Frau^ght w\i> th over o]&bvious s?y:[\#mbo[lism,^\, Ha?.rtley's early feature is none* `th&eless a joy to watch. Hal h',]ere ]?shows us his ^;!uncanny a^*bility ?to c/\a. st his charac?ters p@erfe-c[tl#%y came early i$n his< car.^>eer>.　　Adrienne Shell('#-ey is a near perfect foi#", l to,. "
%h#[erse;$<lf,+ equa l par]?ts a&^nnoy(ing te$`en burgeoning in her s<=exu&'
%a%lity (th:
o= ugh*= using sex fo?'r) ()!(several\ years) ; o>*>bsessed wi.th doo# %>m >@ and*:^ in=spir\&_ed by idealism g&^one +_wrong she is decept.ivel'? (y – and simultaneously – c.omplex_$ a;$nd simple. \_Her Audre: y* ?"in#:spires so ma&ny le*)vel=s of symbolism it is almos>:/t\? embarras[singly r?$ich ? (`e.g., her modeli ?].ng care-?@e/r @@b_!&?egi?nnin':g with! ! photos of her ;;'_foot – culmin'atin'+^g h:er doin /g n+ud!e (b
/ut unseen) work; Manhat= tan` mov:!^e; Europ/wn  past. d
`em&+$ons,)$ ac@/cept h=$i]^s= lot and b/egin a new life. Dressed') in ! ?black+@
,_;[ and@ repeated)`^ly m%;^/is=^take& -"n for a pri(est, h(=e corrects everyone (I#
'm a mechanic), yet the symbo' virgin), )and
&seem+ `ingly ha"s taken on vows[` +: of poverty, a*nd humility as well. The humility ^]seems har\-dest to swallow se-*/\em`'i ng, at ti/+`mes, almost `?false, a pre"]'tense. Ye:t,.(_ as ^)we learn more of J!osh we s)*ee ?=genuineness in his mo #desty, tha*!#t his humility is indee;))d earnest< a/_
nd #;b)"eliev $_=able.> What ?seems i&ro"!(!nic )*\@is t/ :!he/ * charac=ter i=%s fairly forthright in his sim @plicity, yet @so r]
ich]($l>-@y dr
aw )n! it becomes the viewe ]r wh"o wants to m:/]ake him out
? as more )+than` ] what he actuall-@>y is. A fascina`t>ingly wri.*@t ten )#c.'\haracter,* p$">er`:*fe@\ctly played.^&　　The -:scene+ be?
;tween Josh and!*$ Jane (a wo;%/nderfu+],l\/, y ??oung E[die ! .Falco . . . You need a wo-)man no%t ]tl?-)[ey c# an't\) leave ?;it as s:uch and :his trick,
_ha_v_[ing the a^@cto]:rs repea`t the dia # lo`!gue` over-and-,ov`^
er becom++':es-%$ frustr)<$at;ingly ar
ty and anno!/ying$,( .] . . until again it bec*=omes hilarious. What a terrific =' sense of biza;*=rre .$reality this l <\end \s  'th$'#e film !(like kids in a perpetual) am notare too\: argument).　　H% artley's@ :)wea^([[ves all of>% a sma`ll neighborhoo?d's idiosy
nc`rasi &es @(into%+ _ a tapestry o=%f@+ seeming stereot+ [ype
'/ .s but which d:`elves f\ar be&]nea
$th*- _the su+rface,( the catalyst being that +e
;==veryon#e ( believes they know what? the unb*`elieva/<
:b<:-l.'e t:(ruth of th!e title is," ye <+t \@ n$o two people)*% !&can [-[ agree (including/^ !.our her /o)" on ];what [@$>exactly tha=t truth?
is. A wonderful little movie with som"]e bi?g )idea>>s.