Q: 1. Tepid when it needs to be steamy, and the pace is excruciatingly sluggish
2. A half-human and half-vampire fetus is no easy pregnancy. Will Bella die? Will the baby die? Where's Dakota Fanning? Where's Lautner's shirt? Who cares? It's 'Twilight'! The cast could speak an alien language for two hours and fans would be happy.
3. Nothing I say is going to discourage even one fan from forking out the dough to see this awful (for non-fans) film.
4. [It] was supposed to be climactic. Instead, it's the most jumbled and tonally confused movie yet.
5. "TBD-1" is smartly directed by Bill Condon ("Gods and Monsters," "Dreamgirls") in a straight forward manner that keeps the film from bogging down in its last act.
6. This is the one where things start to get silly.
7. The climactic clash between vampires and werewolves is over in a brief flurry of fangs and fur. What little action there is, however, is so poorly staged by new director Bill Condon that you're actually relieved there isn't more.
8. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 might be the most beautiful and well made bad film in history.
9. 'Twilight' is to real horror as cotton candy is to real food, but only if the cotton candy is spun out of arsenic and crystal meth.
10. One of the glummest, lifeless movies of the year, it is gray and bleak, even when the sun is shining.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Slow, joyless, and loaded with unintentionally humorous moments, Breaking Dawn Part 1 may satisfy the Twilight faithful, but it's strictly for fans of the franchise.


Q: 1. Hanks evokes astonishingly precise memories of the time.
2. Light and peppy, this filmmaking debut by Tom Hanks is as harmless as a puppy dog waiting to be petted.
3. A romantic romp as sweet and bubbly as a Coke float.
4. Tom Hanks' writing-directing debut is a sweet valentine to rock 'n' roll.
5. It's concerned with a very general notion of the corrupting nature of stardom, and it doesn't push any of its ideas far enough to invite its audience to invest in the issues it raises.
6. That Thing You Do! is a credible first effort.
7. ...a movie that, like many a pop tune, has a cute idea but a simpleminded lyric.
8. ...is a pleasant film perfect for a brain-dead matinee.
9. Uma histзria simples, contada de maneira tambжm simples, que acaba agradando por suas boas intenушes.
10. With its exuberant tempo and danceable Beatlesque theme song, That Thing You Do will win the hearts of a broad audience.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: A light, sweet, and thoroughly entertaining debut for director Tom Hanks, That Thing You Do! makes up in charm what it lacks in complexity.


Q: 1. This is easily the most absurd of the Star Trek stories -- and yet, oddly enough, it is also the best, the funniest and the most enjoyable in simple human terms.
2. An effective and enjoyable sample of entertainment -- not good science fiction, but a lightweight piece of comic fantasy utilizing characters so familiar that they feel like old friends.
3. A happy, heartfelt chapter that reunites the original cast with the original TV format, shying away from the cold and epic scale of the preceding movie adventures.
4. Immensely pleasurable.
5. One of the series' strongest episodes.
6. Better than the previous two films in the series.
7. Funny back-to-the-future adventure spiced with a save-the-whales theme.
8. The original cast appears to be having more fun than they ever had before.
9. The most successful and widely appealing of the Star Trek films, The Voyage Home is also the most idiosyncratic some of the most humorous and humane moments in the Trek canon.
10. The best until First Contact...
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is perhaps the lightest and most purely enjoyable entry of the long-running series, emphasizing the eccentricities of the Enterprise's crew.


Q: 1. It may not be the most realistic portrayal of drug addiction ever produced, but it's certainly worth seeing - if for nothing else than Downey's superlative performance.
2. A startling tale of alienation and self-destruction. Put Downey on the map, at least for a while.
3. The quality of dislocation in Marek Kanievska's Less Than Zero is startling and sinister.
4. Jami Gertz was, is, and ever shall be one of the most egregious actresses in the history of film.
5. a bit of a mess
6. The anti-teen film that really kicks ass
7. Meant to be a statement against the amoral lifestyle of super-rich youth, it misses the mark by a mile.
8. Loosely based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero refuses to take the risks necessary to capture the keen social observation of the book.
9. Ed Lachman's cinematography is letter perfect as always in its handling of light and color (assisted here by Barbara Ling's flashy production design), but it's a pity to see it wasted on such claptrap.
10. The only saving grace of this exercise in futility is the suitably louche performance by Spader as drug-dealer Rip.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: A couple of standout performances -- notably Robert Downey, Jr. and James Spader -- and a killer soundtrack can't quite elevate a somewhat superficial adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' story of drugged-out LA rich kids.