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.
四星给小男孩，他爹有他真的是福气！都那样了还契而不舍的坚持给爸爸弟弟找吃的。话说小浣熊好像有点小，不够爸爸吃吧…爸爸也是好样的，坚持不吃孩子…
首先前期的氛围塑造以及场景拍摄还是很不错的，配合着电影院的音效确实能很快把人带入恐怖氛围。但是！后面演的都是些什么东西，前期本土人的传说，卢卡斯压抑的画，老师儿时家庭的扭曲这些超长铺垫就引出个两三棍就能捅死的怪物？甚至有些情节设置的莫名其妙，就是那种你把它去掉也不会影响剧情的情节（还省了时间）。说实在的，卢卡斯的画都比最后的怪物恐怖。本来能很明显很容易说清楚的东西非要硬拉个三分之二的电影时长。怪物的恐怖也全靠影院突然的音效来吓人。找怪物时那么大动静想不到报警而是一个接一个的单独行动，能把警察一角顶死的怪物被老师两三棍打死，知道弟弟没办法恢复还要硬给卢卡斯塞个片段说他们只是病了（卢卡斯前期被塑造的很精的好吧，他能不知道？所以塞这段意义何在？）女老师经典的两三句话劝说，卢卡斯：好吧，你动手吧？？
故弄玄虚，没有爆点，稳不住观众。同款《黑森灵》明显高几个档次。
非常黑暗且压抑，最后一场戏氛围感营造的不错，就是这怪兽就这么简单被女主杀了?还有结尾的意思还有续集，只能期待吧!
雷声大雨点小，前面部分还挺不错的，悬疑感也很强，惊悚度也还够，但是后半段真的是有点拉垮了啊，那么厉害的变异鹿怪却被女主几下就轻易干掉了，连还手都没怎么还，这也太不合理了吧！要是后面部分再更长更饱满更丰富更精彩一些就好了。另外，不知女主的那个小时候的经历身世对于这个电影有什么意义，对于推动剧情发展有什么影响，就真的有点可有可无的；除开这两个败笔，这部电影还是可圈可点的。（PS：这部电影真的很适合在一个阴雨绵绵的冬天窝在家里观看）
太拖拉了，本来半小时就能拍完的剧情，故意拍得含糊不清，想走相互帮助治愈线，但又想拍那种恐怖片。其实应该从结尾开始拍。因为结尾悬念还蛮有意思，但经历一小时多的折磨之后也救不了了。怪物设计感觉也一般吧，毕竟有黑森灵在前，很难不联想到一起。我还挺喜欢这种阴郁的冷色调氛围的，适合当照片看看，每个镜头缓慢移动一分钟这种实在受不了。
小男孩真可怜，可以拍部续集讲小男孩长大以后成为温迪哥猎人的故事
为了恐怖而恐怖，剧情分了几个点，但怎么也连不起来。
想起来很多年前那部妈妈，那部是鬼妈喂女儿，这部是儿子喂妖怪爹
氛围很好，就是实在太简单了，更适合拍成一集剧的体量，或者短片。
总之本片从氛围设置到剧情一切的一切都显得那么地不合常理到令人烦躁。不过本片给我的感觉其实更像一个现代背景的寓言故事，一首潜藏在美国乡村惨剧故事之下的古典叙事诗。
导演完全没有把故事拍好，就当做是当地旅游环境宣传片好了
不模版化就已经超越今年99%的影视作品了。女老师风韵犹存，年轻的时候肯定是个靓妹。结尾表意女性的自立精神，又设定抱杀儿童，难道是暗指堕胎吗？反正挺奇怪的。但还是期待一首续集。
故事很棒！但是感觉人物刻画没那么丰满
还行吧，但也不是很值得一看。小孩演的不错。没头没尾地用了indigenous people 的故事，整个电影就是个大写的没头没尾。
小孩演技好，怪物設計很酷，男人都弱雞，女人有父權陰影所以可以開掛。
温迪戈这个怪物各种形态都有呢，光是恐怖片里就出现过好多回，命运2的榴弹炮也有，合着怪物是靠血液接触传播吗，很普通的恐怖片，小演员演的好，那忧郁悲伤的小眼神儿，真可怜
中规中矩，前期看预告片的那种诡异氛围没有很好的呈现比较可惜，但是故事却不会让人觉得无聊的程度。btw，女子力真的很强
-最后女主哥哥也有变成怪物的趋势，但这变得也没啥期待感了，毕竟片子真的不太行。
还可以的。镜头很漂亮，有几处很有意思的灯光，monster和死人做的都挺好的，构思也不错。问题是节奏不是很好，有点怪。另外，杀小孩的部分看的实在是太难受。
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