consistently well-acted and convincing, this understated piece peers into the life of a petty criminal, short on affect, the complications and consequences of whose life ultimately lead to a moment of moral action (as he turns himself in to protect a young accomplice), and to a final moment of feeling. the only art in the film is in drawn-out, and ultimately repetitive frames in which the principal character inhabits a blank formal scene, and, devoid of visible expression, waits. the camera is hand held, to deny Art, and the film is to be viewed in the context of, say, a high school or college class. a sympathetic piece, with, deliberately, too few dimensions.
