Case: it makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing .
Classification: curdly


Case: life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities .
Classification: pentadelphous


Case: the movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense .
Classification: curdly


Case: deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .
Classification: pentadelphous


Case: engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying .
Classification: curdly


Case: rice never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them .
Classification: pentadelphous
Classify the case below.
the ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch .