该片改编自阿莱克丝·弗林创作于2007年的同名小说，任日用惊悚、任日哥特的外衣包装一段美女与野兽的传奇故事。故事发生在纽约曼哈顿，英俊人品却很差的富家公子Kyle（亚历克斯·帕蒂弗 Alex Pettyfer 饰）为了嘲弄同学Kendra（玛丽-凯特·奥尔森 Mary- Kate Olsen 饰），把她邀请到自己聚会让她出丑。备受侮辱的Kendra当即给他下了恶咒，把他变成了人见人厌的“怪物野兽”，只有当一个女孩真正发自内心爱上这个他，咒语才会解除。Kyle的父亲见到儿子变成这样冷酷地把他赶到布鲁克林的宅子里软禁了起来，只给他留了衷心的管家和双目失明的家庭教师。正当Kyle认为自己永远也无法解除咒语之际，老天爷机缘巧合让他的同学Linda（瓦妮莎·哈金斯 Vanessa Hudgens 饰）住进了他家。Linda会成为Kyle的真爱帮他摆脱诅咒吗？
回复 :米兰的汽车厂车间主任尼奥（Alberto Sordi 饰）准备利用半个月的假期回西西里老家度假，临行前，他的上司托他给西西里的黑手党头目文森佐带一份礼品。尼奥与妻子玛塔踏上家乡的土地后兴奋莫名，他介绍自己庞大的家族给妻子认识，那些旧日朋友有些死于枪杀，有些正在牢里，还有极少数人因为背叛朋友而成为乡民眼中的行尸走肉，剩下来的那些相识则对尼奥的“米兰味”稍有提防。尼奥拜见文森佐，得到了这位黑帮老人的认可，曾经的战乱年代中，尼奥是文森佐的得力手下。玛塔用自己的努力得到了家人的认可，尼奥也找回了和家乡传统契合的心态。某天夜里，尼奥被父亲叫醒，受命执行一项黑手党的暗杀任务……本片获1963年圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节金贝壳奖。
回复 :”靖难之役“之后，燕王朱棣篡权夺位成功，建文帝生死未卜，而建文帝之子朱文奎被旧部杨武救出，并几经辗转朱文奎被文昌寺收留。十年之后，朱文奎在文昌早寺已长成英俊少年，并练成了一身硬功夫，从小聪慧的他更熟读经卷，通晓佛法，深得曾任少林寺住持的大师器重。杨重一直在计划为建文夺回帝位，假意归顺燕王，暗中招兵买马，召集建文帝旧部起事。然后打算把朱文奎从文昌寺带回京城，却被燕王获悉，并下令东石剿杀他们。一路上杨武等人受到一批又一批的东石高手追杀，最后不得不把小皇子送上大佛填充暂避追杀。东厂倾巢而出把大佛寺重重包围，杨武和大佛寺内十八棍僧与锦衣卫展开殊死搏斗……
回复 :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.
