Example: all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat .
Class: mousmee


Example: texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare .
Class: madeline


Example: after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .
Class: mousmee


Example: in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , ms . shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .
Class: mousmee


Example: while mcfarlane's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films . . . it's also so jarring that it's hard to get back into the boys' story .
Class: madeline


Example: jagger the actor is someone you want to see again .
Class: madeline
Classify the following: a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides .