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There are several kinds of thriller nested here.

At the core of Adrian Lyne's sumptuously photographed fable is an encounter with real chemistry and a vital balance that makes us question - if only for brief moments - whose side we should be on.

There's some good material about how getting hurt changes you as a person, but the problem is its too often trapped underneath overly-trite sentiment and the need to please impatient teen girls.

Not only will it insult your intelligence, it will poke your intelligence in the eye and steal its wallet.

All this would be thrills-by-numbers if it wasn't for Hackman, He has the energy and ability to make every part matter; he never freewheels.

November is similar to abstract art and will engage people for part of the time and possibly cause some debate, but there isn't enough substance for it to truly hold an audience.

The flaws belong to the formula itself, not the argument.