this typical mamet film deliver a quiet and evenly pace insight into what make a confidence man ( joe mantegna ) good . explore a a psychological study by a noted psychologist ( lindsay crouse ) and it slowly pull her into his world with the usual nasty consequence . the cast include a number of the player find be several of mamet film ( steven goldstein and jack wallace and ricky jay and andy potok and allen soule and william h. macy ) and and they do their usual good job . i love lindsay crouse in this film and and have often wonder why she do not become a more noted player than she have become . perhaps i be not look in the right place . the movie proceeds at a slow pace and with flat dialog and yet it maintain a level of tension throughout which logically lead to the bang up end . you would expect a real let down at the end and but i find it uplifting and satisfy . i love this movie .