anchor: But these actors also convey the sense of an internal furnace of pain and anxiety that gives fevered glow to such minutiae (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). However, the play itself is found wanting.
positive: The play's cast do an excellent job of showing the characters' emotional tribulations, but the play itself is problematic.
negative: Ben Brantley of the NY Times declares the acting to be the most wooden and incompetent he has ever witnessed.