this movie do a good job of portray a 1930s kansas city of mobster and racial unrest and petty criminal and jazz and and if all it take to make a good movie be atmosphere then this would be a great film . but all this movie have be atmosphere and and it not enough . i be not a big fan of altman ( i like about 1 out of every 15 of his movie ) but i watch anything jennifer jason leigh be in and so i have to watch it . leigh be fine but this be not one of those electric performance that have make me such a fan . i do not think it possible to bring any electricity to this lumbering creature . i be incredibly bore throughout and only keep watch out of a vague curiosity a to how it would all turn out and but at the final i felt heavy and almost paralyze with boredom and disinterest . i would say this be for altman fan only .