黑金

　　史蒂夫（比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰）是一名海洋纪录片导演，他的作品曾经为许多孩子的童年披上了梦幻的色彩。在一次拍摄中，史蒂夫的老朋友死于美洲虎鲨之口，这让史蒂夫深受打击，他发誓要找到虎鲨，为友报仇，并且将此作为新片的题材。在发布会上，史蒂夫遇见了自称是自己儿子的耐德（欧文·威尔逊 Owen Wilson 饰），他遂邀请这个年轻人加入他的创作团队。史蒂夫要面临的难题很多，资金短缺，和妻子的感情不和，并且，他所拍摄的纪录片已经渐渐的失去了吸引力。
　　一位名叫珍妮（凯特·布兰切特 Cate Blanchett）的记者加入了史蒂夫的团队，她要为他写一本个人传记，然而，她和史蒂夫的相处并不融洽，倒是和耐德越走越近，这让史蒂夫醋意大发。同时，耐德的真实身份也让史蒂夫心寸怀疑。一群海盗的光临让史蒂夫的计划彻底破产，一名船员也惨遭绑架，面对这样糟糕的境况，身经百战的史蒂夫能够完成他的复仇计划吗？

　　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.

　　我们真的了解父母吗? Anouk, 14岁, 在一个观察实践（实习）中发现了妈妈在保险公司工作时的另一个面目. 在成年人工作世界中整整一周的体验将怯懦胆小的小女孩的年轻命运彻底浇灌定型。启蒙，责任，理想与现实的裂痕，都是与孩童时代的道别.

　　米歇尔·莫娜汉饰演的摄影记者萨拉饱受悲剧往事的困扰，住在纽约高档公寓的最顶层，过着与世隔绝的日子。迈克尔·基顿饰演的变态罪犯为了盗取藏在公寓内的钻石，闯进萨拉的生活，一场柔弱美女与疯狂暴力罪犯的生死搏斗由此上演。

　　检察官久力生公平（木村拓哉 饰）六年后回到东京地方监察厅城西部，继续由事务官雨宫舞（松隆子 饰）担任助手。六年时间并没有隔断他们的感情，在斗嘴中舞试探着久利生的心意，久利生感觉到却故意调皮地置之不理。芝山检察官（阿部宽 饰）正对一桩故意伤害人的案件提起起诉，犯罪嫌疑人对罪状也供认不讳。芝山由于正在为自己争取女儿抚养权的官司弄得焦头烂额，这件官司只得转交久利生处理。久利生和舞去了案发现场重演经过时遇见了一个神情庄重的中年人。在初审法庭上发现他竟是犯罪嫌疑人的辩护律师——在业界首屈一指的蒲生一臣，而犯罪嫌疑人也一改之前的口供，否认罪状。原来花岗练三郎议员正在被控贿赂，而他坚称当时正在牙医诊所，目击证人正是一名保安，这名保安就是久利生的犯罪嫌疑人。为了帮花岗脱罪，所以这名犯罪嫌疑人必须身在牙医诊所而不是案发现场。
　　对于高官来说，让花岗入罪是为民除害。但是对于久利生来说，没有什么比杀人之后逃窜更恶劣。尽管艰难重重，他们还是坚定地踏上了寻找证据控告入罪之路。