Q: 1. Worse things can and will happen this year than The Foot Fist Way being a small success.
2. This movie's weakness is disgusting to me.
3. The film's funniest moment caught me at a loss of breath, and at its best has other moments providing extended laughs, if not of the breathtaking variety.
4. This is irritainment, something you snicker at while covering your eyes, praying that this guy never gets loose in the real world, when, in fact, he's your next-door neighbor. Or you.
5. A film crying out to be discovered by midnight movie mavens.
6. McBride's smalltown satire offers minor martial arts-themed laughs.
7. Everything feels like it sprang from an all-night, cola-fueled brainstorm, so every bit slips easily away, usually after generating a grin or two, if not many laughs.
8. This is a really small film, shot in 19 days, and it's a little rough around the edges, but it's got a huge comic heart that's undeniable.
9. If I had my way, every indie comedy would be done The Foot Fist Way.
10. This comedy clocks in around 90 minutes. Yet somehow it still feels too long and overly padded -- as if it were a sketch-comedy show bit that was stretched out to feature length.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: The rough edges and biting humor of this martial arts comedy will keep audiences laughing and cringing in turns.
1. What can I say? This is a very good warm comedy for just about any audience.
2. Explores the different shades of love in humanistic and hilarious ways
3. Simply stated, it is difficult not to be swept up by this charming picture.
4. Stronger on mores than amore, a half smile for a summer night.
5. A rich and witty romantic comedy with a perfecto monologue from Nicolas Cage.
6. Cher and Cage are very fine in this romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison.
7. Most of the show belongs to Cher and Cage, both of whom are at their energetic best.
8. Elegantly designed and acted with verve, even though the story and concept are frustratingly minor.
9. spends so much time reminding us what a quaint and cute little movie we're watching that our interest isn't required
10. A warm and funny little ensemble piece that still holds up pretty darn well after almost 20 years.
Consensus: Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies.
Q: 1. Nasty, profane and wickedly entertaining!
2. Starts off as a twisted, messed up mind game, but ends up a typically sappy love story that, strangely, isn't even about love.
3. Rent Dangerous Liaisons and save yourself the trouble.
4. Entertaining. Engaging. A calculated guilty pleasure.
5. Despite its highly descriptive dialogue, Cruel Intentions features no nudity ... I doubt teenage boys will be satisfied just to hear Buffy talk dirty.
6. Witty, raunchy!
7. A sly, silly, mostly well-crafted diversion that's no trash classic, but has little to apologize for.
8. Solid dialogue, luscious characters, great comic relief, and an admittedly classic story give it wings above the standard teen-oriented dreck on the market.
9. It's a lame, trashy teenage soap opera.
10. The themes are intact, and for some fans of the original story, that should be all that matters.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Even in a slick package and an attractive cast, the movie succumbs to bad acting and a bad script.
1. It will be a welcome relief to see Pattinson one day cast in a film not primarily targeted at women, or, indeed, one where he is forlorn and lovesick most of the time.
2. Pattinson's co-stars are both past Oscar winners, while Tai the elephant is a scene stealer in her own right, but amidst the sweat, sawdust and spangled glamour of the circus, he more than holds his own in the ring.
3. Familiar but enjoyable.
4. 'Water for Elephants' has charm, and this more grown up role suits Pattinson more than the histrionics of last year's 'Remember Me'.
5. The movie rather embarrassingly sells chastity in the midst of what feels like a lawless situation. It's handsomely mounted but timid.
6. An engrossing, old-fashioned romantic-triangle motion picture with appeal for both men and women -- in other words, the type of movie that used to be a Hollywood staple.
7. Here's a film in which Twilight's Robert Pattinson runs away to join the circus - but, amazingly, not as the Incredible Giant-Faced Man.
8. The elephant is impressive. Rosie stands up on her hind legs. She stands on her front legs. She flirts with Robert Pattinson and drinks lemonade.
9. The love triangle that determines Water for Elephants' dark trajectory is just as joyless and wanly dramatized.
10. ...the real star of Water for Elephants is, of course, an elephant and Rosie is a talented charmer that does some amazing physical things...
Consensus: It's a tale tastefully told and beautifully filmed, but Water for Elephants suffers from a pronounced lack of chemistry between its leads.
Q: 1. Michael Clayton is -- hands-down, no-question, make-your-toes-curl-with-a-creative-crush -- the absolute best, most surprising, most devastating performance Clooney has given us yet.
2. The film is stealthy, like its characters; it creeps up on you.
3. There's too much drag time in the beginning to say that this movie lives up to all the hype it's getting, but it is still worth going to see.
4. Gilroy has crafted a smart thriller that revolves around a corporate cover-up but doesn't burrow into hair-splitting details and stays away from cliché.
5. A deliberate and measured look at what happens when you wake up one day and realize you can no longer recognize the man staring back at you from the bathroom mirror.
6. [Gilroy] ratchets the tension so imperceptibly... that you don't notice how taut the action is. That is, until you notice your fingernails are embedded in the armrest.
7. George Clooney just keeps getting better and better. His performance here is rich and deep and layered, and seeing him work through his range of reactions is enormously moving. It provides a strong center for the legal thriller swirling around him.
8. Clooney makes a poor replacement for Julia Roberts.
9. [A] mostly decent '70s-style paranoia-fest.
10. ...a top-notch film that entertains, thrills, and - if you'll let it - makes you think.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: Michael Clayton is one of the most sharply scripted films of 2007, with an engrossing premise and faultless acting. Director Tony Gilroy succeeds not only in capturing the audience's attention, but holding it until the credits roll.