This would probably get a worse rating but for writer-director David Mamet's touch. There's some typically clever Mamet dialogue here, in high enough quantities to crack just enough wise smiles throughout the proceedings. That pushes it over the hump.
David Mamet leaves the big city for small town New England but,
thankfully, he takes the rapier wit with him. Good, funny work from the
ensemble cast, and the script provides just the right mix of cynicism
and idealism.
