Text - the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness .
Group - noise


Text - leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute .
Group - noise


Text - the director mostly plays it straight , turning leys' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .
Group - pancosmic


Text - purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .
Group - pancosmic
Considreing the above, classify the following: maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts .