Beter Suited for the Stage or Television

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2015)

Cinema, At Times, will Take On Stories Best Fitted for the Stage or Television (especially early Anthologies like Playhouse 90) where the Story Takes Place in a Confined Setting or One Set in Particular). In Doing This the Art of Making Movies is Stifled, Restricted, and Restrained by the Convention.
Stylish Flourishes and Cinema Tricks are Reduced to a Minimum and What You Have is Basically, Again, a Stage Play. There have been Some Good Movies Made in this Format, and this is One of Them, but for Those that Like Their Movies to Move and Take On the Aesthetics of the Art Form it Can Be Disappointing and Frustrating.
The Strength of These Types and This One is Defined by the Acting and the Writing. The Cast in this Sidney Lumet "Improvisational Staged Play" have Universally Received Acclaim from Al Pacino Down to the Small Supporting Roles. The Writing, that Received an Oscar, was Mostly Made Up on the Set with Much Improvisation and the Story Wrote Itself in Real Life Events.
So If You Enjoy This Type of Minimalist Movie Making, Here it is. Others Find the Film Long, Boring at Times, Tedious, Repetitive and Most Certainly Unconventional, Especially for the Genre.
As Well Crafted as it is, One is Still Left with a Format that Could be Called Anti-Film. The Movie, as Good as it may be, is Still Limited Movie Making and for Those that Love the Art of Cinema for What it Can Do with the Medium will Most Likely be Let Down.
NoteAs Improvisational Theatre (A+)As a Film (B)