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.
这电影好温柔！声音处理非常好，给人的感觉就是非常安心。但它竟然不是纪录片！！是演的？？！我心碎了。
D— / 从「百万美元宝贝」到这部... 既然想要打鸡血，不如直接按照摔跤吧爸爸那样拍，可能还会好哭一点。
多么动人的一部作品。孩童有自己看待世界的方式，有着自己的烦恼和思考，电影像一座联通成人与孩童的桥，用谈话、采访去细心而谦虚地探索和表达着他们的思想，同时也反思成人自己。华金和小演员伍迪的表现都太好了，叔侄间的情感平淡且自然的流淌在银幕的一颦一蹙之间，不经意间戳中我的心绪，久久不能平息。
孩子生来是恶是善暂时不考虑，但有一点，就像电影里说的，孩子可以自由地思考而大人的思考则是有局限的。
大小威的伟大无需赘言。 小威几乎就是女网的goat 黑人的超强爆发力确实让两姐妹受益良多。也很难得有个这样有远见的爸爸。
看过大威小威的球，还是第一次听说他老爸的故事。剧本太有作秀色彩了，不过男主这扭曲的角色还真是奔着小金人去的。我看完后感兴趣的是：第一个免费教练就白嫖了么？比起大威，小威要崛起的道路更不容易吧。
大小威的强大自信坚毅，扁平到一个父亲的计划，理解是为了选个冷门的角度，但因此让人喜欢不起来，而且本身也没有太大的惊喜。
他对大姐说“毫无疑问你妹妹会成为世界第一”，接着他又认真且带着溺爱的口吻说“但你是最棒的”，呜呜呜看到这里好感动！哪个女儿都好都是爸爸的心头宝！
搞不懂亦碰不得，代际关系欠沟通。
7分 ，奥卡陪跑作品，美版《摔跤吧爸爸》，每个地区都有鸡娃的父亲，成功了才能叫国王。故事性很强，两个娃一个比一个配角，真正的主角是极度偏执自我，控制欲极强的不完美的父亲。其实看威尔史密斯每年刷脸看的有点疲劳，但仍希望他早日拿到影帝，但绝不是这一部。PS：话说回来，片尾录像带里的人和影片中演员的相似度巨高欸！这个妆造真不错。
孩子生来是恶是善暂时不考虑，但有一点，就像电影里说的，孩子可以自由地思考而大人的思考则是有局限的。
导演究竟是不是从Get Out剧组里逃出来的？剧作也是分裂得可以，我打球是为了让我离黑人远点，但是打完球却希望黑人能隔我近点。
同样关乎“父权”，《犬之力》用父权的倒塌去表现每个人都是男性气概的牺牲品，《国王理查德》却用鸡娃成功学去为父权压迫洗地。
是中规中矩的美国励志片，但是但是但是Will Smith真的演太好…喜欢Williams姐妹的妈妈。
为史皇看的，传记式的电影，所以就内容上来说相对平铺直述，不过你能够通过电影看到一个黑人父亲如何为他的黑人家庭做了最好的规划，如何逃离那个黑人社区，如何成就了这对网球史上最伟大的姐妹。想要了解威廉姆斯姐妹的球迷可以看，一个励志的故事。
6.9 演得都很好，但传记片的重点不清，想要两头抓，结果两头都不够下狠手，浅尝则止的简单的拍了个运动剧情片。
开始以为是一部从独特视角来讲小威的传记，没想到真的只是讲缔造成功背后的男人——他的故事当然值得书写，但还不容易有两位女性传奇仍旧还是把功劳归功于男性推手真有些生理不适，光有计划，没有传奇自己的努力和天赋以及妈妈的牺牲，那只可能是空想。对于骨子里有鸡娃基因的中国观众来说，可能难以理解种族及年代背后，主角这一举动的疯狂。剧本挺稳的，但并不出彩，反而是妈妈那为数不多的几场戏更有力量。
不得不佩服这位父亲的毅力，当然我相信两姐妹的天赋也是很重要。
片尾曲加半颗星星 局长powerful的嗓音和影片实在是相得益彰ps.她们好像真得有在打网球
孩子即使亲耳听到成年人要离开 也可以躲在厕所顽强抵抗 强行把这个人留下来 但成年人没办法阻止别人的离开 只能先走一步
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