Word: unevennesses
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...timing is judicious. But Chabrol seems unable to grasp the delicacy that this device requires. The authorities' periodic attempts to sort out the more baffling knots in the narrative come off as hopelessly contrived, and Chabrol's vain effort to draw a confused viewer back into the uneven flow of the story merely succeeds in driving him further away...
...their property liable to search at any time and often allegedly for no apparent reason. In general, Shahak says, Israel's Arab citizens (as opposed to West Bank residents) appear much, better off than they were even two years ago. However, Shahak continued to fight what he calls the uneven, double system of justice that still exists today...
...acting, as in all miniseries, is wildly uneven. Except for Robert Vaughn's reptilian Haldeman/Ehrlichman and John Houseman's phlegmatic John Mitchell, all of the President's self-serving men are bland. The many familiar TV actresses in the cast are interchangeable, and so are the canned romantic subplots in which they appear. The series would have been smart to leave at least most of Washington's bedroom doors closed...
Inevitably, Saudi Arabia's quickened economic pace is creating severe problems. So far, the progress of the development plan has been uneven: shortages of labor, port congestion and housing problems kept the Saudis from spending money as quickly as they would like. But Nazir is making breakthroughs. One example: a crash program to improve the ports has cut waiting time for unloading ships from 90 days last year to almost zero. Says Finance Minister Mohamed Abdel-Kheil: "The textbooks used to speak of the need for land, labor and capital, but we have to add another factor: time...
Despite the taut direction of Stephen Hollis, the cast is uneven and does not provide the claustrophobic mood that the play clearly demands. Tom Waites is fine as Oliver, and Pauline Flanagan's Eve is a model of laced-up propriety masking inner compassion. Christina Pickles conveys the teasing coquettishness and parched loins of Molly well, but never makes her love for the boy convincing. For a man who is obsessed by the approach of death and his wife's infidelity, Michael Higgins' Teddy is a shade too passive...