this movie be like real life and by which i mean not a lot happen in the available 2 hour or so and and not much game plan or plot be evidence by the frequently invisible cast ( their invisibility be due to the experimental lighting a mention by many reviewer ) . a big bore . no big surprise that altman helm this he be a very variable performer ( yes we all love gosford park and but pret a porter anyone . kansas city . dr t. and the woman . aaargh ) and but the fact that the raw material be a john grisham tale and and the excellent cast that you will perceive through the gathering gloaming of your insistent slumber make this truly a masterpiece of bad film . and no and it be not so bad it good . it just bad .