Q: 1. The whole thing leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
2. In a swift 86 minutes, director Meadows and co-writer/star Considine give us a methodical, handsome, emotionally intelligent version of the revenge flick.
3. Startlingly powerful, slightly loopy take on the revenge flick . . . offers a wry authenticity that the too-stylish, tough guys and gals in Tarantino's wanna-be-epics of retribution can't exude.
4. Isn't a mess, but it's sure no competition for Winchester 73, Once Upon a Time in the West or even Kill Bill, films in which payback really is a bitch.
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6. An original, complex, and utterly gruesome revenge parable...
7. Though Meadows makes a lot of it, he mucks it up before it's over.
8. Film plays as a quirky Brit riff on everything from U.S. slasher pics to revenge oaters but without Meadows' usual psychological complexity.
9. What's intriguing is that Meadows makes us identify with these small-time hoods, even as he's setting up their executions.
10. The film is further proof that revenge, even when served as a cold dish as this is, ends up being far too chewy for a satisfying movie meal
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Though enhanced by cramped, gritty camerawork, this unsettling look at violence and revenge lacks the provocative edge needed to give it a substantial kick.
1. In Hollywood, it's all about the concept, and some studio executive must have thought it would be fun to watch Adams slogging around in the Irish mud. Unfortunately, there's no accounting for taste.
2. Leap Year takes few chances.
3. As a tearful Anna perched on a cliff near the end, I was tempted to shout, "Jump! Jump!", while wishing that Kaplan and Elfont would join her.
4. Forgettable all around.
5. A generally witless and uninspired rom-com that follows the genre's forumla to a tee without adding anything entertaining or funny to the mix
6. Adams surely knows that this is not a great movie -- or even an average one -- but hey, for two months in Ireland, I'd probably do the movie, too.
7. The real star of this movie isn't even in the credits. Or in the title, for that matter.
8. It's a shame to see the talented actress Amy Adams floundering around in such a lame and unfunny romantic comedy.
9. Two charismatic actors, Adams and Goode, lift this movie up to heights of entertainment it shouldn't achieve,
10. Has a script that normally comes festooned with the names of a half-dozen or more writers instead of two; it's the kind of bad that usually requires a committee to attain.
Consensus: Amy Adams is as appealing as ever, but her charms aren't enough to keep Leap Year from succumbing to an overabundance of clichés and an unfunny script.
Q: 1. A very entertaining and touching film and one of the better efforts in the recent class of teen flicks.
2. She's All That asks us to accept the ridiculous premise that the beautiful Laney could hide her good looks simply by wearing glasses and keeping her hair up.
3. Only Prinze, who has the ethereal, gentlemanly quality of a young Anthony Perkins, gets enough screen time to really make an impression.
4. Fortunately, Prinze and Cook offer up a good deal of adolescent charm, and they have a curious chemistry together.
5. This is a movie aimed at insecure and immature pre-teens, but gives these impressionable youths hideous role-models and messages.
6. As dull and droning as the fluorescent lighting in your old study hall.
7. If you're, ya know, old -- like over 17 -- you'll prob'ly think it's majorly lame-o.
8. I really wish the by-the-numbers plot had not let down the performers so much.
9. In the process of discovering each other, both Laney and Zack learn that it's as OK to change as it is to stay the same, perhaps even better.
10. An intelligent teen comedy -- bet you thought that was an oxymoron.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Despite its charming young leads, She's All That can't overcome its predictable, inconsistently funny script.
1. It isn't just difficult to do justice to Shanae and Megan in an average of 44 minutes apiece; as it turns out, it's impossible.
2. An eye-opening sociological examination that is alternately moving and tedious. Ultimately, however, one can't help but be caught up in the travails of its two memorable subjects.
3. Liz Garbus and company have skillfully captured raw emotions, something 'reality TV' almost never does, and Girlhood offers two valuable case studies to its audience, however difficult it may be to watch them.
4. It may be the least expected happy ending in years.
5. In the end, the girls' stories are inspiring and heartbreaking, making this sensitively directed film one of the most rewarding of the year.
6. While it is one part a coming-of-age story and one part a story of girls and mothers, Girlhood is just as much about the attainment of wisdom.
7. As grim as its subject may at first seem, Girlhood is at heart an emotionally rich look at mothers and their daughters, and provides a refreshing look at how 'the system,' flawed as it may be, can work.
8. Seems like a summer camp, with inmates enjoying soda and snacks in virtually every scene.
9. It shows a fascination with the criminal justice system, and amazing access to the people caught in its wheels.
10. One of the finer documentaries I've seen in my lifetime.
Consensus: An intimate, compassionate look at two teenagers in juvenile hall.
Q: 1. Herzog's glimpses of the future can be as otherworldly and singular as his perspective on the past.
2. A haunting, evocative work...the rare film about art that can be considered a serious work of art itself.
3. ...equally intrigued by the prehistoric painters of yesteryear and those who study their work today.
4. We will likely never be able to see this amazing place in person. Thanks to Herzog for giving us the next best thing.
5. Spectacular and absorbing,coinciding with the publication of Jean Auel's "The Land of Painted Caves."
6. They emerged with a film that is supposed to be an art documentary, but is really a kind of immersive fever dream and time machine.
7. Always the philosopher, Herzog is not content to simply document what is inside the cave. Rather, he uses the images as a launching point for a series of essentially unanswerable questions
8. We're lucky to have it.
9. [M]ay be the first absolutely essential 3D movie, one that you must see in 3D to appreciate its full potency...
10. Cave of Forgotten Dreams transcends all conventional applications of 3-D filming and projection to record the oldest show on earth.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: Hauntingly filmed and brimming with Herzog's infectious enthusiasm, Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a fascinating triumph.