Critic consensus:In spite of its attempts to accurately record Frank McCourt's memoirs, the onscreen adaptation fails to capture any of the drama or humor of his life.

Numbered reviews:1. Lacks the magnificence of his book, but it is worth seeing.
2. There's a compelling momentum to Angela's Ashes, Alan Parker's very faithful, if poetically subordinate, version of McCourt's book, which imposed elegance on squalor and intelligence on the indolence cultivated by poverty.
3. If Parker had aimed more at capturing the author's unique voice, and worried less about getting the details right, his movie might have been extraordinary.
4. The cinematographers are brilliant in their quest to evoke cold and cruel atmosphere.
5. A well-crafted look at the hard childhood of Irish author Frank McCourt and his family.
6. Despite its harsh scenes, Angela's Ashes will leave you with lovely memories.
7. Though the story and mood are dreary, the fundamental human traits of struggle and family shine brightly.
8. A grim but fascinating tale.
9. Visually immaculate but unaffecting.
10. Few other films have had the courage to tell a tale of childhood hopelessness so honestly.


Critic consensus:White God isn't an easy watch, but its soaring ambition and powerful acting -- human and canine alike -- make it well worth the effort.

Numbered reviews:1. The filmmaker was wise choosing a species known for its capacity for unconditional love to make his point, its perversion all the more emotionally wrenching.
2. What holds Kornél Mundruczó's scrappy film all together is its fierce and forceful political metaphor: society's underdogs - be it ethnic minorities, the poor, the disenfranchised - if pushed too far, will bite back (in this case literally).
3. By turns Dickensian, Marxist and dystopian, it's a movie as deliriously unclassifiable as it is expertly focused in its desire to provoke and entertain.
4. Unfortunately, whatever satisfaction you may derive from seeing assorted nasty human beings get what's coming to them for betraying the trust of man's best friend is watered down by vague social and political allegory.
5. The whole production speaks well for the power of film; it's a serious stunner.
6. Intriguing, but the movie's larger statement isn't clear.
7. Rarely does a film's execution achieve or even exceed its director's ambitions, but Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo's "White God" is that rare movie.
8. The film is no more than wildly inventive, engaging, exciting and memorable, with faultless performances by all the humans, and by Luke, Bodie and a Jack Russell terrier mix named Marlene. I can live with the disappointment.
9. Mundruczó's camera is itchy, moving, darting, as if sniffing, a "shaggy dog" approach, little nudges and sneaks ever so closer in scenes where the dogs move closer to war with mankind.
10. White God is a feat of practical filmmaking...


Critic consensus:A terrifically original, eccentric screwball comedy, Raising Arizona may not be the Coens' most disciplined movie, but it's one of their most purely entertaining.

Numbered reviews:
1. [T]his kidnapping farce from Joel and Ethan Coen is a deft nod to classic screwball comedy.
2. [W]hile this is one of their lesser films, it's still an amusing if uneven comedy.
3. A highly original and funny film.
4. Nic Cage may never be better.
5. Raising Arizona... is an explosively clever and riotously funny exploration of fertility, homemaking, and the working class in the prisons and trailer parks of the desert southwest.
6. The film is loaded with marvelous slapstick sequences and quirky character humor. While some viewers may find it too eccentric or too ready to make fun of blue collar America, most will find its comic surprises and unpredictable narrative to be most fulfi
7. Great early film from the Coen Brothers. Hilarious, and some of Cage's best material.
8. The slapstick energy of a Road Runner cartoon, raised to the level of near-art.
9. It's funny, but is it good? Like all the Coen brothers' work, it somehow lords itself over its audience.
10. Like Blood Simple, it's full of technical expertise but has no life of its own.