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

NEWYORKER: Passion Fish

And although he intersperses candour with tact, assuring us that the young Saudi princes are smarter and more durable than we tend to think, frankness wins out in the end.

ECONOMIST: Saudi Arabia's future

That David made his fortune selling property to people who could ill afford it is an irony not lost on Ms Greenfield, who intersperses his brazen sales pitches with details of his financial demise.

ECONOMIST: A riches-to-rags story in America