1. Nifty in construction and savvy in execution, this is a twisty thriller that's both cannily suspenseful and honestly moving.
2. Call it townie noir.
3. Gordon-Levitt continues to cement his claim as the best young actor of his generation.
4. There are no gratuitous plot twists, no distracting trick shots and no over-the-top performances -- just a good story, told well.
5. has all the right elements of tension, story, a little comic relief, and solid acting that makes it one of those movies you will tell your friends to see.
6. When no one was looking, Gordon-Levitt left behind his child-star sitcom past on 3rd Rock From the Sun, took his money and went off to become the broodiest brooder that ever brooded in mostly independent films.
7. [Frank] has come up with a perfectly entertaining film, a decent diversion, without uncovering anything truly extraordinary.
8. Gordon-Levitt commands sympathy, affection, and understanding, perfectly executing the role without resorting to maudlin or sentimental tactics.
9. Levitt is quickly establishing himself as an actor with serious range and a keen eye for great roles in smaller films.
10. Its relatively modest reach conceals a memorable crime story that refuses to be limited to genre alone.
Consensus: The Lookout is a genuinely suspenseful and affecting noir due to the great ensemble cast and their complex, realistic characters.
Q: 1. A supremely watchable example of something the '80s did right.
2. For the most part, the movie is goofy fun.
3. The movie may not offer a lot in the way of serious frights or even originality, but it is most definitely weird and decidedly funny.
4. It laughs at the form it embraces, adds a rock-and-roll soundtrack and, if you share its serious-satiric attitude, manages to be very funny.
5. Killing bloodsuckers was enough to make Fright Night a hit, and it will probably do the same for the crass, obvious Lost Boys.
6. Ultimately, this is a film for nostalgic fans and for kids with the appropriate dark leanings, but it's not going to wow anyone else.
7. Did I mention both Coreys are in it?
8. Directed with a cavalier disregard for intelligibility, this has to be one of the most anaemic vampire flicks ever made.
9. The Lost Boys is not a movie you want to put in a time capsule or even revisit, unless your name happens to be Corey.
10. A coffinload of DVD extras to sate your Lost Boys bloodlust!
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher's teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars.
1. It's a traumatic journey peeling away those layers of secrecy, repression and regret, but the actors are equal to those hyper-emotional demands. After the Wedding is a story told with unsparing honesty and skill.
2. Just when we start to find these people interesting and credible, the plot tosses us something we don't believe for a minute.
3. A rare treat --- don't miss it!
4. May be the strangest and most surprising film you'll see this year, in that its character development runs counter to the expectations aroused by its narrative sequencing.
5. You leave the movie feeling exhausted, argumentative and exhilarated, surely the sign of a powerful film in any language.
6. Bier's not timid about tossing any number of volatile ingredients into an already-simmering pot.
7. An emotional masterpiece whose end is impossible to guess.
8. Initially threatening to turn into the most shameless of melodramas, it instead builds upon its rickety foundation with such dexterity and grace that it eventually emerges as a deeply moving experience.
9. A deeply intimate tale of regret and hope, with characters that will linger in your thoughts.
10. Director Susanne Bier is obviously fond of extreme close-ups (people smoking, people drinking, people licking their lips), especially focusing the camera on the actors' eyeballs too many times to count. I can overlook this annoying little technique becaus
Consensus: The cast brings After the Wedding's melodramatic script to life, creating a movie that is emotionally raw and satisfying.
Q: 1. Killer Instinct is generally fast-paced but the need to cram about 15 years of Mesrine's life into less than two hours results in uneven patches.
2. Despite the graphic violence, Cassell creates a memorable character, perhaps as memorable as the real man he portrays. Elena Anaya stands out as his mistreated wife.
3. Richet's film is an engaging one, even if it often plays like a re-enacted, high-episodic documentary.
4. ...a stylish gangster flick with lots of action and a super cool, larger-than-life anti-hero at the center...
5. An exhilarating old-school crime pic.
6. Quite engrossing, very much like a cross between Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can and a French 'Godfather'
7. The events may be accurate, but Mesrine is so episodic that it's slightly maddening to watch.
8. Mesrine: Killer Instinct is a true-life French gangster film so in awe of its subject that it can't fit the entire story into one film.
9. Cassel is handsome yet ratlike, charming yet brutal.
10. It's director Jean-Francois Richet's aim to demystify, and deromanticize Mesrine, perhaps the criminal life in general, and he succeeds.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: It's undeniably uneven, but Vincent Cassel's electrifying performance makes Mesrine: Killer Instinct a gangster biopic worth seeking out.
1. Plagiarizes an already very bad movie--in this case, The Pacifier--and everything that fell flat there is mercilessly carried over for this ill-advised carbon copy.
2. BMH2 is a harmless, genial outing, a comedy that is amusing without ever rising to the level of funny.
3. Aside from the inane plot, Big Momma's House 2 is a dish of empty calories.
4. Passably entertaining, mildly funny and consistently stupid.
5. It's been six years since the original Big Momma movie (I guess they hoped we would forget by now how bad the first one really was... we haven't).
6. ... inconsequential sequel for the undemanding moviegoer.
7. An exhausting, not-hilarious, multiple-resolution ending, in which Big Momma does funny dances with a cheerleading squad, runs on the beach like Bo Derek and chases down the bad guys -- all while fat.
8. Big Momma's House 2 lacks comedic momentum to sustain the ridiculousness of Lawrence as Big Momma, but it's a welcome break from the star's tough cop act and his abominable family film turn in Rebound.
9. Nothing but all-Lawrence all the time, and there's not a lot more to the movie than the basic idea that Lawrence as an obese old lady is intrinsically funny.
10. A dreadful debacle made wors by Lawrence's promise/threat: 'Keep a lookout. You never know when Big Momma might be back.'

Consensus: Unfunny and unoriginal. In other words, a perfect piece of evidence for opponents of pointless movie sequels.