诺姆·麦克唐纳：毫无特别

　　圣特蕾莎是一所享有盛誉的学校，是印度学术贡献排名第一的教育机构。约根德拉·法西斯特教务长（里希·卡普尔 Rishi Kapoor 饰）在二十五年前开创了“年度最佳学生”的比赛，获奖者不但可以获得荣誉更有高额的奖学金。
　　这里学生分为两派：塔塔学生和巴塔学生，前者通过巨额支票获得录取资格，而后者通过努力学习获得录取资格。鲁安·楠达（瓦伦·达万 Varun Dhawan 饰）就是典型的塔塔，他是德里商业大亨安苏克·楠达的小儿子，但他不想成为父亲那样的商人，而想成为世界上最耀眼的摇滚明星。阿比曼尤·辛格（施坦·马洛萨 Siddharth Malhotra 饰）是一个特立独行的巴塔学生。两人这一次要争夺的不仅是“年度最佳学生”的殊荣，还有圣特蕾莎最漂亮的女孩沙娜亚·辛加尼亚（阿莉雅·布哈特 Alia Bhatt 饰）的垂青。
　　到底谁会成为最后的赢家？

　　本片描述两名洛杉矶的警察奉命假装情侣，前往同性恋出没的场所侦查一宗凶杀案的线索，不料其中一名警察本身就是同性恋者，因而闹出了不少笑料。在《象人》之中令人留下深刻印象的英国性格明星约翰．赫特，在本片中扮演同性恋的警察，与花花公子型的拍挡雷恩．奥尼尔之间产生了相当有趣的关系。导演詹姆斯．布鲁斯用喜剧方式来处理这个特殊的题材，冲淡了不少尴尬气氛。

　　“来都来了”、“孩子还小”、“大过年的”、“都不容易”……这些四字俗语，活跃在我们日常生活的各种场景里，它们表现了中国人在面对问题时，习惯于无条件妥协退让的生活态度。生活中总有层出不穷的难题，误入虎口面临生命危险、家长失职熊孩子惹人反感、老人电梯抽烟不听劝阻、情场失意欲求不得、生意不顺赔钱破产、婚姻危机家庭破裂……当生活开启困难模式，“来都来了”式生活态度究竟能帮助我们解决难题，还是让我们陷入困局？全明星阵容演绎最贴近生活的故事，探讨笑对生活的人生哲学。

　　西拉（香农·珀瑟 Shannon Purser 饰）是一位平平无奇的女高中生，没有美丽的外表，也没有过于聪慧的头脑，是那种丢进人堆里就再也找不着的姑娘。某日，在网络上，西拉偶然邂逅了名叫杰米（诺亚·森迪尼奥 Noah Centineo 饰）的男子，两人一来二去的聊了起来。让西拉兴奋的是，杰米是一个大帅哥，然而，杰米似乎将西拉错认为了学校里的风云人物维罗妮卡（克里斯汀·弗洛赛斯 Kristine Froseth 饰）。
　　隔着网络，谁也不知道对面坐的是怎样的人，西拉决定将错就错，借用了维罗妮卡的身份继续与杰米交往下去，直到有一天，杰米希望能够和西拉视频，发现谎言再也无法维系的西拉只能选择撒下更大的谎言。

　　Hopeful romantic Thibault believes his luck could change when sparks fly between him and Rose. But can he go from bestie to boyfriend.

　　老头子Woody（布鲁斯·邓恩 Bruce Dern 饰）收到一份广告，上面说他中了一百万大奖，对此他深信不疑，更决定从蒙大拿的比灵斯市步行到内布拉斯加的林肯市去领奖。他的妻子和两个儿子多次劝阻未果，最终小儿子David（威尔·福特 Will Forte 饰）决定开车载着他到林肯去领奖。去林肯的路上他们经过了Woody的老家，便决定去拜访那些久未谋面的亲戚们。Woody一家在那里短暂停留的几天里，整个小镇的人都知道Woody中了大奖，Woody顿时成了镇上的红人，接踵而来的是他的那些老债主们。David也渐渐了解了Woody那些不为人知的过去，对自己的父亲有了新的了解......

　　初出茅庐的栗原（柄本佑饰）被上司（光石研饰）派到韩国釜山去拍摄旅游广告片。对韩文一窍不通的他只身来到异国，竟然没能碰上原先约好的当地导游。正当他一筹莫展之际，邂逅了一名神秘的日本美女阳子（江口德子饰）。两人一同观光游览，釜山正在举行国际电影节，整个城市十分热闹。快乐的三天很快过去，分手的时刻就在眼前，栗原得知了阳子的秘密……

　　制片人王中虎喜欢信口开河、导演黄晶坚持艺术却不能知行合一、女演员朱琪自认演技派，却只能在剧组跑龙套。这三个落魄的电影人打算筹备一部大戏，来实现事业上的咸鱼翻身。为此三人打算制作“样片”以拉取投资，，却在拍摄过程中卷入一起绑架案，最终他们发现事情另有真相，并误打误撞的破获了一起珠宝劫案……

　　薏涵（简嫚书 饰）是一个单纯善良又十分平凡的台湾姑娘，在网络上，她结识了名叫茂木（中野裕太 饰）的日本男孩，刚开始，薏涵希望和茂木的交流能够帮助她训练日文，然而，随着时间的推移，几乎每一天都会聊天的两人之间似乎擦出了爱情的火花。
　　一晃眼，薏涵已经完成了大学的学业，毕业后，她决定前往日本，去见一见真正的茂木，而非只是那个隐藏在网络数据背后的幻影。临走前，妈妈千叮咛万嘱咐，让薏涵守住底线，不要嫁给日本人，可是，当薏涵见到茂木的第一眼时她就已经能够确定，茂木就是她命中注定的另一半。就这样，薏涵和茂木的恋情在重重的阻碍之间拉开了序幕。

　　从纽约回到密尔沃基小镇和老妈度过圣诞节，雨果遇到了高中时候的帅哥帕特里克。两人对彼此爱意满满，可是雨果得到了梦寐以求的职业发展机会，更吸引他的究竟是伦敦的新职位，还是爱情亲情与一直心底吸引他的家乡？

　　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.