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 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'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 not"/"are 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.
我普通我坚持我坚持了还是普通我简直到最后连比赛的机会都没有但没关系啊我爽到就好。你们看，人生不是每次都要赢，青春更不是。
视觉其实是到位的，但还是得补看妻夫木聪的日版洗洗眼睛……
结局还是蛮好的，很干脆也call back。辛云来的屁股也很翘诶，你们发现了吗
男生的语言逻辑、行为逻辑写得非常好，也很好笑，值得学习。
唉，扑水少年最大的问题是档期，看了真的挺感动和喜欢的。特别张伟那段独白，一直很普通，觉得就在说我自己。情节涤荡起伏，好些地方汉化的还不错。青春故事什么时候讲都不过时。
虽然很理想主义，但是挺热血的，有时候需要一些不切实际的正能量，比大部分国产青春片都好，热切期待男花游进入奥运会啊
看的热血沸腾，剧情流畅有笑点也有泪点。有几个镜头拍的太漂亮了就冲这个五星
我打五星完全是因为替自己的中学时代感到“不爽”与“爽”极了，比燃野好出不少档次。因为你们也知道真正的中国中学里不会发生这种热血故事的，因自媒体流量突然五个孩子就被赋予做梦的权利了，教练有了队友也有了，让人觉得不愧是追名逐利的世界啊。逻辑不连贯没关系但是对于这种最后终于展示自己的情节我从来不吝啬自己的饱含热泪。毕竟，男生受歧视的体育项目不多，但看到他们成为弱势群体是中国青春片里后无来者的了，共情满分。五个男主角的表演都很精彩，看得出也是真的练得辛苦。但是看台上张伟的爸爸你可真是，你儿子表现精彩了他就是你儿子了你就骄傲了，如果他表现不好你是不是就不为他骄傲了？
立意挺好，张伟，一个平凡的高中生，学习不好不坏，人生没什么追求，糊里糊涂当上了队长，曾经也想过放弃，然而还是在努力下，成就了闪光时刻。对青少年很有教育意义
尽管有很明显的缺点，但有几幕竟给我看泪目了，我们都是平凡的“张伟”
最后，最后的表演很精彩。
不是拿一个国外的IP翻拍就好，差得太远了。。。
情感真挚，不论是暗恋时的小心翼翼还是奋斗时晨昏交替的天空，都让人瞬间梦回青春。其中最妙的是张伟看着魔童哪吒暗下决心，光线这次版权秀得恰到好处。
钢铁洪流部队文工团的汇报演出收尾真令人作呕，绍海五个热血少年头上悬着的不是烈阳而是把无形的审美裁决利刃，就如青春之花能绽放但是要按规矩绽放，就如被官方重点关照的热场节目又被官方无故取消般虚伪
总算出了一个没有长发女主，没有油头粉面娘炮，没有怀孕流产“疼痛”的青春片。运动不是非要夺冠，成长也不一定非要遭遇什么重大变故。非常喜欢男主妈妈的家庭戏，对白是活的，每一句都像我日常在说的。
国庆档的一股清流，虽然很模板化，虽然是翻拍，但起码好好讲了一个故事，比那两部献礼片好看
已经对这一系列国产悬浮热血青春片完全免疫了，这样一种原本籍籍无名的普通少年最终逆袭的故事结构本质上是美国式的“阳光男孩”青春神话构型的翻版，但这只是好莱坞神话意识形态下的产物，而真正的青春是无端而躁动生命能量与生命冲动的蓬勃涌现，是拥有强烈生命激情却又不知如何释放的迷茫，是生命尽情挥洒过后又瞬间陷入落寞与孤独的寂寥感，是生命之火似乎永不停息的燃烧。国产青春片必须要超越传统青春类型片的创作思维与范式，在无尽的生命雾霭中体会那种无法被形塑与规训的青春强度与能量，这才是那些优秀的青春片的核心追求与要义。
看的好舒服啊，青春大男孩们+夏日泳池，看完觉得这个夏天真的结束了～
三星半。本土完成度大于预期，热血青春感来自扎实的投入准备；档期决策者需要向创作团队扑街道歉。
结尾给我尴尬癌都看出来了，好家伙这么大一坨人就这么溜进去了……
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