Q: 1. Reveals how pernicious fantasy can become when it is based on a deep-seated hatred of the world.
2. The single best film in Jackson's filmography, and a compliment to New Zealand cinema.
3. Powerful
4. A beautiful, haunting masterpiece from Peter Jackson, and proof that The Lord of the Rings isn't the only rabbit in his hat.
5. 17-year-old Kate Winslet made her film debut in this compelling blend of true crime and dark fantasy...
6. Heavenly Creatures is dazzling; a perversely original psychodrama.
7. Taut, clever, and fronted with two excellent performances, this is a clever choice for Jackson's first step into mainstream filmmaking.
8. 1994 spellbinder.
9. A movie that begins with high tension gradually fizzles out.
10. ...the writer and director, Peter Jackson, could not decide what kind of movie he wanted to make...
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Dark, stylish, and captivating, Heavenly Creatures signals both the auspicious debut of Kate Winslet and the arrival of Peter Jackson as more than just a cult director.


Q: 1. G-Force is being shown in both 2-D and digital 3-D formats. I saw it in 2-D, and that's the preferred format because it's one less dimension for the movie to suck in.
2. Flashy - with a high-octane frenetic - aimed at a small-fry audience.
3. I don't think kids will find it funny, [and] their parents will find it unbearable.
4. It just didn't come together.
5. Blame it on Alvin and the Chipmunks. Cute, furry, and talking, CGI rodents are apparently now the rage, much to the chagrin of anyone over 12.
6. Most youngsters at the screening I attended were not amused -- not even by the usually giggle-evoking flatulence scenes.
7. This rollicking action romp has all of the chase scenes and car crashes you expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer movie
8. G-Force is a high-octane action movie for kids about a group of secret agent talking guinea pigs. The 3D is the best use of the technology in a movie this year and the action jumps from the big screen.
9. A bland distraction for the school holidays and nothing more, the now-ubiquitous 3D version isn't any better.
10. 3-D adventure is funny ... if you're a first grader.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: G-Force features manic action, but fails to come up with interesting characters or an inspired plot.


Q: 1. It's hard to imagine anybody ever being "in the mood" to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone, but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started.
2. An intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible, irrevocable choices and the price of making them.
3. The Grey Zone gives life and meaning to an event that is little more than a footnote in history books.
4. So many incredibly raw, wrenching--and, crucially, unsparingly unsentimental--scenes and moments that it's impossible to not be haunted by the film.
5. This is a masterpiece and yet another chapter of the dark period called: "The Holocaust."
6. Filme trágico, complexo, difícil - e que pode ser assistido em sessăo dupla com O Pianista.
7. It unsuccessfully tries to bridge the gap between pathos and establishing a sense of realism, coming across as forced. Overweight prisoners and Harvey Keitel's German accent distract from the mood of the film.
8. Unlike Schindler's List, ... this uses history to remind us of the tenuousness of our own morality, to remind us that ... most of us will never have to know what we might be capable of in certain circumstances.
9. Roman Polanski's The Pianist may have been showered with Oscar glory ... but the best Holocaust film of 2002 was actually The Grey Zone.
10. Hauntingly unforgettable.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: A grim and devastating tale of the Holocaust.


Q: 1. To Be and To Have works in the grandest tradition of documentary filmmaking -- it keeps company with a small, specific place going about its business, and from it parses the whole world.
2. This heart-wrenching documentary about a French village schoolteacher at work offers the comedy and pathos of great drama and the visual magnificence of painting.
3. Contains some of the most stirring footage I have ever seen on the act and art of teaching children.
4. One of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre.
5. At once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge.
6. In a way, the film feels like a breath of fresh air, but only to those that allow it in.
7. Deep, honest and unforced.
8. Amounts to a rare gift and an opportunity to appreciate the end of an era.
9. Inspiring and beautiful.
10. Philibert and his crew remain invisible throughout most of the this film's running time letting a way of life that is surely short-lived speak for itself.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: A small, sensitive, and moving portrait of a teacher and his students.