| You always know you're in trouble when the philosophy of a film is summed up unironically in the climactic high school graduation speech. |
| Epitomizing Sokurov's ambivalence, the narrator scoffs at the film's climactic ballroom dance yet expresses regret at having to leave. |
| During the film's climactic plane crash sequence, you can feel the bass rumble and the rear speakers roar to life. |
| The few bits of action before the climactic showdown are quick and uninvolving. |
| During the climactic gun battle, he's hopelessly outnumbered by the gang who are shooting up the town to get him. |
| It's the big climactic chapter that had her first whimpering, then sniffling, and finally cheering. |
