Text - dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments .
Group - shrillish


Text - some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .
Group - tertius


Text - instead of contriving a climactic hero's death for the beloved-major- character-who-shall- remain-nameless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens' laser guns actually hit something for once ?
Group - tertius


Text - the seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people are nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going .
Group - shrillish


Text - feels shrill , simple and soapy .
Group - tertius


Text - you'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you'll laugh .
Group - shrillish


Text - thanks to the château's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .
Group - shrillish


Text - the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .
Group - tertius
Considreing the above, classify the following: ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .