Q: 1. Last Resort ... marks the emergence of a filmmaker who, in cunningly addressing matters of restriction and escape, manages to really capture people with a camera.
2. Thank goodness for the Shooting Gallery -- while Hollywood continues to churn out very little of interest, they rescue great little films like Last Resort from obscurity.
3. Admirably terse.
4. An unabashed, if subdued ode to star-crossed lovers everywhere.
5. A tragic but quite educational tour of the Western countries' refugee process.
6. Pawlikowski and his cast have been honoured for this film at festivals across the continent, the greatest award for them would be for you to watch and think.
7. The intimate, unadorned performances add a realistic immediacy to entire piece.
8. "Last Resort" does not have the feel of a fictional piece, but instead appears to be unfolding as the events occur.
9. This quiet film gains its power from small moments and unforced, convincing performances.
10. What was missing for me was a story that was engaging or interesting.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Critics are raving about Last Resort, saying it's a convincing, touching tale. Particularly impressive is the lack of script during the film's shoot.
1. It is a film that is happy to mock audience expectations of a comic book adaptation, while also being faithful to the traditions of the genre.
2. A kick-ass action flick that feels more like 3D than most of the recent films actually employing the technology yet it also manages to comment on the violent action it creates and celebrates.
3. It is violent, it is vulgar and the story is off-the-walls at times. But in the end, Kick-Ass is a relentlessly fun, irreverent film that doesn't even care to take names.
4. It's painted...like a funny bit of mayhem. That's really a ruse to get you in to have a really balanced but insane movie experience.
5. Things start slowly while introducing the characters, but once the explosive action and over-the-top gore-filled violence begin, this movie becomes an unstoppable dynamo.
6. Director Matthew Vaughn and writing partner Jane Goldman (Stardust) %u2014 who should do more movies %u2014 get the job done with punchy dialogue and pitch-perfect sets and stunts.
7. Kick-Ass lives up to its name ...
8. The movie has a high cool quotient for sure, but it also has some substance underneath it all. This is an enormously entertaining film that offers plenty of style, humor, and excitement.
9. This movie has everything I love, Comedy, Elvis, Heroes, and Over the top Action all executed perfectly. I left the theater giddy with happiness. Best movie of the year.
10. I want to return to this hyper-violent, awesome world and get lost in laughs and sympathetic pain again.
Consensus: Not for the faint of heart, Kick-Ass takes the comic adaptation genre to new levels of visual style, bloody violence, and gleeful profanity.
Q: 1. Anywhere else but in this movie, Woody's quest would evidence a high level of dementia. "Nebraska" is far too precious to entertain that notion.
2. Dern gives a brave and unfaltering performance. But his crusty old coot is a very limited character.
3. Although Payne has never been a flashy director - he's one of the few modern filmmakers who regularly, publicly puts script and performance first - there are so many lovely, visual moments in this film, shot in wide-screen black-and-white.
4. Dern makes Woody as cantankerous as he is clueless, bobbing and weaving to avoid his inevitable mortality, but there's a purity about him that'll break your heart.
5. A beautiful, timeless American film whose story, characters and performances should be treasured. This is one of the year's best films and once again, Alexander Payne has given us a tender, poetic masterpiece.
6. The performances are what truly accentuate this narrative. Forte carries off every complex quirk, while seasoned actor Dern is uncharacteristically subdued.
7. More in line with About Schmidt than Sideways, Alexander Payne's latest is a warm and witty look at the relationship between fathers and sons...
8. Is Nebraska a comedy or a drama? Like life, it's both. Payne takes his time. Deal with it. This is a movie to bring home and live with, to kick around in your head after it hits you in the heart. It's damn near perfect, starting with the acting.
9. "Nebraska'' has enough good lines, scenes and performances to make it worth your while, as well as a sufficiently upbeat ending to qualify it as holiday entertainment.
10. With stunning black-and-white cinematography by Phedon Papamichael and a wistful fiddle score by Mark Orton, its contemplative pace feels just right.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Elegant in its simplicity and poetic in its message, Nebraska adds another stirringly resonant chapter to Alexander Payne's remarkable filmography.
1. A breathtaking human drama that will leave you speechless.
2. His latest film, Million Dollar Baby, propels Eastwood into that hallowed pantheon of the greatest directors. It is quite simply a film masterpiece, a heartbreaking tale of dreams won and lost, exquisitely stylized and expertly performed.
3. Turn convention upside down with its stirring portrayal of paternity, passion, mortality, and loyalty
4. Solemn, inflated and dull.
5. This film has a quiet confidence that catches the rhythms of both a strong story and engaging performances
6. Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank deliver a powerful one-two punch that will knock your socks off and hit you squarely in the heart.
7. Brave, smart and excellently paced.
8. Aims to articulate the sport's appeal... One isn't completely convinced by the end of the film that the point has been made, but the attempt is a valiant one.
9. An unsettling and unforgettable masterpiece of skid-row poetry that punctures the heart.
10. Eastwood deserves accolades as both director and star of this powerfully made picture.
Consensus: Clint Eastwood's assured direction - combined with knockout performances from Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman - help Million Dollar Baby to transcend its clichés, and the result is deeply heartfelt and moving.
Q: 1. Its lack of objectivity doesn't hurt the film as a piece of entertainment, although it does seem to weaken its own argument a little.
2. Don Argott's new documentary makes some of the most outlandish conspiracy theories seem strangely believable.
3. The Art of the Steal paints only in black and white.
4. A tragic, true tale exposing America's ugly, two-tiered system of justice defined by the color line.
5. Argott beautifully explicates how this crew pulled off the most daring daylight art theft in history, though his passionate identification with the pro-Barnes faction limits the movie's political nuance.
6. No matter what side you end up taking, you still might be tempted to call your lawyer to go over your will just one more time.
7. [Don] Argott has made a worthwhile contribution to a controversy that deserves an audience.
8. A fascinating good guy vs. bad guy art film about the big business of culture, that puts it on the same footing as big corporations.
9. ...A highly partisan and energetic documentary
10. A terrifically convoluted yarn with dozens of major players.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: Deeply esoteric and unapologetically one-sided, The Art of the Steal proves a documentary doesn't have to make an objective argument as long as it argues well.