Article: Shell game; A & E's `Armadillo' engages viewers with deception, mystery.(Arts and Lifestyle)

"Armadillo."

Tonight at 9 on A & E.

3 stars (out of four)

Contrary to its title, "Armadillo," premiering tonight at 9 on A & E, is not a sprawling western about the hard-shelled animal familiar to Texas.

Lorimer Black (James Frain) is as mysterious and misleading as the movie's title. Working as a loss adjuster, Lorimer must reduce insurance claims by exposing fraud or other criminal behavior. But as the three-hour movie unfolds, it becomes clear that this protagonist may be perpetrating an even bigger deception than those he investigates.

The dapper Lorimer has the natural ability to become whomever people want him to be. He ...

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