The room-by-room shifts in reality have been aptly compared to jump-cut scenes in a film, with each door or — more likely — each hole in the wall introducing a different form of delusional retreat from the larger world.
Suleiman, who appears in the later scenes, has been aptly compared to Buster Keaton, and not just because of his unchanging expression, but because The Time That Remains has the precision, economy and verve of a classic silent comedy.
Its extraordinary growth habit, forming an hemispherical bush up to 3 m tall and 10 m wide, that has been aptly compared in shape with an igloo, is unparallelled anywhere else in the range of the species.
Arguably, QRISK2 would be more aptly compared with a Framingham equation recalibrated for the UK population, but we compared it with the Framingham risk score recommended by NICE, which is without reference to recalibration.
Or perhaps it's more aptly compared to the link that joins the crossword setter and puzzle enthusiasts.
Other Baron Cohen films are less aptly compared, since they benefited from established characters, but Bruno opened in July 2009 with exactly £5m, without benefit of a previews boost, while Borat, the comedian's biggest UK hit with a £24.15m total, began in November 2006 with £6.24m including £910,000 in previews.
In fact, the social structure of a clan is probably most aptly compared to that of a wolf pack; in that each member has a clearly established rank and each clan has an alpha leader.
Juventus were a shambles, aptly compared by one writer from La Repubblica to a groggy boxer who had lost the capacity to even raise their guard.
Karen Eleanor Wight is aptly reptilian as Toadpipe.
