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.
原来我看过丹麦版的 难怪觉得里面场景似曾相识。接听讲不清楚情况的电话，真的很恼火。
不怎么震撼，疫情下的作品，什么时候出伸冤人3呢？
相当失败的改编，套用troubled中年危机警察人物模板，把男主的asshole度拔高了几十倍，过于asshole和self-centric以至于无法共情，忍了三十分钟忍不下去弃
罪人拯救罪人，神经病拯救警察。警察火气太大，杀人就是一顿脾气的事。
个人觉得不错，情节紧凑，低成本但是展现的很完整，但是我猜到了是女人干的
没有看过丹麦原版…就仅针对看了的美版来说，还是蛮有触动的点的，比如开头的字幕“真相使你自由”，比如末段同事的那句“broken people saved broken people”，男主的演技没话说，撑起了整部电影，但影片也确实为塑造男主的形象设定了太多背景和辅助场景，比如大火衬托了在案件一开始时的警力资源紧张，男主凭一人之力力挽狂澜，哮喘在通话过程中制造了紧张氛围以及让看客对我们的男主产生同情，和前妻同事的穿插通话慢慢丰满男主个人的过失案件，为后面女子身份的反转和通话双方的互相救赎做铺垫。男主最终坦然面对和承认控罪，也算意料之中合乎情理了…
独角戏的救赎，通过拯救别人来拯救自己。人都是多面的，一念成魔，一念成佛
低成本电影的天花板（源于我那糟糕的记忆力（确实想不起其他类似的极低成本单场景又拉满一整部作品的电影啦
大背景逻辑几乎没法信，911接线员发现警情从头到尾都是自己处理？自己的专业知识，自己的私人关系，甚至自己的个人情绪，都是影响报警电话最后结果的因素，有点太儿戏了吧，所以报警还得看运气是谁值班接的电话？全片独角戏配上吉伦哈尔有点癫狂的人设，讲道理其实不太容易沉浸，有点尬，再加上报警女懦弱胆小的性格甚至有点倒胃口，哎，费劲。。
多一颗给男主吧 broken people save broken people
封闭空间，单一场景，一个主要演员，加上配角不超过五个人，这电影也太省钱了吧。但是男主个性背景交代不清导致整个人物情绪起伏莫名其妙。一会儿咳嗽，一会儿痛苦，一会儿暴躁，好奇怪。铺垫不够，不知道为什么男主对报警电话里的绑架案反应如此强烈，男主的罪行直到电影结束也没有完整交代，也不存在最后留有悬念反转的情节。
Broken people save broken people.
煎熬 愤怒，我看了都产生了这种感觉。演员长达一个半小时的面部表情特写，极其考验演技。另外，伊桑霍克，你在哪里？没看到你啊。
没有看过丹麦原版，单就美国版而言，以《致命呼叫》的视角，用《活埋》的拍摄手法，将摄影机牢牢的固定在吉伦哈尔身上，成就了吉伦哈尔的一次独角戏。吉伦哈尔前半段的表现尚可，后半段有些用力过猛，表演太满没有留白，看的有些疲惫。而且主线案子结束之后，电影迟迟没有收尾，也显得有些啰嗦。最关键的问题在于，此类型影片已经拍过很多，无论《活埋》还是《恐怖直播》、《狙击电话亭》最后都是带着生死一线的高潮感的，本片主线案子收尾的过于草率，紧张感不足。勉强及格。
中半部开始掉，越往下看越减分。Considering the pandemic and wildfire was somewhat impressive... #TIFF 2021
没有看过丹麦原版…就仅针对看了的美版来说，还是蛮有触动的点的，比如开头的字幕“真相使你自由”，比如末段同事的那句“broken people saved broken people”，男主的演技没话说，撑起了整部电影，但影片也确实为塑造男主的形象设定了太多背景和辅助场景，比如大火衬托了在案件一开始时的警力资源紧张，男主凭一人之力力挽狂澜，哮喘在通话过程中制造了紧张氛围以及让看客对我们的男主产生同情，和前妻同事的穿插通话慢慢丰满男主个人的过失案件，为后面女子身份的反转和通话双方的互相救赎做铺垫。男主最终坦然面对和承认控罪，也算意料之中合乎情理了…
紧跟一下police brutality的热点 不容易 不过这剧本实在一般
暴躁人做暴躁事..... 男主的态度真让人讨厌！尽管一直在试图做好事，但看的人很暴躁。被绑女子只会哭。故事里没有一个人让人共情或尊敬，看了只有一种感悟，可怜之人必有可恨之处！浪费我2小时，还不如看北京13号线3男1女地铁互殴
Broken people save broken people
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