In this peculiarly smart yet inert comic drama, the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos employs good actors to display the virtues of bad acting.

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In effect, the movie goes from comic shtick to problem-drama shtick, and then fuses them.

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Sayles predictably intersperses scenes of rehab drama and female friendship with comic relief and local (Louisiana) color.

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Apart from "Chronicle" they were used for action movie "Safe House, " starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, the 3D comic-book adventure "Dredd, " and TV drama "Mary and Martha, " starring Hilary Swank.

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During the drama, 'tsars' visit the local houses of unmarried girls to give comic performances and receive good wishes and awards.

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Ross is something of an indie Robert Altman, with his huge cast of characters and plaited strands of dialogue, and he has a sharp and comic eye for intimacy, domesticity, and practicality: daily routines when nothing is happening have the moment of high drama, and an egg in the refrigerator, a broken waffle iron, and a handful of change virtually come to life.

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