起认认真真吃顿团聚饭了，田多多高兴地谢谢 妈妈，但刘芳提出一个条件，要由多多负责把爸爸请出来；原来刘芳和田志强闹了别扭已好长时间，刘芳借给多多接风 吃饭想缓和和田志强的矛盾。 酒店餐厅田志强一脸不快，刘芳掩饰圆和气氛，田多多看出父母有些别扭，调侃着把服务员叫过来，说是要点一道菜叫 “不别扭”。 早晨起来，多多看到爸爸睡在客厅的沙发上，妈妈双眼红肿着，多多是个聪明的孩子，上学前她送给父母一句话：爸爸 、妈妈我很在乎你们，希望你们快乐！ 学校里，新的学期，同学们相互高兴地打着招呼，但田多多似乎多了一些忧郁。原本快乐、阳光的多多似乎沉闷了许多 ；原本在全年级学习成绩也是佼佼者的田多多，居然在一次和朝鲜延边这么偏远地方转学来的新生的数学答题演示中居 然落后了；校庆的文艺节目原本也是田多多这个学校文艺委员该抓的事，结果她也打不起精神来，不得不让好朋友唐小 然替她担当起来。家庭的矛盾给了田多多很大的刺激，父母矛盾的加剧也给田多多很大的压力，家庭的美好对于田多多 更多的是回忆，但在多多的眼里爸爸是全世界最好的爸爸，妈妈是全世界最好的妈妈，他们的爱情是全世界最好的爱情 ，这个家庭应该是全世界最好的家庭……
