31.   Making his directorial debut, this sensitive screenwriter remains very much a writer, constructing a talky, introspective character study laced with flights of musical fantasy.

32.   Newman considers the film a character study, and a welcome respite from other movies slashing and burning their way onto screens.

33.   None of these fine flourishes would mean much, however, if the film were not such a sound character study.

34.   Nor is he interested in pure character studies.

35.   Read by Mailer and his wife, Norris Church Mailer, the book is less a history than a character study based on historical research.

36.   Set in London around World War II, it is a focused character study of three tormented souls.

37.   Sketches and finished paintings describe the artist and his family for their own sake, but also as character studies and figures for larger compositions.

38.   So instead of having to dramatize each plot twist, Maillot said, he felt free to create a sequence of character studies.

39.   Speer at the Nuremberg trial and in his own writings provided what many consider the most riveting character study anyone has given of Adolf Hitler.

40.   Take it as a character study masquerading as a caper flick.