Case: jones . . . makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .
Classification: overhouse


Case: enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age .
Classification: overhouse


Case: steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .
Classification: glucosuria


Case: feel bad for king , who's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who's shot himself in the foot .
Classification: glucosuria


Case: a frustrating 'tweener' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .
Classification: glucosuria


Case: works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .
Classification: overhouse


Case: this is what imax was made for : strap on a pair of 3-d goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space .
Classification: overhouse


Case: a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .
Classification: glucosuria
Considreing the above, classify the following: the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .