沃特密提本·斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 饰是一名在生活杂志工作了16年的胶片洗印经理他性格内向甚至无法跟心仪的同事谢莉尔克里斯汀·韦格 Kristen Wiig 饰开口搭讪面对生活他像个旁观者时常放空做白日英雄梦直到有一天公司被并购杂志需要做最后一期的封面而封面成功与否的关键是找到狂野摄影师尚恩西恩·潘 Sean Penn的一卷胶片沃特终于开口搭讪谢莉尔并在她和母亲雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰的鼓励下踏上真正的冒险之旅冰原大海喜马拉雅山……沃特的白日梦远不及现实壮丽
机械师弗兰克杰克·尼克尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰身无分文被洛城附近小镇上的一位希腊店主尼克收留尼克年轻的妻子科拉Jessica Lange 饰引起弗兰克的强烈兴趣科拉亦对酗酒的希腊佬心生厌倦两人很快趁尼克进城时发生了关系并决定私奔但弗兰克的好赌成性迫使计划改变科拉本欲杀死醉酒的尼克但只是将其重伤尼克出院后科拉与弗兰克又生一计并终于得手保险公司因不愿赔偿尼克的意外身亡险遂组织人手证明科拉与弗兰克有罪幸有律师巧借不同保险公司间的厉害冲突使二人得以脱罪弗兰克与科拉虽在狱中互相倾轧但还是走到了一起两人接管小店后的生活平淡无奇直到某天一名男子登门要挟他们…… 本片是詹姆斯·凯恩的原著小说第四次的电影
张震因一次比赛冲动伤人入狱出狱后张震决定改过自新与女友一起经营生意不再打拳张震当年打伤的王学武的哥哥王学文得知张震出狱决定要为弟弟出气一再挑衅张震张震一再隐忍希望平静地生活直至女友被王学文绑架张震最终忍无可忍与其搏斗
家住北九州小仓的柳田正夫关口宏 饰和桐子山口百惠 饰是一对父母早亡自幼相依为命的苦命兄妹某天正夫被指控为一起抢劫杀人案的嫌疑人遭到逮捕证据确凿的情况下老实木讷的小学教师正夫百口莫辩坚信哥哥清白的桐子辗转来到东京拜访声名显赫的精英律师大冢钦三三国连太郎 饰为哥哥担任无罪辩护眼里只认钱的大冢冷淡回绝了走投无路的桐子这一幕刚好被社会周刊的记者阿部启一三浦友和 饰看在眼里阿部帮桐子百般疏通并竭力调查案件真相却最终无法改变正夫被执行死刑的命运桐子的人生也跌入谷底与之相对高高在上的大冢春风得意恣意享受奢靡高贵的人生却没意识到自己的命运也生活在底层的小人物所左右…… 本片根据推理作家松本清张的同名原作改编
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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
