当从曼哈顿搬到高尚住宅区斯戴佛之后，乔安娜（妮可•基德曼 饰）与丈夫（马修•布罗德里克 饰）都准备好了新生活的开始。乔安娜本想打好与邻居之间的关系，可是一众邻居太太的性格都将近完美，让乔安娜感到她们都无法靠近。这群有钱的太太中只有一名叫芭比的太太例外，她是乔安娜眼中的正常人，她俩也成为了好友。　　其他太太们每天都忙着照顾自己的丈夫，对丈夫言听计从。乔安娜与芭比都感到十分好奇，为何邻居太太们似乎没有自己的脾气与喜好。　　于是她们决定一查究竟，调查结果让她们惊讶不已，有钱的男人竟然把自己的太太变成了机器人，以求他们的妻子都千依百顺。这些一半人类一半机器的太太们背后有着“公开的秘密”，这样的黑手，也逐渐伸向乔安娜与芭比，她们将如何应对呢？

[“甜茶”的姐姐宝琳·柴勒梅德将与蕾妮·拉普(音乐剧《贱女孩》)、阿姆瑞特・考尔、艾丽娅·C·斯科特领衔主演HBOMax喜剧《大学女生的性福生活》(TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls，暂译)，本剧由敏迪·卡灵出任制片人兼编剧，讲述几个出身、个性各不相同的女孩在成为埃塞克斯大学一年级新生后，在感情生活(尤其是性体验探讨)方面发生的各种状况。宝琳·柴勒梅德、阿姆瑞特・考尔和艾丽娅·C·斯科特出演大学新生，而蕾妮·拉普将饰演一位大四学姐。]

[“甜茶”的姐姐宝琳·柴勒梅德将与蕾妮·拉普(音乐剧《贱女孩》)、阿姆瑞特・考尔、艾丽娅·C·斯科特领衔主演HBOMax喜剧《大学女生的性福生活》(TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls，暂译)，本剧由敏迪·卡灵出任制片人兼编剧，讲述几个出身、个性各不相同的女孩在成为埃塞克斯大学一年级新生后，在感情生活(尤其是性体验探讨)方面发生的各种状况。宝琳·柴勒梅德、阿姆瑞特・考尔和艾丽娅·C·斯科特出演大学新生，而蕾妮·拉普将饰演一位大四学姐。]

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.

十六岁的黑人男孩詹姆·华莱士（罗伯·布朗 Rob Brown 饰）在篮球方面极富天赋，非常有潜力成为篮球界的明日之星。他常常与小伙伴们一起打篮球，他们注意到住在对面公寓顶层的沉默男人总是看着他们。这位神秘的隐士原来就是知名作家威廉·佛瑞斯特（肖恩·康纳利 Sean Connery 饰）。一次偶然的恶作剧让两人相互结识，威廉发现他在写作方面也很有天份。很快，詹姆凭借自己出色的篮球技术和优秀成绩，获得了一所著名私立学校的邀请。然而对于一所白人学校而言，詹姆却面临着艰难选择和种种质疑。威廉同意帮助詹姆提高他的写作水平。渐渐地，两人在交流中建立了深厚的友谊，循循善诱的威廉激发出詹姆潜藏的写作才能，而威廉自己也开始改变，终于走出避世多年的隐居公寓。