Text - a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .
Group - horselaugher


Text - sure , it's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it's never as solid as you want it to be .
Group - craber


Text - so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully .
Group - horselaugher


Text - disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself .
Group - craber


Text - clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie .
Group - craber


Text - forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending .
Group - horselaugher
Classify the case below.
proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report .