Inchoate

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–adjective 

1. not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.

2. just begun; incipient.

3. not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject. 





　

But he is at other times remarkably solicitous, inviting only Harvey, among all the other supervisors, to his son’s christening, and indulging in political horsetrading with his erstwhile opponent ("I think he may be one of us," Harvey winks to one of his cronies). The pic reveals Harvey’s own unwittingly fateful betrayals of Dan. 



crony

–noun

a close friend or companion; chum.



But arguably the film’s best scene is between Harvey and Dan in an otherwise empty foyer; an inarticulate plea for understanding in the form of a drunken rant by Dan, the exchange [oozes] a complicit vibe [between] the two men, all but confirming Harvey’s earlier suspicions. 



foyer

–noun

1. the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house.

2. a vestibule or entrance hall in a house or apartment.



Brolin’s work is superlatively expressive of the inchoate impulses roiling inside his sorry character.





yank

He yanked out the sore [tooth].

But the movie, like its hero, manages to yank itself [back] into shape

cull

Sound bites from the filmed demonstrations are near-identical to those culled [from] those held two weekends ago.

semaphore

signaling 

by changing light, flag

he holds an elbow out and pumps a forearm [up] and [down] like a semaphore as Milk speaks in public.

Convulsion