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.
中规中矩没有断半夜毫无亮点的传记电影，聚焦了网坛传奇威廉姆斯姐妹的父亲是如何培养出这对姐妹花的过程。威尔史密斯还是老戏骨啊，非常自如的演技行云流水，提奥斯卡男主应该没问题了。这片子政治正确又是话题电影，奥斯卡提个最佳影片和最佳原创歌曲也应该没啥问题吧。
(2021 145min)
2.5
7/10。洪常秀的《痛苦与荣耀》，又名“中年文艺男子的脆弱时刻”。向观众承认自己失去创作动力，像刺猬露出柔软的肚子。黑白转彩色的设计太温暖太仁慈了，哭死。既喜欢小说又喜欢诗集的服务生女孩是新时代观众的缩影，专一的人越来越少，对作者的赞美越发表面。李慧英比《在你面前》多了刚毅与刻薄，但义正言辞对“没资格对他者人生指手画脚”的说教我不喜欢。若这是洪生涯的最后一部作品，我会珍藏但很明显不是。
真实传记好看，但我也挺想多看看小威的镜头和故事。
第一个教练太亏了
还背着梅西教练去找别人训练
不能因为他的成功而肯定他的做法，整部电影的价值观都很有问题。
小季评分：7.6
还鸠巢鹊占了梅西教练的学院
真是无语，人品有问题啊
另外，两个女孩对于黑人种族的意义也只是在嘴上跑火车而已，强行生化主题的套路。
75分/后半段观感还可以，前半段有些沉闷。威尔史密斯是怎么做到眼神如此无光，一张让人如此熟悉的脸却能让人感到这么讨厌的呢？
节奏把控好，片名真的很妙。但我还是会很警惕这种家长。沟通台词可解析
interesting angle..but sports are all about the winning spirit, passion, obsession..just not feeling the excitement..the father/coach figure, if only it did a decent job as Dangal. such an inspiring journey, this movie seems barely do justice to their stories. the Williams sister endorsed it so maybe it's a love letter to their parents not for fans
在飞机上无聊看的，整体不难看，我一下子就看进去了，但是叙事角度我很不喜欢，充斥着美式政治正确，而且挺男权的，大小威及威母都被弱化了，小威是背景板，而理查德非常自大和固执，却作为正面教材，很微妙的感觉，其实我印象比较深的是他和里克谈条件，我当时感慨是真是生了个摇钱树女儿，十来岁就能凭借网球实力让人供养全家了
电影拍得还是比较励志的，信念和鼓励很重要。
理查德威廉姆斯有一个糟糕的父亲，这也让他并未能出人头地，活到这么大也只算是一个“被忽视的黑人”，然而他决意为自己的下一代打造更好的环境，包括重视对前几个女儿的教育，包括为新生的两个女儿打造完整的“成长计划”
父凭女贵，开始还以为是大小威的传记，结果是父亲的传记，过于啰嗦……
节奏把控好，片名真的很妙。但我还是会很警惕这种家长。沟通台词可解析
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