Jesse Bradford

Secrets and lies laid bare by a strong cast make Roos' happy endings cathartic and reassuring.

Broyles and Haggis redundantly hammer home the same point in scene after scene...while fail[ing] in 132 minutes fully to breathe life into their triad of reluctant heroes.

As moody mysteries go, the courtroom drama Presumed Innocent is among the moodiest.

To revisit King of the Hill—or to discover it—is to realize how seldom American cinema deems it worthwhile to tell a child's story with anything approaching serious psychological intent.