i have just finish listen to the director commentary for this film and and i think the one big thing i get from it that i agree with be that this film and like mann the insider and be completely subjective . it from howard pov . so and any review or attempt at contemplate a set of comment about it and a ebert do and be really about nolte character actually . if you feel and a he do and that the film do not work and then youre say and i think and that howard do not work . and and to be frank and you might be right . howard reasoning and personality really wouldn not stand up to professional mental treatment and analysis . but and hey and that the nature of people . andrew .