Critic consensus:Though it may be short on dazzling special effects, The Search for Spock is still a strong Star Trek installment, thanks to affecting performances by its iconic cast.

Numbered reviews:1. ...a somber, mournful installment of the Star Trek franchise. And when the defining trait of your series is dullness, this isn't exactly the best strategy.
2. An emotionally satisfying science fiction adventure.
3. Not bad, but the series would boldly go to better places.
4. christopher lloyd!
5. Almost certainly the best of the "bad" Star Trek films... and for the first 30 or 40 minutes, it's not really even bad, to speak of.
6. Not many Trekkies would list The Search for Spock as their first viewing choice, but it rarely lets you down.
7. These are classic directorial occasions, and Nimoy rises to them with fervor, in effect beaming his film up onto a higher pictorial plane than either of its predecessors.
8. Stirring but sad science-fiction enterprise.
9. This 1984 film's few and unimpressive special effects evidently qualify it as science fiction, but the genre it really belongs to is the male weepie: there hasn't been a gooier buddy romance on the screen since Joe Buck took Ratso Rizzo to Miami.
10. It's reasonably entertaining fare for non-fans.


Critic consensus:Whether you think this mentally ill cult musician is worthy of being called a "genius," this document of his life is crafted with sincere respect and is fascinating to watch.

Numbered reviews:1. This astonishingly well-made movie stubbornly refuses to ask some important questions. Are we watching mental illness as performance art?
2. A searing, compassionate portrait of chronic mental illness.
3. ... an uncomfortably fascinating document of a man whose bipolar disorder and artistic ambitions are inextricably connected.
4. Devil leads us into that dark, uncharted valley where evil, genius, divine inspiration, insanity -- and other unfathomable mysteries -- commingle.
5. You don't need to be Einstein to know that not all geniuses are mad. More to the relative point, not all madmen are geniuses.
6. There's no question Johnston is an intriguing person. Or that, based on the treasure trove of illuminating or baffling or maddening footage assembled here into a stylishly messy whole, he remains a work in progress.
7. Might not convince you that Daniel Johnston is a great artist, but it does persuade you that he's a fascinating case study.
8. An inspired piece of work by someone who knows and admires Mr. Johnston but doesn't cover up the warts. It's also the rare documentary possessed with an artistry that transcends its subject.
9. Perhaps Feuerzeig wanted to get away from the stereotypical 'talking head' interview, but by having the subject stop periodically to rinse and spit?
10. It's little more than a decently-compiled, fan-inspired research project as opposed to something organically resonant or artful.


Critic consensus:A reflective look at our own mortality through the experience of a middle-aged French man, Time To Leave manages to pull at our heart strings without resorting to cliches, and leaves a lasting impression.

Numbered reviews:
1. Time to Leave comes across with unexpected moments of illuminated stillness, and any movie that gives meaningful face time to the incomparable [Jeanne] Moreau can never be a total waste of time.
2. Whilst avoiding many of the sentimental clichés that bedevil terminal illness movies, the briskly edited Time To Leave nevertheless lacks the emotional impact of Ozon's most memorable films.
3. As with all Ozon's work, Time to Leave resounds with grace notes.
4. Deeply touching and brutally frank.
5. A lyrical and heart-affecting French drama that reveals that we must each encounter death on our own terms.
6. But this may be the first time that Ozon has played it too safe, leaving little to separate his film from the countless other portraits of dying scoundrels redeemed.
7. Moreau's few ripe scenes are choice, and she spices up the joint with her gravelly voice of je ne regrette rien.
8. A cinematic tone poem, wafting on wistful tableaus and sad faces....mostly elaborates on how death must ultimately be a personal experience.
9. Ozon transplants the melodrama genre to the here and now, taking a sentimental form and adding frank sexuality (is that a prosthetic Mr. Poupard or are you in the moment?) and a steely attitude.
10. Much of the film works to undercut any sense of real emotion.