It walks like a play and talks like a play, but thanks to the gentle direction and the performances from the crack cast -- particularly Channing and a never-better Smith -- it's satisfying as a movie.

It's too clever by half, an inside joke aimed at the New York gentry.

The temporal experience of watching Six Degrees of Separation is one of absorption and intrigue.

A highly intelligent and immensely enjoyable film that leaves you with lots to think about.