Q: 1. In this season of Oscar-bait overacting, I'm grateful that "A Map of the World" includes recognizable emotional landmass.
2. A film with an every day beginning and an every day ending, and a triumph in between.
3. A searing yet wholly believable journey.
4. Carries surprising dramatic power; and the acting is good enough to carry it over even the admitted rough patches in the final reels.
5. A truly remarkable film. It is just not for everyone.
6. Good performances all through the movie.
7. Acclaimed stage director Scott Elliot makes an auspicious debut behind the camera.
8. An accomplished film that continually takes us beyond our first impressions of people and situations.
9. Worth navigating for its refusal to play to the crowd. There's certainly nothing safe or sweet about Weaver's performance.
10. A Map of the World is a grim, humorless melodrama with very little entertainment value.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Disjointed storytelling overshadows noteworthy performances.


Q: 1. ...a sporadically riveting yet undeniably uneven drama that fits comfortably within Rod Lurie's politically-themed filmography.
2. Nothing But the Truth is flat and unexceptional, the bureaucratic, talky parts of a political thriller without the action sequences as payoff.
3. The best thing about Nothing But the Truth is Vera Farmiga.
4. All this plays out in brisk fashion, and the actors, who also include Alan Alda as Rachel's venerable lawyer, mostly seem to be having a high old time.
5. The last-minute switcheroo suggests, perhaps unintentionally, that Rachel is less a martyr to the cause than a schemer looking to cover her tracks.
6. Nothing But The Truth operates a lot like Billy Ray's Shattered Glass and Breach, offering up the sort of no-nonsense, meat-and-potatoes docudrama that's in short supply these days.
7. It's Kate Beckinsale who is fantastic and she is able to hold the strong premise long enough to keep my interest in a politically-charged thriller.
8. It is a rock-solid entertainment, made by adults, starring adults, and intended for adults
9. Lurie's style has grown increasingly fluid, and the players (especially Farmiga) deliver, but he tosses everything away with the last twist.
10. I thought the performances were great, particularly Vera Farmiga.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: A well-crafted political thriller, Nothing But the Truth features a strong cast that helps the real-life drama make an effortless transition to the big screen.


Q: 1. It's all about pushing the envelope and scoring one for less attractive, socially awkward males.
2. Although I loved this movie, I'm getting tired of the King of Queens world where attractive, capable women fall in love with/end up mothering shlubby, childish men.
3. Apatow knows growing up is a rough patch of grass but he wants to understand it. Such lofty ambitions seem to have been largely banished from romantic comedies, but here, it gives Knocked Up an honest timelessness.
4. An attitude bazooka full of sex, drugs and raw language, yet so high on babies and family values that this must be the first R-rated film for both sleazoid slackers and earnest right-to-lifers.
5. Brush aside the crude formula and bathroom humor and you've got yourself a surprisingly delicate social commentary.
6. The film simply can't and doesn't live up to the lofty expectations created by its "Virgin" predecessor.
7. Knocked Up is an ambient, funny movie more devoted to enjoying the journey of its characters' world than it is bothered with its destination.
8. Not only is it hysterically funny, but it's refreshing to see a movie about adults that's not dumbed down for kids.
9. As observational satire, it lacks the outcast verve that comes with real outrage.
10. An unlikely but likable comedy, bigger on sweetness than it is on belly laughs.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Knocked Up is a hilarious, poignant and refreshing look at the rigors of courtship and child-rearing, with a sometimes raunchy, yet savvy script that is ably acted and directed.


Q: 1. Right amongst the bottom end of the genre.
2. Barrymore is actually becoming quite the deft physical comedienne, unafraid to make herself look unsightly for effect. But her performance isn't enough to overcome even one of the other problems.
3. Not even Drew Barrymore's million-dollar smile can save this humiliating comedy!
4. A bogus, bottom-of-the-barrel Cinderella story!
5. Lazy. Clumsy. Miscast.
6. I was too delighted with the last two hours to complain.
7. It's a captivating, totally cool teenage chick's flick.
8. Embarrassing, witless!
9. It's silly teenage "Revenge of the Nerds" fun. And it's spirited.
10. Seriously flawed!
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: Unoriginal and unremarkable high school satire adds little to the genre.