Most notable is the relationship that develops between Arlene and Eugene, both of whom are vary of becoming involved, because of their personal scars, which are of the physical and psychological varieties. However, director Mimi Leder works well with her leading actors, allowing them enough breathing room to create some very fine character moments. The image is very crisp and finely detailed, which highlights not only the interiors, but the Las Vegas desert that serves as a backdrop for the story. Most of the colors are fairly vivid, while the flesh tones remain completely convincing. There are no problems with chroma noise or smearing during the presentation.
Blacks are generally on the money and there is always a healthy dose of shadow detail.
The film element used for the transfer is very clean, with the only flaw being a hairline scratch that ran down the center of the frame for a couple of seconds. Clean dual layer authoring keeps digital compression artifacts out of sight. Sound effects do utilize the discrete properties of the format, but the implementation is very subtle. The surround channels see the least activity, but they do provide the requisite ambience and musical fill, as well as occasional active effects. Dialogue reproduction is very clean and fully intelligible.