1. Dense with sound and information, but it moves with a swift, lilting rhythm that is of a piece with the musical heritage it explores.
2. A little repetitive at times, but it's an interesting way to review a period in history - through the music.
3. A beautiful movie about the power of music, about the power of being right.
4. Amandla! is a stirring tribute to the formidable role of black freedom music in the long and arduous struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
5. Whatever Amandla! lacks in cohesion is made up by the passion of those who lived through apartheid, and the power of their defiant, sad and joyous sounds.
6. A pleasure -- musically, intellectually and emotionally.
7. Johanna Demetrakas' editing is magnificent at orchestrating and balancing potentially conflicting moods to build a consistent tone all the movie's own.
8. Seeing Nelson Mandela walk out of prison a free man, backed by a nation in song, is sure to renew your faith in mankind.
9. Talking heads outnumber performing heads by a roughly 3-to-1 ratio.
10. Though overlong and repetitive, Hirsch's film is vitalized by the same music that helped keep the revolutionary spirit alive.
The powerful singing in Amandla makes for an uplifting, compelling documentary.

1. Certain details about Rodriguez, especially his personal life, remain in shadow, calling into question whether they would have interfered with the inspirational narrative.
2. This film tells a tale far too incredible to be true - yet it is, indeed, a documentary.
3. My real hope is that, yes, the movie does well, but that rereleases by Light in the Attic Records of the music will establish Rodriguez as an artist in the U.S.
4. The way in which this fascinating story unfolds, as directed by Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul, renders it thoroughly captivating, often exhilarating.
5. A fascinating look at a "lost" musician from the late '60s as well as a meditation on the confluence of fame, art and riches.
6. Singer-songwriter Rodriguez was supposed to have been the next Bob Dylan. What happened? Swedish documentary maker Malik Bendjelloul's stirring, surprising and deeply touching film has the answer.
7. A terrific documentary about a decades-long search, by two South African Rodriguez fans, for the story behind their enigmatic pop idol.
8. The rustic folk-rock sound and politically provocative lyrics provide the seductive soundtrack for the film. They often serve as a stand-in for the artist as well. It is how we get to know him.
9. A hugely appealing documentary about fans, faith and an enigmatic Age of Aquarius musician who burned bright and hopeful before disappearing.
10. Searching for Sugar Man is a fresh and unexpected documentary that plays like a nail-biting mystery and a ticket to ride the whirlwind where art and commerce do battle.
A fascinating portrait of a forgotten musical pioneer, Searching for Sugar Man is by turns informative and mysterious.

1. Every shot is squarely predictable, and you'd never guess that cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs has done major work like Paper Moon.
2. This is a melodrama wrapped in a sitcom inside a Hallmark card.
3. Why does the film have to be two hours? Does no one hire an editor anymore?
4. Driver seems plagued with an onscreen self-consciousness that ruins her time in the limelight.
5. This film is energized by excellent performances.
6. Ultimately too bland and safe.
7. As if aware they are imprisoned in the subplot of a terrible movie, actors Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, Eddie Jones, William Bronder and Marianne Muellerleile have a near mutiny on screen.
8. Not a horrible movie, but not a good one either.
9. Although quite realistic at first, all conflicts suffer from unrealistic resolutions and from the lack of subtlety.
10. The alluringly deadpan Duchovny can make no headway with Driver.
David Duchovny and Minnie Driver provide heart-warming romance and comedy in this solid debut by Director Bonnie Hunt.

1. There is a lot of half-baked soap opera wrapped around the hypnosis scenes.
2. Ultimately, the film's narrative segments are far too glossy and over-stylized, larded with ponderous scoring, obvious melodrama and split-screen visuals that offset the "reenactments" with the "real."
3. A gimmicky, inordinately self-impressed attempt to cash in on the latest tabloid buzzwords. If this was made in the '70s, it'd be narrated by Leonard Nimoy and chock-full of yetis and the Devil's Triangle.
4. I'd love to be at a screening of "The Fourth Kind" in Nome, where it's sure to be greeted as a comedy.
5. Badly acted by everyone (including the director, Olatunde Osunsanmi, who appears onscreen), this insipid jumble's idea of fright is incessant screaming.
6. In the end the film is more desultory than disturbing.
7. Mostly engaging with fleeting scares, stylish cinematography and an initially intriguing premise, but the suspense and chills wane as its script grows increasingly silly, unfocused and dull.
8. The movie begins with what is probably the most laughable opening scene of the year.
9. nothing more than a science fiction version of a Michael Moore movie. It makes wild claims that it's the utter truth, and if you go in with blinders you might like it
10. A cut-rate X-Files rehash cleverly dressed up with the trappings of supposedly "real" footage a la The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity.

While it boasts a handful of shocks, The Fourth Kind is hokey and clumsy and makes its close encounters seem eerily mundane.