1.   And in a fine cast, Ms. Cheung delivers a captivating performance.

2.   Armstrong assembled a fine cast of young actresses to portray the four March sisters in Civil War-era New England.

3.   Avoiding sensationalism, its matter-of-fact approach, handled beautifully by a fine cast, turns out to be quite moving.

4.   A fine cast and a fascinating backdrop, but not much of a story.

5.   But director Ron Howard and a fine cast add new dimensions to the situation.

6.   He draws credible performances from a fine cast, but he relies too heavily on verbal mumbo jumbo to clear up things at the end.

7.   He is well supported by a fine cast, with top points going to the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling as Susanna and the Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena as Cherubino.

8.   He has assembled a fine cast and shows some sensitivity of his own in the way he handles it.

9.   His fine cast is led by the sopranos Catherine Bott and Emma Kirkby and the high, pure tenor John Mark Ainsley.

10.   Huffman stands out among a fine cast of players in a series that could very well be the sleeper of the season.