Text - ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .
Group - birkie


Text - an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .
Group - redemptionless


Text - harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .
Group - birkie


Text - the cast is uniformly excellent . . . but the film itself is merely mildly charming .
Group - redemptionless


Text - the performances take the movie to a higher level .
Group - birkie


Text - a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series .
Group - redemptionless
Classify the case below.
just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat .