It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...