Q: 1. High School Musical 3: Senior Year is actually better than it needs to be.
2. The characters aren't all that great, the comedy is flat, but the numbers are so darn fun. Probably the best thing to do is wait for the DVD and just skip to all the songs, leaving all the sitcom material behind.
3. Sure, the franchise is corny, but it ultimately celebrates talent, enthusiasm, loyalty and love. And you can dance to it.
4. The phrase 'It is what it is' was practically invented for movies such as High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
5. The movie sounds as though it was recorded in a padded chamber instead of a bustling school, and it looks like it came from some alternate world, one that basks in the eternal sunshine of the spotless skin.
6. It's hard to complain about a pop culture phenomenon built on unabashed innocence.
7. As silly as it is, there's a relentless energy bursting from every aspect of High School Musical 3.
8. The HSM series has always been playful and high-spirited, with a refreshing emphasis on collective action and the importance of group effort over the individual, and there's nothing in High School Musical 3: Senior Year to upset the formula.
9. Mr. Efron's athletic grace is Astaire-like in its casual authority. Ms. Hudgens's blissful smiles melt the screen.
10. Disney raised the stakes by turning its hit TV-movie franchise into a feature film -- and the bet has paid off.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: It won't win many converts, but High School Musical 3 is bright, energetic, and well-crafted.
1. Strained pulp awash in insincere you-go-riot-grrrl attitude.
2. This subpar Nordic crimer leaves ample room for improvement for the inevitable U.S. remake.
3. [story] paths intersect through the twists and turns of the film, making this a coherent, serious thriller.
4. Downbeat and turgid, the brainy movie turns a literary sensation into summer homework.
5. Fans of the novels will eat it up, while newbies may wonder what all the fuss is about.
6. If you share my fondness for the characters, that affection may pull you through this glumly compelling but unpleasant film.
7. A worthy and entertaining entry in the trilogy. Rapace and Nyqvist seem born to these roles; the idea of a Hollywood version seems ridiculously redundant.
8. Relentless suspense allows The Girl Who Played With Fire to hold you in a viselike grip. But it's the performances of Nyqvist and especially Rapace that keep you coming back for more.
9. Two-thirds of the way through, The Millennium Trilogy is looking like the North American cinematic event of 2010.
10. While uneven, repetitive and occasionally nonsensical, The Girl Who Played With Fire still offers a fair dose of suspense and action for those who can stomach its brutal violence.
Consensus: Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist remain extraordinarily well-suited to their roles, but the second installment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy doesn't pack quite as much punch as the first.
Q: 1. A powerful look inside the Israeli defense establishment
2. Director Dror Moreh doesn't rest on his scoop
3. The rule of surveillance is to keep quiet and let others do the talking. The Oscar-nominated documentary The Gatekeepers flips the script, to astonishing effect, giving voice to the retired directors of Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence agency.
4. A deadly serious and detailed examination of and meditation upon the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, The Gatekeepers makes no attempt to find a silver lining.
5. Much like Errol Morris' "The Fog of War," Dror Moreh's film is a sobering inside look inside history, at mistakes made and opportunities missed.
6. Both journalistic coup and unsettling confirmation of the idea that 'you can't make peace using military means.'
7. Moreh gets some startling confessions and insights from each man but also misses the opportunity to truly challenge his subjects on their regard for democracy, basic human rights and their own accountability.
8. Moreh employs a direct interviewing style, reminiscent of Errol Morris' work, to get the men to talk about their days leading Shin Bet.
9. The film and its talking head participants paint the picture in both broad strokes and fine detail.
10. An up-close and personal look at the psychology of war -- their war and, by extension, all war.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Strikingly stark, brutally honest, and rivetingly assembled, The Gatekeepers offers essential perspective on a seemingly intractable war from some of the men who fought it.
1. The hooded phantom who keeps popping up to shove passengers onto the tracks is the only figure in Kontroll with even a semblance of purpose.
2. A well-done Hungarian black comedy set in Budapest's underground subway system.
3. Like many modern allegories, Nimrod Antal's tour de force of grime, fluorescence and destinationless velocity is more concerned with atmosphere than meaning.
4. Bulcsú never surfaces from the underworld. Neither does the movie -- literally or figuratively.
5. Watch how inventively Mr. Antal keeps the action moving and you'll see why his picture has won a passel of prizes, bestowed by everyone from the Cannes Film Festival to the Budapest Hungarian Film Critics organization.
6. A fascinating story and film about the down-under in us all.
7. It's the whooshing terror that fries your nerves to a frazzle.
8. One of those hip, self-consciously trippy existential thrillers that blow in from Europe every now and then to rock the world of East Village university students looking for a superficially meaningful event to legitimize their Friday night bar crawl.
9. Placing his lunatic ensemble of social misfits into a series of episodic story blocks with faultless timing, the director evocatively captures the look, mood, sounds and, most of all, the eccentric attitudes of this alien realm.
10. Plenty here to enjoy if you're a fan of trips outside of the norm.
Consensus: Kontroll is a smart thriller that's dark, gritty, and funny.
Q: 1. It was supposed to be 1806, but Mansfield Park the movie has a little too much 1999 in it...
2. One of the most assured and inspired literary film adaptations all year.
3. Full of sparkling dialogue, witty asides, and top-drawer performances, Mansfield Park is a social satire wrapped inside a romantic comedy.
4. Mansfield Park is quick and funny, and a refreshing break from period-film stuffiness.
5. The cast is good, especially Davidtz.
6. Just enough sardonic wordplay pokes through to keep the Jane Austen in this Jane Austen.
7. Park is damn entertaining.
8. Patricia Rozema's Mansfield Park continues Jane Austen's winning streak on film.
9. A witty, entertaining film.
10. A fine addition to the filmed Austen canon.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: Solid performances, bold direction.