Case: like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next six .
Classification: Senna


Case: kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers .
Classification: Lochlin


Case: sayles . . . once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .
Classification: Senna


Case: an appealingly juvenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles .
Classification: Lochlin


Case: . . . a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet .
Classification: Lochlin


Case: bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie .
Classification: Senna
Classify the following: overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek's novel by some way . it settles for being merely grim .