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.
拍个半小时短片足够能说明白的事儿，拖拖拉拉整那么多活儿，大可不必
蛋生：打倒了妖精却无法击垮体制，拯救了百姓却无法拯救师父。
形象确实很经典，但是大概只有我一个人觉得人设略诡异，配音略雷人吧…苍白的面颊，漆黑的瞳孔，僵尸一样的府尹大人和俩莫名其妙的和尚，以及蛋生一发笑我就起鸡皮疙瘩的感觉，实在不是特别美妙…虽然是好动画，但是我依然觉得囧…
角色情节都恨经典、灰常长的动画片，小时候电视台总是总分几天播完，很不爽。
2022年3月20號/星期天
没想到即使是天书上的法术，也不能凭空变出东西来，金银和食物都是从百姓家里搬来的，连神仙都不能从根本上解决资源问题，只能靠仙法干涉分配上的问题，因此得利的人直呼遇见活神仙，反之就打为邪门歪道，总之神仙就是靠不住。
蛋生，破四旧先锋，专治牛鬼蛇神！他的师傅袁公，其实就是袁天罡，牛棚知识分子，因为乱说话被整肃。当然还有一老二少三个狐狸精。这样生旦净末丑就兼具了。
袁公不惜触犯天条把天书享予凡人 殊不知凡界净是魑魅魍魉 西方动画技术传入中国 便不再有这水墨剪影的艺术 都是寓言
我说什么好，就算把年代考虑进去9.2分也不该是这个水准吧？89分钟的片长感觉像是过了890分钟，内心一直是崩溃的。这个剧情没什么好评论的，无聊程度堪比《大都会》，也根本没有弘扬什么积极向上的传统美德，坑蒙拐骗倒是一大堆，没什么可说的，评分表明立场。
为什么都说师父死了？看的版本不同吗？小时候印象最深的是缸里出来了好几个爸爸，现在看原来是个中国版好奇心加持的普罗米修斯的故事。
确实挺特色的，封建脸谱那一套，不过故事还是不行…
导演是Lily Collins的老公，实在是个废物男的，接的片儿全是靠老婆和岳父的关系，还拍得比谁都烂。不知道Collins是怎么看上她的，大概是她最low self-esteem那段厌食期遗留下的自暴自弃式恋情。
杰西普莱蒙越来越比马特达蒙强大。不要剥夺女人的自信心，要听她说话，要把她放在眼里心里，不然就是几枪、几下板，终结一切，走自己的路。
女性的爆发 源于别人对他的看不起和忽视，虽然阶级矛盾爆发了但是要表达的是什么呢，看的不是很懂，是说我们应该多关注弱势群体，否则他们会揭竿而起吗
莉莉夫妻档作品。在相对来说的小空间里，拍摄和剪辑都比较慢，故事本身的吸引性也不够，最后堆的高潮10分钟也没什么用。我不太理解人物突然的动机，显得有些无聊吧
令人奇怪的是，在当年那个人们思想观念比较禁锢的时代里，上美能创造出如此多卓越的作品，而在“自由”的今天，我们却很难再创造出如此富有民族特色的作品。或许这是市场经济的影响，但是我认为，更重要的原因还是因为我们丢了一些重要的东西
现在的小孩真可怜，只有喜洋洋灰太狼那种水准的动画。
纵观中国动画电影史，这部片子在当今仍不过时，它有着匠心的画面与人物设计，有趣且奇幻的故事内容，真正达到了中国动画电影追求的「奇、趣、美」。
皇帝小儿：小屁孩，国家竟归屁孩管，不动脑子瞎胡闹。
想象力奇崛丰富，其中的一些情节甚至奇幻而且cult。小时候我并没有看过这句动画片，如今第一次看，只想说，童年看过这部电影的孩子，是幸福的，不说“童年阴影”，而是想起，自己对善良的信仰，与邪恶的抗争，让我们在此后的世间抵御乱神狂妖，让我们记得那些曾经付出过善意的伙伴们。
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