Case: one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .
Classification: prediscussion


Case: spielberg's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .
Classification: irresolution


Case: klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .
Classification: prediscussion


Case: the bourne identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups .
Classification: irresolution


Case: the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .
Classification: prediscussion


Case: not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .
Classification: irresolution


Case: because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we've somehow never seen before .
Classification: irresolution


Case: watching the powerpuff girls movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures .
Classification: prediscussion
Classify the following: an affectionately goofy satire that's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary . . .