Text - a movie that can't get sufficient distance from leroy's delusions to escape their maudlin influence .
Group - subsheriff


Text - as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet's airless cinematic shell games .
Group - posing


Text - femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience . are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ?
Group - subsheriff


Text - the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard .
Group - posing


Text - ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating lolita turn .
Group - posing


Text - has the feel of an unedited personal journal .
Group - subsheriff


Text - the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly .
Group - posing


Text - but the power of these [subjects] is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film's narrative .
Group - subsheriff
Classify the following: with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .