Problem: 1. Near on par with the original...A real surprise package
2. While Salvation certainly isn't as bad as that first sequel, it still doesn't come near the sheer coolness of the first one.
3. Although I wouldn't quite go so far as to recommend it, the movie does have a terrific look and some intriguing, albeit overly dramatic, acting.
4. Should they go back and make yet another Crow film, I suggest that they consider adding some originality.
5. A pleasingly low-budget demeanor.
6. Plenty of bad dialogue, zero originality or depth.
What is the consensus?
****
Answer: The Crow: Salvation adds nothing new to the series and is plagued by bad acting and dialogue.


Problem: 1. While the film has a true lived-in feel, and demonstrates a burgeoning talent on the part of its young auteur, its portrait of young slackers lacks the freshness to overcome its all too vivid malaise.
2. By simply re-creating what he has observed, Bujalski has created a tender, funny and stealthily affecting portrait of youthful powerlessness and frustration.
3. Funny Ha Ha is a jagged bite of real life, shambling about with humor, sadness, boredom, excitement.
4. Bujalski has a knack for letting scenes build and then cutting out abruptly, duplicating the flow of a life in flux.
5. (Bujalski's) easy naturalism creates an unexpected comic lightness for something so laced with ambiguity.
6. The film's acutely composed dialogue is at once disturbingly empty and brutally poignant.
7. An honest portrait of twentysomething dating -- and one with lots of heart.
8. Dollenmayer's low-key naturalism is a perfect compliment to the camera's hand-held gaze, presenting a touching combination of amiable nonchalance and emotional yearning.
9. Made on so frayed a shoestring that it looks like a Dogma project minus the glitz and about as vacuous as its array of clueless twenty-something characters.
10. The tagline says, 'This would be sad if it weren't so funny', well guess what, it's not that funny, so it must be sad.
What is the consensus?
****
Answer: This modest, unpretentious character study astutely captures the emotional states of the 20-something slacker.


Problem: 1. The sheltered world of the Angulos, informed by cinema more than the teeming city right outside their apartment windows, is a haunting and utterly unique one.
2. What a sad, strange, intoxicating movie.
3. At its best, The Wolfpack helps us to see the cinema in the world, and not the other way around.
4. [It] has to be seen to be believed.
5. [VIDEO ESSAY] You can't help but root for these highly articulate and reserved kids to make good in the real world. You just might be hearing more from the "Wolfpack" as filmmakers in their own right.
6. The dysfunctional Duggars of Arkansas have nothing on the Angulos of New York's Lower East Side.
7. It's a deeply strange success story, but it's self-aware and humorous, and full of frankly amazing revelations.
8. The Wolfpack is a reminder that much of the "crap" we decry has the potential to liberate, offering a bridge off the island of terror we call the nuclear family.
9. It's partially a story of the role cinema can play in helping connect viewers to the world, of helping people get find and hold hope, but it's also a capturing and catalyst for developing hope.
10. Tender, funny, heartbreaking and gloriously gritty, The Wolfpack is a must for any movie connoisseur, while it's also a reminder of just how powerful the medium can be.
What is the consensus?
****
Answer:
Offering a unique look at modern fears and our fascination with film, The Wolfpack is a fascinating -- and ultimately haunting -- urban fable.