due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter . 
(ROOT (S (PP (IN due) (IN to) (NP (JJ stodgy) (, ,) (ADJP (NN soap) (NN opera-ish)) (NN dialogue))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN rest)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN cast)))) (VP (VBZ comes) (PRT (RB across)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (NN stick) (NNS figures)) (VP (NN reading) (NP (NNS lines)) (PP (IN from) (NP (DT a) (NN teleprompter))))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (PP (IN ) (IN ) (NP (JJ ) (, ) (ADJP (NN ) (NN )) (NN ))) (, ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (NN )))) (VP (VBZ ) (PRT (RB )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NN ) (NNS )) (VP (NN ) (NP (NNS )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (NN ))))))) (. )))