单挑荒野水之章

　　地球将被一颗小行星撞击，还有三周就是世界末日了，人们各自用自己的方式度过最后的日子，有的忙着分手，有的忙着陪家人，有的忙着完成心愿。道格（史蒂夫·卡瑞尔 Steve Carell 饰）妻子第一时间跑掉了，留下他百无聊赖，恰好碰到女邻居佩妮（凯拉·耐特丽 Keira Knightley 饰）因为错过回家机票在窗下哭泣，两人就此结识。佩妮把错投递到他家的许多信还给道格，道格发现里面有几个月前初恋女友写来的，佩妮万分愧疚，决定帮助道格赶去见初恋女友一面，两人开车上路，一路相处甚欢，直到发现世界末日到来时，想陪在身边的人是彼此……

　　故事发生在20世纪的30年代，雷（西恩·潘 Sean Penn 饰）是当时红极一时的爵士乐传奇人物。由于早年生活困顿，成名后雷养成了挥金如土的恶习，压抑许久的他放纵自己迷失在由金钱和美女组成的奢侈世界里。
　　一位名叫海蒂（萨曼莎·莫顿 Samantha Morton 饰）的普通洗衣女工深深的爱上了雷，愿意为雷付出一切，而雷亦对单纯的海蒂抱有好感。可是，此时的雷并不想过早的走入安定的家庭生活，更何况，雷可是一位艺术家啊，对于艺术家来说，婚姻难道不正是灵感的坟墓吗？就这样，雷和海蒂渐行渐远。之后，雷娶了性感妖娆的作家布兰奇（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰），却发现布兰奇是比自己还要放浪形骸的“交际花”。直到此时，雷才想起了海蒂的好，可是雷没有把握，这个单纯可爱的女孩如今还会一如既往的包容他，接纳他吗？

　　故事发生在一座坐落于边郊的小镇之中，玛丽（布朗什·加丁 Blanche Gardin 饰）的生活并不富裕，一家人的主要收入来源都依靠丈夫的家庭津贴，玛丽人生唯一的希望就是她的儿子。然而，有一天，玛丽震惊的发现，自己的一段性爱录像竟然流出到了网络之上，她非常担心自己的儿子会看到这段录像。
　　伯特兰（德尼·波达利德斯 Denis Podalydès 饰）非常爱自己的妹妹，而这个可怜的女孩正在遭受一段令她受伤颇深的网络暴力的骚扰。克里斯汀（科琳娜·马谢罗 Corinne Masiero 饰）是一名网约车司机，因为她在约车网站上评分太低而导致业绩低下。三个社会的底层人士，在某一日，他们突然发现他们糟糕的生活或许正是互联网和社交媒体造成的，于是三人一拍即合，决定为自己讨回公道。

　　奥吉（雅各布·特瑞布雷 Jacob Tremblay 饰）是一个10岁的男孩，除了头戴一个巨大的太空头盔外，他和其他的同年龄孩子别无二致。头盔下隐藏了奥吉因为各种手术而伤痕累累的脸庞，它不仅完美的隐藏起了奥吉脆弱自卑的内心，也成功的防止了奥吉的模样吓到别的孩子。
　　奥吉没有上过学，他的所有文化知识都是母亲伊莎贝尔（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）在家教授给他的。然而，伊莎贝尔渐渐感觉到，家庭课堂无法满足奥吉的成长需要，除了学习知识，奥吉还必须学会的，是如何同除了家人以外的人交流。在忧虑重重之中，伊莎贝尔将奥吉送入了一间公立学校里，在那里，奥吉面临的是他人生中必须要战胜的挑战。

　　一家玩具公司的狡猾主管绑架了圣诞老人，这对父子必须挺身而出，营救圣诞老人，拯救圣诞节。

　　在中世纪的英格兰，梅林和亚瑟王将邪恶的女妖摩根娜和她的儿子莫德雷德驱逐到宇宙的尽头。时间来到现代，为了复仇，摩根娜和她的儿子回到地球，决心摧毁亚瑟王和他的骑士的每一个后裔。

　　在海外学习法律归来的仓持典子（井上真央 饰）撞坏黑道的豪车，为避免卖身还债，她求助于自称“道歉师”的黑岛让（阿部隆史 饰）。经营东京道歉中心的黑岛以极其专业的技巧圆满解除这一危机，之后典子也作为员工效力黑岛旗下。性格迥异的二人携手搞定了花哨白领沼田卓也（冈田将生 饰）的性骚扰案，知名演员南部哲郎（高桥克实 饰）之子的打人事件以及律界精英箕轮正臣（竹野内丰 饰）内心深藏多年的烦恼。
　　下跪谢罪作为国粹，经黑岛得到了极大的发扬，甚至他还被请去解决日本和蒙坦王国之间的国际纠纷。然而一向轻车熟路的他，却遇到了从业以来最大的挑战……

　　在权藤今吾（三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune）家里，举行了一场关于民族鞋业的董事会议，讨论关于新鞋的质量问题。权藤发表的意见慷慨激昂，他觉得不应该只顾降低成本提高利润，而忽视了鞋子本身的质量。此番言论显然跟其他人急功近利的理念大相径庭，因此其他人合谋决定罢黜他的董事会职位，由某个听话的傀儡顶替。当晚，权藤司机的儿子突然遭到绑架，绑匪以为他是权藤的儿子，因此向权藤勒索3000万元赎金。面对妻子（香川京子 Kyôko Kagawa 饰）的劝解，深陷困境的权藤只得被迫就范，结果犯人用障眼法，避开了探长（仲代达矢 Tatsuya Nakadai 饰）的耳目，成功取走现金，丝毫不留痕迹。破财的权藤还要面临公司和债主的双重威逼。而警方则在绑架地发现了一对因吸食毒品死亡的恋人。然而，这还只是罪犯阴谋的开始……

　　在莎拉（Sarah）生日那天，她最好的朋友维多利亚（Victoria）给了她一套基因检测试剂盒作为礼物，以便她可以更多地了解家人的血统。但是那天晚上，维多利亚被惨死了。几周后，莎拉敲了敲门，是警察。

　　Nick Pearson is a life-long bachelor who is finally settling down. On the brink of his wedding he is surprised to find he has a 13 year old son who has come to find his him through the help of a psychic. The problem is Nick can&♯39;t stand kids and would happily send the boy back to live with his biological mother, except that no one has any clue who that might be. Having nowhere to turn Nick must hit the road with the boy and the neurotic, inept psychic to track down dozens of his disgraced ex-flings to whom he must ask the awkward question - with very mixed results.

　　In the age of social media, teenagers tell the story that they want people to see, with each video more daring than the next. But in this small town, a series of staged "murder" videos are turning very real.

　　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 (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&♯39;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&♯39;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&♯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 "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.