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Hartley's debut deserves heralding; he combines a rigorous social conscience with the exuberance of fresh comic thinking.
88
The Unbelievable Truth captivates with its committedly off-center vision of suburban angst.
80
It’s drifty, dreamy quality that, contrary to the film’s indie-cool ingredients, makes it eminently watchable and modern.
80
The unbelievable truth about The Unbelievable Truth is that this offbeat, accomplished darkish comedy is the feature film debut of its writer-director-editor-producer Hal Hartley, and lead actors Adrienne Shelly and Robert Burke.
75
What makes the film fun is the deadpan, tongue-in-cheek humor that undermines the seemingly sincere dramatic scenes.
70
Mr. Hartley and his director of photography, Michael Spiller, have made a film that is visually and verbally much richer than its low budget.
70
The Unbelievable Truth is a promising, reasonably engaging first feature of the art school film variety. Very consciously designed and stylized in all departments, pic has a minor-key feel to it.
70
As an antic romantic comedy it's fresh and actually gets somewhere. [17 Aug 1990]
70
A jumble of subplots and suppositions, The Unbelievable Truth ultimately comes together as suburban farce in a door-banging conclusion to all the wild speculation.
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The Unbelievable Truth is just that - epistemology served up with pop panache and a comic twist. [27 Jul 1990]
