Critic consensus:A well-crafted retelling of an epic true story, Kon Tiki is a throwback to old-school adventure filmmaking that's exciting and entertaining in spite of its by-the-book plotting.

Numbered reviews:1. This Scandinavian import is a lavishly constructed true-to-life epic that stands among the most thrilling and accessible films of this year's Academy Award nominations.
2. "Kon-Tiki" is stalwart and uplifting and there are passing moments of wonder.
3. "Kon-Tiki" is awesome in the true sense of the word: You sit in awe of the bravery, audacity, stupidity and natural power on display. Ah, to imagine and dream. And to go forth.
4. The historic trans-Pacific boat trip undertaken in 1947 by Norwegian hero Thor Heyerdahl and his crew of fellow adventurers is here presented as a daring sea-faring adventure with angry weather and sharks.
5. Hagen's performance shows an unblinking determination that makes every near-death moment more unpredictable.
6. The men are handsome, the sea is pretty and if the sharks look as rubbery as last week's chicken, at least they add some drama - and buckets of sloshing blood and guts - to what otherwise proves a dull affair.
7. the directors feel at once enamored and burdened by the impossibility of the narrative, and spend nearly two hours trying to convince the audience it all really happened
8. A thrilling introduction to one of the more remarkable adventures of the post-World War II world.
9. The film unfolds with earnest majesty, characterized by sweeping camera moves (shot by Geir Hartly Andreassen) and orchestra swells. But the sheer beauty also creates distance.
10. Kon-Tiki rarely resonates as strongly as the subject matter would suggest.


Critic consensus:It benefits from the presence of Natalie Portman and director Ivan Reitman's steady hand, but No Strings Attached doesn't have the courage or conviction to follow through on its ribald premise.

Numbered reviews:1. While the ultimate conclusion is still the same as always, and Ashton Kutcher's flat delivery nearly ruins it, No Strings Attached is a thoughtful twist on the usual romantic-comedy.
2. Portman's fine, Kucher, not so much; No Strings Attached falters
3. Benefits the most from a sexy, emotionally available/vulnerable turn by Natalie Portman. But the Kutcher guy isn't bad either.
4. Aside from its unromantic plot, "Attached" is over-sexed, overdone and overcome by a terrible script.
5. While it's not without problems, No Strings Attached is a romantic comedy worth watching, and that's saying a lot. Every member of the cast lights up the screen with humor and charm and there are a lot of genuinely funny moments.
6. You get the feeling Reitman packed the supporting cast with ringers because he knew his leads couldn't cut it.
7. A romantic comedy that looks smutty but is actually slushy.
8. This being a Hollywood romantic comedy, the outcome of the story-about a man and woman who agree to a sex-only relationship-is obvious from the get-go, so this film is all about the journey, not the destination...
9. Portman is a true comedienne on screen. Hopefully she'll add a few more performances like this one to her resume' in the near future.
10. Acting opposite Ashton Kutcher is the equivalent of dropping down a year in school for someone like Natalie Portman.


Critic consensus:Gruesome, explicit and highly controversial; Lars Von Triers arthouse-horror, though beautifully shot, is no easy ride.

Numbered reviews:
1. Von Trier said he wrote this film to help him work out of a deep depression. Now he's put us in one.
2. The most awesomely despair-filled trek through hell of the year.
3. The movie's story and meaning are not mysterious but deliberately impenetrable, faint gestures in all directions, absent of artistic integrity, intellectual rigor or emotional significance.
4. Though it's hard to deny the fierce purity of Gainsbourg's performance, Antichrist plays like an incoherent mix of Gothic horror claptrap and Bergmanesque power struggle. I was more bored and puzzled than shattered and provoked.
5. Please don't take anything I've said to indicate that Antichrist isn't difficult to watch. It most certainly is, but as somebody (the Marquis de Sade, perhaps) once said: No pain, no gain.
6. "Antichrist" is a curious mash-up of cutting-edge torture-porn and good old porn-porn that fails on both fronts.
7. Admiration can go to his sheer audacity but not to his execution of his ideas, which resonate with pretensions and a certain pomposity.
8. The scandal of Antichrist is not that it is grisly or upsetting but that it is so ponderous, so conceptually thin and so dull.
9. If you can crawl out from under the hype, it definitely works in a kind of mad, ridiculous way.
10. Artfully horrific but artificial and soulless.