Critic consensus:An English remake of Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman, Tortilla Soup is as charming and flavorful as the dishes it features.

Numbered reviews:1. Tortilla Soup is as tasty and nourishing as one of Martin's finest meals.
2. Although six writers worked on the adaptation, for once too many cooks didn't spoil the broth.
3. Certainly isn't indigestible, but by comparison to its more savory source, it's considerably less than mouth-watering.
4. Feels instantly dated, distinguishable from EDMW only by some attractive close-ups of avocado.
5. Like many a meal, the lives of these characters don't necessarily turn out as planned, but the surprises are what provide the extra flavor and delight.
6. English-language remakes of foreign films are usually suspect, but Tortilla Soup is the exception that proves the rule.
7. Predictable as a fast-food restaurant.
8. A Resplendently basic, lovey- dovey and inside-out King Lear.
9. Charming.
10. a warm, fun, satisfying film.


Critic consensus:Doesn't reach the heights of Zhang Yimou's best, but this is still a heartwarming tale of love and forgiveness from the acclaimed Chinese director.

Numbered reviews:1. What remains most vividly after Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles, however, is not its story but its world--the immersion in that world of a foreigner, not a polo-shirted Yank but a stiff-necked Japanese. And it is all overseen by a Chinese director.
2. Fathers and sons can't understand each other in Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, a simple theme in a movie that is simply breathtaking.
3. Its relentless sentimentality soon turns disingenuous.
4. A meticulously crafted film in which nothing is ever forced or overstated. There's a grace and subtlety that pervades the film and quietly impresses.
5. The themes are universal (if a touch corny), the rugged Chinese scenery is stupendous, and the performances are touching.
6. It's the kind of story that shows more than it tells, a story that's forged in the spaces that exist in between characters and spaces.
7. The movie's message is a little too Hallmark Hall of Fame, but Zhang's observant eye neatly captures the idiosyncrasies of Chinese life and the heartbreak in Gouichi's journey.
8. Ken Takakura's memorable performance, occasional light comedy and striking Chinese scenery don't keep Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles and its big message from being ponderous and affected.
9. It's a masterful little film, and, thanks to Zhang's seasoned hands, it's subtly heartfelt but never manipulative.
10. It sounds like a slight plot, and it is, but it is rich in detail that makes up for the simplicity of the story.


Critic consensus:Powerfully moving and emotionally resonant, Wild finds director Jean-Marc Vallée and star Reese Witherspoon working at the peak of their respective powers.

Numbered reviews:
1. Jean-Marc Valle knows how to draw out raw, transformative performances from his actors, a skill needed in the transformation of "America's sweetheart" Reese Witherspoon into a wreck of a woman finding redemption, and do so without any pretense.
2. Once again, Valleé has taken an obvious awards movie that shouldn't be very good and made it mostly okay. It's the kind of movie that makes me want to say "good job," but also "why?"
3. For the most part, though, what we understand about Cheryl is communicated with great care, in a dreamy, frequently witty layering of sound and images, past and present that lingers well beyond the film's stirring final moments.
4. I'm not wild about Wild, but it's fair to say that it's a decent film, well shot and performed, with an interesting structure that provides emotional and narrative complexity.
5. This is a more-than-obvious bid on Witherspoon's part for a second Oscar, and if one can accept the extreme calculation at play here it's not necessarily a bad thing.
6. Warm and uplifting, but with an edge. Reese Witherspoon has never been better.
7. Reese Witherspoon delivers her best performance since she won the Best Actress Oscar for 'Walk the Line' a decade ago.
8. What Witherspoon does with expression and not a lot of dialogue is so good, you wish that there weren't flashbacks or voiceover and they'd just trust her to tell the whole story.
9. It's an entrancingly lush visual experience, but one which also captures something of the loneliness, the fatigue, and the bleary, squinting alienation that travel can inflict.
10. The premise sounds corny, but Vallée, in collaboration with screenwriter Nick Hornby, gives the film its energy by pulling the narrative apart.