| Once we're into the second hour, Pollack ratchets up the pace a few notches and we notice a quickening of the pulse. |
| To their credit, Pollack and his scriptwriters have tried to tackle all the necessaries of a proper old style political thriller head on. |
| All Pollack can come up with is desperately well-intentioned hooey, made even more bizarre by the pop-eyed solemnity of the acting and its sheer, baffling unexcitingness. |
| Unlike the President, Pollack dignifies all possible objections and what-ifs with answers. |
| As Pollack notes, more children live with their mothers than with their fathers following divorce. |
| Kevin Pollack invests his version with the subtle genius of a masterful character study. |
