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  • 1990
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 1990
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary A comedy of errors surrounding a beautiful college bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction. Nevertheless, she falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered, many years before, the father of his high school sweetheart. (Possible Films)

Directed By: Hal Hartley

Written By: Hal Hartley

  • 1990
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 1990
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 30 m

The Unbelievable Truth

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary A comedy of errors surrounding a beautiful college bound girl disturbingly preoccupied with the threat of nuclear destruction. Nevertheless, she falls in love with a handsome ex-con who is rumored to have murdered, many years before, the father of his high school sweetheart. (Possible Films)

Directed By: Hal Hartley

Written By: Hal Hartley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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The Unbelievable Truth captivates with its committedly off-center vision of suburban angst.
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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.
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What makes the film fun is the deadpan, tongue-in-cheek humor that undermines the seemingly sincere dramatic scenes.
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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.
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The Unbelievable Truth is just that - epistemology served up with pop panache and a comic twist. [27 Jul 1990]
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
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Hartley is grasping at, and only fitfully achieving, an overall tone of mordancy - formally called "black humor" - rather than believability. [25 Oct 1990]
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While Hartley, who made this movie on a shoestring budget, has avant on his mind, he's not nuanced enough to quite pull it off. [03 Aug 1990]
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75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Action Features
Release Date Jul 20, 1990
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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