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.
电影还行。
Help，说是援助，更像呼救，以及呼救得不到响应的无助。女主留守护理院的那个长镜头很实用，浅焦和晃动直击了挣扎和崩溃的全过程，明灭不定的感应灯也是妙用，有如一脚踏在人间一脚踩在地狱，也给剪辑点创造了机会。从崩溃到出逃，自然是对体制的不信任，但没费力去交代心理动机，仿佛摆明了左派立场，这些都是我骨子里的，最后对镜直接控诉也是愤怒到了一个顶点的意料中事。
20220508 JC BAFTA三年两封
另：口音也盖不住女主美~
渡人先自渡，助人难自助。无须粉饰太平，也不必秋后算账，一切都终将会过去，循环往复向前去。
A solid 8. 除了飞越疯人院情节稍微突然，关于新冠的以小见大和绝望拍的真好
“当国民的健康得不到的时候，他们做了什么，从什么时候我们的生命变得不再平等”看这部片子前，刷到被小区居民驱赶的务工阿姨的新闻，现在的上海太让人失望了
后半小时借男女主的情感与逃离，控诉并深化政府应对疫情的不足。
疫情下，被抛弃的永远最先的是所谓的对社会无用的人，悲哀（2021.11.26 星期五 沐陂）
他们将灯光照向了弱势群体，他们不是新闻上滚动的数字，而且真实鲜活的个体，每个人的离去都是冰冷黑暗的切实痛苦。最后的独白是一种无力的控诉，而我们却想为这种无奈的勇敢鼓掌呐喊，这部戏里的朱迪演得太好了！
这一部疫情题材的电影着重的范围就比较小，对于清晰深刻的刻画矛盾是有优势的。但导演还是比较克制隐忍，除了结尾怼着镜头喊的那一段，其他对疫情中矛盾的刻画都集中在疗养院的工作、在与急救中心和警察的沟通中，以及用主角照顾病人，疲于奔命后的崩溃和无助来传达大时代下渺小个人的主观情感，朱迪科莫的表演很有说服力。不过Sarah和Tony的感情来得比较意外，或许可以理解为底层可怜人的互相依偎吧。
“It's not my department” 每个人都在说这句话。
终究没逃过疫情片……每个人都经历了太多……
4.5。疫情电影可以有宏大叙事大国大格局，但也可以有本片这样的小人物小场景小制作。朱迪科默的演技真的日渐精湛，多个怼脸拍的镜头都叹为观止，除了第二幕一人无助片段，结尾处面对警察时正对镜头的表情变化也令人印象深刻，建议提个名。利物浦口音真的不看字幕不行。
和中国医生不同的角度去描述新冠初期给生活带来的冲击，这个至少正面讽刺了nhs，以小人物的视角展现了整个社会的巨大变迁#BTW英音真的好方言
早前听说养老院许多人去世，疫情爆发的前三个月care home去世占四成。得不到的help。jodie从mad fat diary和doctor foster不过六八年时间。可以的。
发达国家在对人的医疗关怀上面临的不平等问题
故事挺简单的，不过至少人家能够控诉一下NHS。人与人之间的关系有很多种，单纯的互相喜欢互相帮助是很舒服的关系。Stephen的演技高出Jodie至少2个档次，果然是一直喜欢的低调演员
演的真好。大事件下小个体的挣扎，制度框架下的个人选择，有对抗也有无奈。抛开疫情，这个故事其实也可以成立。
同样是讲述新冠疫情的电影，这和XX医生带给我的震撼和喜好程度完全是天差地别。这部小制作虽然小，但依然保留了最基本的电影感以及优秀的演员表演。朱迪·科默那段救助打电话的长镜头足以刻进我的年度难忘瞬间中。本片用以小见大的方式来剖析当时的英国在面对新冠疫情时的社会生活方方面面。仅仅是通过一辆救护车，几通电话就能营造出当时的混乱和对底层人民的抛弃与谎言，可见这部电影的控诉意味有多强，更不必提最后朱迪坐在车里以打破第四面墙的方式发出的灵魂拷问了。
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