EXCERPT: Lumet's refusal to supply answers to all the questions he raises in his film has not sat well with several critics. In the most hysterical response so far, Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter writes that "Sidney Lumet's first film in over six years wants to turn all moral values topsy-turvy." As far as I can tell, Lumet attempts nothing of the kind. He is merely doing what he has done throughout his career: looking at American society and its institutions with a clear and steady eye and reporting on what he sees.
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