Case: there's no emotional pulse to solaris . with an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , soderbergh's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff .
Classification: underface


Case: a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film's ability to make its subject interesting to those who aren't part of its supposed target audience . judging by those standards , 'scratch' is a pretty decent little documentary .
Classification: heckler


Case: beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just isn't much to laugh at .
Classification: underface


Case: director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .
Classification: heckler
Classify the case below.
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epic .