Among Lumet's defenders are the Los Angles Times ' Kevin Thomas, who says the director makes the unlikely plot twists believable the old-fashioned  through interaction with a screen full of strongly drawn, fully dimensioned, psychologically valid characters.
Lumet is a director who incorporates unlikely plot twists into some of his/her movies.
Lumet's movie are generally very straightforward with no twists.
He is just as stupid as the rest of his kind.
Alfred wasn't with us.
People standing next to an orange bus.
I was so disappointed when I found out they did it I said nothing.
A brown dog digging a hole.
A woman does cartwheels while holding her dogs.