'Carnage' an acting tour-de-force

Director Roman Polanski strips away the veneer of civility that supposedly separates man from beasts and reduces two well-to-do couples to snarling adversaries in this film version of the award-winning stage comedy 'God Of Carnage'.

Playwright Yasmina Reza adapts her own celebrated work for the big screen, entrusting her incendiary dialogue to a stellar cast including three former Oscar winners, who deliver each verbal grenade with lip-smacking relish.