Each act unfolds in real time, in precisely mapped locales, with no major improbabilities impeding the flow of events.

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The question shudders with possibilities throughout the melodramatic musical "Passion, " whose plot strains credulity, yet celebrates the erratic improbabilities of love.

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While recounting a litany of "improbabilities" in Pistorius' account, Nair said defense attorneys had done enough to prove the "exceptional circumstances" required by South African law for the release of a suspect charged with premeditated murder.

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It's all ostensibly part of a master plan, as is his requesting Elizabeth Banks' beleaguered negotiator, but it feels as if the filmmakers have tried to stuff the plots of too many different movies into a single casing that's already overflowing with eye-rolling improbabilities.

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