Soderbergh’s darkly comic riff on true-life thrillers is serious about not being entirely serious. He tweaks the material into the realm of dark humor, but without ever losing the sense that the story he is telling is fundamentally a tragedy. It’s not an entirely successful gambit, partially because the tricky tightrope walk between comedy and pathos makes the film feel hamstrung at times when it could cut loose. The result is that you may leave the theater somewhat confused, or at least ambivalent about how you feel about what you’ve just seen, which I suspect is precisely what Soderbergh wanted. (Hollywood Jewel 16, Waco, TX)