| Kevin Pollack invests his version with the subtle genius of a masterful character study. |
| Kudos to federal judges Pollack and Baer for not bending to the victimology and sentimentalism of the times. |
| 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. |
| Shortly after Copland's death in 1990, Pollack decided the time was ripe for a fuller study of his life and work. |
| It was interesting to see how Hollywood coped with this theme, and how director Sydney Pollack tiptoed towards reality but funked it in the end. |
| Once we're into the second hour, Pollack ratchets up the pace a few notches and we notice a quickening of the pulse. |
