Critic consensus:Bent Hamer's latest is a droll, deadpan comedy filled with strange touches and melancholy charm.

Numbered reviews:1. Gently surreal to quizzically observant, fully deserving that lump.
2. The decidedly Nordic -- though not at all glacial -- O'Horten is a mixture of sweetness and deadpan that proves the Kaurismäki/Andersson school of filmmaking still has new delights in store.
3. As an old man, Horten is a rare movie hero, but the director reminds us that other things are more ancient; in one scene, Horten hefts a meteorite that predates the sun, and in another scene, Strindberg is quoted: 'In due time, even the stars must fall.'
4. It's a film whose pleasures come slowly, as we, like the title character, discover the joys he's missed. Best of all, we, like Odd the Norwegian bachelor, figure out it is never too late to start living.
5. O' Horten moves slowly, sometimes excruciatingly so, but its thematic center is strong: How do you run out the clock of life?
6. ...a fable that relies less on fantastical transport than the defrosting of cool faculties; less on the titillation of the senses than the thawing of frozen hearts.
7. Hamer creates a quirky, beguiling, and very funny mood piece that reflects on age, adventure, uncertainty, and humanity. Owe gives the character of Horten an off-center dignity that will suggest comparisons to Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton
8. "O'Horten" only really works when Odd encounters the assorted oddballs; elsewhere the film travels a bit too light.
9. It entertains from start to finish and tells a story that is not just fun but in its inimitably gentle way has something to teach us all as well.
10. If you can settle into [Baard Owe's] playful deadpan rhythms, a bittersweetly funny, existential mystery -- or call it a modest adventure, if that's not too oxymoronic -- awaits.


Critic consensus:Well-crafted and gleefully creepy, The Conjuring ratchets up dread through a series of effective old-school scares.

Numbered reviews:1. Old-style filmmaking makes this movie scarier than other recent horror films, simply because director Wan (Saw/Insidious) takes the time to actually develop suspense. By not using cheap trickery, he continually sends chills up our spine.
2. A better than average horror movie sparked by excellent performances by the four leads.
3. The Conjuring is like the horror equivalent of a 'Long Island iced tea'; mixing stiff belts of haunted house, poltergeist and exorcism into a near perfect and potent cocktail.
4. Wan, a director with an extensive resume in cinematic scare tactics, operates in his element here, opting not to push the horror envelope, but merely to refine it.
5. The Conjuring will have you shuddering with every creepy moment.
6. I'm uh-scared, I'm uh-scared!
7. There's very little in The Conjuring that couldn't have been achieved on film 40 years ago, which lends it a very authentic feel.
8. It's really not much more frightening than, say, The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone or Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, but it's modestly elevated by James Wan's relatively restrained direction.
9. What director James Wan does in "The Conjuring" is employ old-fashioned shocks - things that bump in the night, insinuations of nefarious spirits, even a furniture-banging exorcism - in creative and ultimately terrifying ways.
10. ...there were moments where it seemed the entire theater was holding its breath. We were united in one feeling: terror.


Critic consensus:An enjoyable farce that relocates Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved From Drowning to '80s California, offering fine comedic performances from Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler.

Numbered reviews:
1. Richard Dreyfuss in top form.
2. Paul Mazursky hasn't only remade Jean Renoir's sublime 1931 Boudu Saved From Drowning: he's yuppified it, inverting virtually every meaning until the film becomes a celebration of the crassest kind of materialism.
3. Let me just say that Down and Out in Beverly Hills made me laugh longer and louder than any film I've seen in a long time.
4. As a comedy of manners it has a dependably keen aim, with its most wicked barbs leavened by Mr. Mazursky's obvious fondness for his characters.
5. One of Mazursky's few completely successful films.
6. An uneven satire with some wit, but sometimes too strident.
7. A sparkling social commentary that doesn't skimp on the laughs.
8. Filled with hilarious incidents and clever one-liners.
9. Silly but fun, and a big box-office earner.
10. Although it is more of a comedy of manners than a well-developed story, there are enough yocks and bright moments to make it a thoroughly enjoyable outing.