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Woody Harrelson is "spectacularly kinetic" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ) as a ne'er-do-well cowboy, but the rest of the film drags.
In the family of political talk shows, Crossfire is considered the ne'er-do-well cousin.
She was a former waitress and prostitute who had lived in squalid poverty with a ne'er-do-well husband and three kids.
Only in a few places does Juneteenth attain the narrative velocity of Invisible Man . In a thrilling climax we finally hear the story of how Bliss came to be adopted by Hickman, and how Hickman was transformed from an Oklahoma City ne'er-do-well into a man of God (it hinges on a false accusation of rape, a lynching, and some amateur obstetrics).
That's the downside of Return to Paradise , which hinges on whether a noncommittal ne'er-do-well swain (played by Vince Vaughn) "has it in him" to submit to an imprisonment that will be at best harrowing and at worst fatal.