Case: it is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .
Classification: Uropsilus


Case: a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama .
Classification: Uropsilus


Case: so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it .
Classification: taper


Case: contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom .
Classification: taper


Case: its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it's too slowly paced to be a thriller . [but it's] worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser .
Classification: Uropsilus


Case: flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they can't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up .
Classification: taper
Classify the case below.
chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century america .