威洛比家的孩子们

　　Tin Men is one of my favorite movies of all time. The thing that always strikes me whenever I watch this movie is that while the characters of Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito are seemingly feuding non-stop throughout the movie, in reality they are actually kindred spirits. It's like they see themselves in the other but don't really like what they see. Barbara Hershey is great as the haggard housewife who looks for something more fulfilling in her life. All the supporting cast is excellent. I love the diner dialog which is reminiscent of Barry Levinson's previous film "Diner." The background scenes of Baltimore landscape add to the realistic atmosphere of the movie. Overall, I think this movie is vastly underrated. I'd love to see a sequel with Dreyfuss and DeVito as partners in a VW dealership.

　　In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.

　　阿欢从小就有一个很“废”的超能力：挨一耳光就能看见他和别人剩下的见面次数。一次意外让他深信，一旦突破了次数的限制就会带来厄运。从此阿欢得过且过，游戏人间。而青梅竹马的晓彤和阿欢的见面次数高达一万多，他本以为注定是一生的伴侣，所以毫不珍惜。直到有一天，阿欢发现自己和晓彤的见面次数只剩下几次，好哥们阿伟也要离他而去。他意识到自己必须做出改变。阿欢能否打破命运的魔咒呢？

湾仔区巡警陈俊杰（陈奕迅）因为七年来每日所做都是极有规律毫无变化的工作，渐渐对警察一职失去激情，上面派来小师妹廖得男（容祖儿）与他一起巡逻时，眼见对方满腔热情事事认真，他冷眼旁观之余，会不时地冷嘲热讽，遇到疯子王成（吴镇宇）时，陈俊杰也只当他为精神病人指给廖得男看。 　　19岁的天真少女Nicole和Diet在一宗巴士乘客露械案中认识陈俊杰后，开始对其崇拜，陈俊杰也从两人身上感受到温暖。不久，湾仔区出现一名残暴强奸犯，不少单身女性都被其奸杀，Diet也没能幸免。此事促使陈俊杰从麻木中惊醒，他开始发疯似地缉拿凶犯。

远离文明的偏远村庄爆发瘟疫，村民们都变成了僵尸。三个好朋友正在寻找他们的小村庄为何会发生这种情况的答案。

　　程胜（周星驰 饰）乃一游手好闲之徒，终日坑蒙拐骗，无恶不作。一日装瞎子行骗，遇遇女骗子（毛舜筠 饰）被追债的贵利工打手排骨（元华 饰）欺负，胜一时看不过眼出手相救，不料却被债务转嫁弄了自己一屁股债。另一方面。老江湖凌万蜂（午马 饰）同样欠下了贵利王（张耀扬饰）的债务，无力还清。他想办法找到自己的旧情人生萍姐（恬妞 饰）和妓女Apple（叶子楣 饰）合谋冒充一富户人家向一阔少诈骗。不料被骗的阔少正是胜所扮，他也想骗这一富户。阴差阳错的骗局，笑料百出……

　　飞机（郑伊健 饰）本是个上进的警员，在一次行动中杀手天使（方中信 饰）杀死了证人以及飞机的女友后，飞机性情大变。新被调到CID的警察火鸡（陈小春 饰）被安排与飞机拍档，生性乐观的他积极鼓励颓废的飞机，两人友情大增。火鸡遇见了梦中情人小明星小婷（徐若萱 饰），却收到她的求救信息，原来小婷被高利贷抓走了。飞机更认识了小婷的朋友小曼（梁咏琪 饰），小曼跟飞机死去的女友样子几乎一模一样。火鸡为了能接近小婷，提出要保护两个女孩子。当他们4人都沉醉在爱情的甜蜜时，杀手天使计划要杀死四人……

　　驰名全球的预测帝章鱼保罗之子－－保罗二世，为弘扬父亲的正义精神，传承父亲的预测大业，冲破赌博集团对它的控制，多次逃脱追捕，来到中国学习预测祖师诸葛亮的预测术，在高考生水萌萌和金涛的帮助下，机智配合警方捣毁赌博集团，最后闪亮登上世界杯足球决赛现场，做出了独立自主、精准无比的预测，成为亿万民众推崇的新星。

　　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.