So, I guess they get equal opportunity to make asses of themselves in route to ye-old schoolwork which they don't seem to have time for in this movie.
I do not in any way claim the rights of ownership to any of them.
While Cates is severely limited in her range of emotions, Russel carries most of the interesting parts of the story.
Maybe that's why I don't have that big a problem, because it's just another scene.