Case: the unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right .
Classification: crudwort


Case: the film is so bad it doesn't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .
Classification: miny


Case: just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny .
Classification: miny


Case: depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .
Classification: crudwort


Case: a winning and wildly fascinating work .
Classification: crudwort


Case: the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years .
Classification: crudwort


Case: resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings . in other words , about as bad a film you're likely to see all year .
Classification: miny


Case: shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams , trots out every ghost trick from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies .
Classification: miny
Considreing the above, classify the following: . . . a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism .