1. It's simultaneously a lot more expensive and a lot cheaper.
2. Clever and impressive. Slow-paced scary. Does not disappoint.
3. For those able to roll with its slow-burn suggestiveness, this superior installment inspires a not-especially-pleasant, Pavlovian level of twitch response that few horror franchises can muster.
4. You have to have seen the first one in order to make any sense out of this one. For those who haven't it is a muddled mess
5. Once again, somebody is being haunted by a demon, and once again the demon seems less like the Prince of Darkness than the King of the Whoopee Cushion.
6. Less scary than a toaster.
7. Even knowing what's likely to come -- the doors opening on their own, the skeptical characters scoffing at metaphysical explanations, the unheeded warnings from paranormally gifted guests -- doesn't make it any less nailbiting to watch.
8. In classic fashion, Paranormal Activity 2 repeats its predecessor on a slightly bigger scale to considerably lesser effect.
9. Just when we're ready to write the whole thing off as a waste of time, Paranormal Activity 2 steps up to deliver a quietly brilliant ninth inning save.
10. can't quite evoke the escalating dread and moments of sheer terror that Peli orchestrated so maliciously in the original film, but it still delivers more than its share of tension and scares
Consensus: Paranormal Activity 2 doesn't cover any new ground, but its premise is still scary -- and in some respects, it's a better film than the original.
1. Children in dire situations can be a tricky, quasi-exploitive subject for filmmakers ... but it's handled here in a responsible, occasionally joyous fashion. You can still feel your heartstrings being pulled, but when it's done this well, it's tough to be
2. War/Dance is the sort of documentary that's meant to appall us, to shake us out of our uninformed complacency. And yet there are moments in the film that may make an audience uncomfortable in ways the Fines may not have intended.
3. The glories of War/Dance are torturously won, and all the more glorious for it.
4. An uplifting documentary about the healing powers of music, song, and dance on a group of traumatized Ugandan youth who participate in a National Music Competition.
5. An uplifting, visually pleasing documentary.
6. Relies a little too much on the old formula of the underdog sports movie, but it has a lot more substance to it than that.
7. Because no one dares to call a film about suffering children boring, Fine and Nix slack on analysis and investigation and concentrate on gorgeous saturated cinematography
8. These kids are amazing in the most literal sense of the word, and you will never forget them.
9. The horror and heartwarming [is] equally compounded.
10. The music offers the northern Ugandan children a chance to heal from their fear and pain--that part of the film cannot be questioned.
Consensus: War/Dance is beautifully filmed, and effectively captures the heartbreaking and uplifting experiences of its subjects.
1. Paige eventually comes to a self-affirming decision, but the Danish interlude succeeds too well in making us feel her boredom.
2. Something's rotten in Denmark: this movie.
3. This isn't a royal treatment of the Cinderella story - it's just average.
4. Excruciatingly predictable.
5. The Prince & Me proves that the "opposites attract" genre of romantic comedy is an all but dead convention.
6. . . . feels more practical than whimsical, more politically correct than sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic.
7. ... thumbs down for me ...
8. Contrived, unconvincing, and formulaic. Shame.
9. The ending, plain and simple, cheapens all that has come before.
10. The characters lack consistency; they are manipulated like puppets merely to serve the whims of the writers.

Consensus: A bland, fluffy, and predictable bit of wish fulfillment.