Q: 1. Is there a more charisma-bereft actor in Hollywood than Dermot Mulroney?
2. Emotionally, this is a movie that just doesn't compute. You leave feeling cross, as if you've been tricked.
3. My Best Friend's Wedding is a well-paced fun flick that women will enjoy and men will too if they are on a date.
4. There are many humorous moments throughout, though some of the more outrageous segments seem too contrivedly wacky.
5. A farce-comedy, it must thrive, if it's to do so, on sparkle. But the bubbles are sparse, partly because of Roberts's low fizz level.
6. A romantic comedy conspicuously lacking either romance or comedy.
7. Light and frothy, enjoyable for some, irritating to others.
8. This is the thinking man's romantic comedy and a contender for the best of that genre for the decade.
9. [The film's] virtues...make such a vivid and appealing impression that we forget, ignore, or fail even to notice those elements that are less successful.
10. This delightful comedy about love, friendship and the hazards of lying comes not a moment too soon for anyone overwhelmed by the current glut of summer movie mayhem.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Thanks to a charming performance from Julia Roberts and a subversive spin on the genre, My Best Friend's Wedding is a refreshingly entertaining romantic comedy.


Q: 1. The premise is intriguing, and the film is occasionally amusing, but it feels stuck between a completely satirical farce and an aching drama.
2. I just thought it was a cool indie film with a great leading performance from an actor we don't usually get to see in a lead.
3. Take[s] a page from the cartoonist Bill Watterson, who noted of the tiger protagonist in his great Calvin & Hobbes, 'The nature of [the character's] reality doesn't interest me, and each story goes out of its way to avoid resolving the issue.'
4. The sight of him, bloodied but eternally unbowed, in his ridiculous, homemade superhero costume may indeed be totally iconic for true pulp believers.
5. The quiet-yet-hip tone of the film reminded me a lot of Roger Dodger, another indie film that let's its script and acting do the talking.
6. Special offers a unique spin on the superhero template but rarely soars beyond its sly premise.
7. Special works as an honest portrait of little people with big dreams even if it remains itself a little movie without a big impact.
8. Eccentric, depressing thriller won't grab teens' attention.
9. It may not be perfect, but this under-the-radar indie from Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore is smart enough to leave you glad you found it.
10. Rappaport does a yeoman's job in this tonally confused oddity.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: This quirky indie comedy's low budget is readily apparent, but it's elevated by Michael Rapaport's dedicated performance.


Q: 1. It's hard to take your eyes off Mr. Mendelsohn whenever he's onscreen. So creepy, so seductive, so scary-his stillness is more disturbing than when he's forced into action.
2. best indicated by its unwavering reserve--a reluctance, almost--to say too much when slow, fluid tracking motions and static, medium-distance establishing shots may suffice.
3. Thank goodness Animal Kingdom is so stylish and sharply plotted.
4. Watching this small-time Melbourne crime family unravel under the weight of their overconfidence is riveting, as Australian writer-director David Michod takes his time methodically detailing their self-destruction.
5. another debut film whose young director has set an imposing high-water mark for the rest of his filmmaking career.
6. Jacki Weaver's criminal matriarch is the most chilling since Billie Whitelaw in 1990's "The Krays."
7. The Melbourne of Michod's gripping allegory is a jungle of robbery, drug dealing, and dirty law-enforcement officials among the clean.
8. Even quotidian scenes are pumped up with layered, droning intonations of impressionistic dread, an effect that calls attention to itself as often as it simply does its job.
9. Michod uses intuitive direction and spare dialogue, allowing the underlying tensions to take center stage, and the uniformly strong performances to do their work
10. The suggestion that the authorities may comprise a clan that's as ruthless and amoral as the Browns also adds a pleasingly cynical edge that's often lacking in other crime dramas.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: With confident pacing, a smart script, and a top-notch cast, Animal Kingdom represents the best the Australian film industry has to offer.


Q: 1. These characters are achingly familiar, a reminder that all of us are willing to play our own private, primal games of commerce and sacrifice to get what we want from life.
2. A bluesy drinking session evolves into messy violence for kicks in this nifty debut feature from E L Katz.
3. For genre fans, Katz's film will go down as a punchy and absorbing diversion, but it's also an offer you can refuse to believe. A better film would have given you no choice.
4. The script is smarter than the premise sounds, with writers David Chirchirillo and Trent Haaga dispensing enough information to make victims both sympathetic and despicable, the instigators charismatic and sinister.
5. Funny Games for the recession generation.
6. The film would be nasty if it weren't clever (and sometimes horribly funny).
7. Cheap Thrills is the sort of film that makes you want to applaud as soon as it ends ... a must for anyone with a penchant for the darker side of cinema.
8. It's a thought-provoking ride, particularly in a post-financial crisis world where a combination of desperation and temptation can make anyone consider doing the unthinkable.
9. A darkly twisted satire on a world in which the rich get richer and the poor are easy pickings for callous exploitation.
10. Immensely funny and appallingly blunt at the same time, it's a comedy with a soul as black as they come.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A:
Consensus: Gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious, Cheap Thrills lives down to its title in the best possible way.