"Oleanna" is a claustrophobic, dialogue-intensive, manipulative two actor pseudo-intellectual sorta-psycho-drama which shows a shrinking violet student seeking help from her professor and then turning into an emasculating pitbull. A spellbinding flick for those who don't nitpick the script, this highly improbable story offers some serious entertainment value. The fact is, however, it would not be difficult to write a similar story for we all live in a world of push-pull communication whereby productive bilateral communication requires a desire to understand by both parties. Forsake this principle and you can manipulate a story in any direction with relative ease. No biggie but a worthy effort.
