| Somehow, the stained, scrubbily painted areas of khaki, olive drab and tan, organized by looping lines and blocks of black, impart a sense of some vast tragedy. |
| The maternal influence is muted, but Mendes is scrubbily committed to, and convincing in, the part. |
| The film opens with the expressionless face of a scrubbily bearded, bespectacled Mexican. |
