1. The only time in five tries that a Superman movie actually managed to capture the essence of what makes the Man of Steel such a potent, classic symbol of American optimism.
2. Arguably still the most solid 'origin' and emotion-churning superhero story on the big screen.
3. With a triumphant score by John Williams, the searing sincerity of Christopher Reeve and a preposterous grand finale, it is impossible not to root for Superman in this most enjoyable of feel-good movies.
4. Manages to capture the pure heart and spirit of this comic book Americana.
5. Vem envelhecendo bem justamente por compreender que, mais do que respeitar o espectador (e respeita), é fundamental respeitar seu próprio universo.
6. In Christopher Reeve, the casting department found someone with just the right charisma to pull it off.
7. The film is best when it takes itself seriously, worst when it takes the easy way out in giggly camp -- as it does, finally and fatally, when Lex Luthor enters the action.
8. The film ranks among the greatest crowd pleasers in cinema history, an achievement it will surely hold for a long time.
9. Superman is a lovable epic full of quaint nostalgia and incredible mysteries of logic
10. Not only is there the ultimate fantasy fulfillment--to be strong, to be invulnerable, to be fast, to FLY--but his story also taps into the universal feeling of being an outsider in the world.
Consensus: Superman deftly blends humor and gravitas, taking advantage of the perfectly cast Christopher Reeve to craft a loving, nostalgic tribute to an American pop culture icon.
Q: 1. Reyadas' radical rejection of filmmaking conventions is at first off-putting, but he's able to elicit remarkable performances from the cast of non-professionals while building tension that will hold viewers' attention.
2. Ambitious, challenging and exceedingly frustrating.
3. Not everyone is going to be willing or able to take this leap of faith, but those who do go along with Reygadas may well feel they have come away having undergone a stunning revelatory experience.
4. To say that sacred and profane imagery are daringly juxtaposed here would be seriously understating the case.
5. If all this sounds artistically daring to you, you'll love it. Also, you're insane.
6. Explicitness is crucial to meaning -- by dwelling on the trim and beautiful versus the flabby and ordinary, Reygadas emphasizes both physical closeness and economic distance.
7. [Reygadas has] got an astonishing technique. Here's hoping that someday he'll use it to make a movie.
8. At once unmoored and ruthlessly calculating, the Mexican film Battle in Heaven has everything for everyone or perhaps nothing at all.
9. Whereas Reygadas' first film felt like the unadulterated expression of a raw and original artistic voice, his second bears all the markings of a movie made for a constituency.
10. Fighting cliche, presenting the most flawed people as sympathetic and occasionally averting his camera eye as his characters neglect the saving of their own souls, Reygadas has made a movie that is itself an ethical dilemma.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?

A: Consensus: Though it tries to be provocative, Battle in Heaven is lethargic and mind-numbing.
1. Blades doesn't hit the non sequitur heights of Anchorman or Talladega Nights, but the cast is great and several gags hit hard.
2. Silly as a drag queen convention and subtle as an un-flushed toilet, Blades of Glory is everything you'd hope for in a Will Ferrell comedy.
3. With Blades of Glory, Will Ferrell and Jon Heder stake an early claim to being the comedy couple of the year.
4. Ferrell and Heder have yet to prove themselves as great actors, but they are great clowns, working the material for all it's worth.
5. Equal parts inspiration, perspiration and hairspray, Blades of Glory is silly and enjoyable but not as consistently funny as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Ferrell's last sports spoof.
6. On ice, the movie is often fairly funny. Off it, the garish outfits, the genitalia jokes, the beer-slob gags about gays, the women as cheap laughs, even the cute guest cameos start to shiver and melt.
7. Blades of Glory is a feeble satire that doesn't do much that's incisive or interesting, and the tame PG-13 rating keeps the raunchiness in check.
8. [Will Ferrell's] new film is easily on a par with [his] earlier efforts.
9. Dumb with a capital D, Blades of Glory takes its (almost) fleshed-out sketch-comedy idea as far as an ice-skating buddy movie with we're-not-gay jokes and a psycho stalker can go.
10. If there was an Olympics for purely fun movies, this would skate away with one of those pretty medals.
Consensus: Thanks to the spirited performances of a talented cast - particularly Will Ferrell and Jon Heder as rivals-turned-teammates -- Blades of Glory successfully spoofs inspirational sports dramas with inspired abandon.
1. Ip Man is a highly competent, even slick biopic, but by reshaping its protagonist's life story towards cinematic convention, it ends up being just another martial arts movie.
2. There's a pleasingly old-fashioned air to all the flying drop-kicks and straight-finger jabs, even if it lacks the cinematic agility we have now come to expect from this kind of thing.
3. The movie is clearly hagiographic, but this aspect and its general function as a martial arts movie are supported greatly by Yen.
4. First and foremost, Ip Man is an excuse for Yen to demonstrate his newfound mastery of the Wing Chun style. On that front, the film succeeds brilliantly.
5. The action is enthralling even if the storyline doesn't always have the ring of truth about it.
6. Yip's film benefits from crisp cinematography and an engaging 'Seven Samurai'-style storyline, but it's Sammo Hung's superbly choreographed kick-ass fight scenes that dazzle.
7. Yen's handful of duels do delight; it's everything surrounding them that feels tired and trite.
8. Legend trumps fact in Ip Man, a kickass fictionalized biopic of the titular grandmaster of Wing Chun martial arts and mentor to Bruce Lee.
9. The astonishing fight scenes are some of the most exciting ever filmed in a martial arts movie that raises the bar for the genre. For any martial arts fan, "Ip Man" is mandatory viewing.
10. It's all quite conventional... and nonetheless rousing.

Consensus: At once beholden to the established conventions of the genre and delightfully subversive of them, Ip Man is one of the most exciting -- and refreshingly character-driven -- martial arts films in years.