1.   As you tick off plot points, you may start to wonder what audience the filmmakers thought they were serving.

2.   All these plot points are quickly smoothed over, though they are integral to the story.

3.   But AIDS is rarely, if ever, used as a narrative subject or a plot point.

4.   But extra efforts were made to ensure that all crucial plot points were given enough space and time to register with the audience.

5.   Clark stood up for that plot point, however.

6.   Credulity gets strained, though, at crucial plot points.

7.   Director Norman Jewison falters only when allowing such recycled plot points to eclipse the perfectly good groove this film has going for itself.

8.   He recklessly introduces several plot points only to inexplicably drop them like overused tissues.

9.   His narrative latticework is so fine, in fact, that casual viewers may miss key plot points.

10.   In fact, Michael St. John, an area screenwriter, believes the proceedings boast all the plot points of a compelling feature film.