Q: 1. A simple story told well, with plenty of lighthearted moments and kernels of thought-provoking material, but little to really excite the cinematic appetite.
2. Against all odds, it turns out, everyday life in a Scandinavian kitchen can be quite a show.
3. [D]elightfully off-kilter and refreshingly original tale about loneliness, friendship, and modern appliances.
4. ...makes the full-circle journey all the way from distant to cloying.
5. It's mostly a well-acted, expertly directed comedy with characters and situations of truly universal appeal.
6. Delightfully offbeat and unexpectedly sweet.
7. Taking the 'stranger in a strange land' concept and twisting it sideways, Hamer says a lot about humanity with few words.
8. uniquely eccentric
9. It rewards patience with persistent chuckles, and fills its humble plate.
10. Boy, just when you think all the original stories have been told, something like this comes along.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: By turns touching and funny, this Norwegian import offers quietly absorbing commentary on modern life and friendship.


Q: 1. Although it can get a bit wearing on me to watch puppets, this is so well written and so tongue in cheek, that it was a pleasure.
2. makes a surprisingly cogent, if gleefully vulgar, political argument that has legs because it doesn't take easy sides
3. [The] real target is the polarized state of society. All extremes get an equal bashing here, as they well deserve.
4. It's so accurate that it's barely parody.
5. Made laugh so hard, I almost blew snot all over my own mother.
6. Juvenile in the worst sense: confused and frightened by the adult world, and begging to be protected.
7. The thing is silly as hell and having Kim Jong Il sound like Eric Cartman from "South Park" is a stroke of genius. This is a very funny film and should be seen forthwith.
8. I was laughing my butt off in the first 35 minutes of the film...
9. Shocking, funny, and socio-politically astute
10. Hypocrites of all stripes better stay out of the South Park boys' sights.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Team America will either offend you or leave you in stitches. It'll probably do both.


Q: 1. When the big reveal hits, it's the first big yawn of the film, and the tension dies a sudden death as we wait impatiently for the film to tie up all of its loose ends.
2. Shutter Island, is even less 'important' than The Departed. But Scorsese is clearly enjoying himself with this old-school throwback to thrillers past. And it's hard not to revel in it with him.
3. Multiplex entertainment this distinctive and provocative doesn't come along every day: it's a head trip well worth taking. [Blu-ray]
4. Shutter Island, after an involving and entertaining beginning, settles for a victory by judges' decision rather than a final knockout.
5. A basically just kidding Boston offshore yarn featuring fleeing assorted lost and found psychos, born again Nazis, and Red Scare gulag rehab for unrepentant communists on the loose that, well, doesn't amount to a hill of baked beans.
6. ...a creepy psychological thriller...short on psychology, characterization, suspense, tension, or thrills.
7. Por momentos excesiva y algo decepcionante, resulta de todos modos un inquietante ejercicio sobre la locura servido con gran habilidad por Martin Scorsese.
8. Ilha do Medo é O Iluminado de Martin Scorsese.
9. Shutter Island is second-tier Scorsese, but not one of his misfires. It does the gothic horror genre proud, but fails to transcend it.
10. As psychological horror thrillers go, it might be flawed, but it's a technically masterful piece of work.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: It may not rank with Scorsese's best work, but Shutter Island's gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained.


Q: 1. Both the toughest Bond movie ever and the most entertaining Bond movie ever. A rare entry in the series where the danger seems real.
2. It's all very pacy, with the overly straightforward plotting dimmed but not obscured by the hi-tech effects.
3. A cameo by Wayne Newton pushes the film into full-on kitsch, and many feared the series was dead after Licence's poor showing.
4. Very hardcore for Bond
5. Even weak James Bond is better than the norm action flicks, and this one qualifies.
6. Despite some shaky narrative continuity and muddled motivations, this manages to move pretty briskly, and the action sequences are generally well handled, especially at the climax.
7. The thrills-and-spills chases are superbly orchestrated as pic spins at breakneck speed through its South Florida and Central American locations.
8. Hardcore Bond fans may be dismayed by some of the changes, but no one can deny that the action scenes staged by director John Glen are some of the most spectacular of the entire series and well worth the price of admission.
9. Dalton brought a seriousness back to the films that somehow got lost in a lot of silliness along the way.
10. Dalton is just a little TOO serious as Bond.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: License to Kill is a sharp action picture -- it's darker than many of the other entries, with Timothy Dalton playing Bond with intensity -- but it still has some solid chases and fight scenes.