51.   So does this film, which received three Oscar nominations earlier this week.

52.   So does this film.

53.   Still, that leaves the question of what the film may do for or to Bale.

54.   Still, the production feels like it hops from effect to effect, only occasionally touching the heart as the film did.

55.   Stirring this mixture of whimsy and nightmarishness into a compact seven-minute fable is something that probably only an animated film can do.

56.   The defense argues that he is not entitled to anywhere near that amount because the films did poorly at the box office.

57.   The film did very well in theaters.

58.   The film does that expertly.

59.   The film has done so well that Artisan rushed more prints and released the film in hundreds more theaters last weekend.

60.   The film would have done better to jump in and let the performances speak for themselves.