All of the elements are in place, but for some reason they don't gel. While the overall image quality is good, there are some problems with the digital transfer that are noticeable. The images aren't always sharp and vivid, displaying soft edges at times. The colors are good but not overly brilliant, while flesh tones look okay but a little flat. There are also some issues with compression artifacts, which aren't helped by weaker than usual blacks.
Depth of field is all over the place, and attention to detail comes and goes.
A pristine original negative allows for clean whites and pure grays. More attention should have been spent on the mastering. Even though a lot of time and attention was spent delivering a DTS soundtrack, it mostly goes to waste because the film is dialogue driven. The dialogue mix is terrific, and the front sound fields work their butt off, but there isn't much in the way of surround effects or ambient noise. There are some arena effects when Kaufman plays live, and the surround effect do make you feel like you're part of the action.