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 prisonerpenitent 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 notare 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