alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise . 
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP alan)) (CC and) (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ fellow) (NNS survivors))) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ idiosyncratic) (RB enough) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB lift) (NP (DT the) (NN movie)) (PP (IN above) (NP (PRP$ its) (NML (NN playwriting) (CD 101)) (NN premise)))))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP )) (CC ) (NP (PRP$ ) (JJ ) (NNS ))) (VP (VBP ) (ADJP (JJ ) (RB ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (PRP$ ) (NML (NN ) (CD )) (NN )))))))) (. )))