Critic consensus:Tense and suspenseful while remaining smart and understated, The Attack honors its complex subject with an intelligent script and captivating performances.

Numbered reviews:1. The film is most interesting as an articulation of how its main character's initial status as an emblem of inter-religious understanding quickly dissolves following a suicide bombing.
2. We are left at the end with imponderables and questions, things that will ricochet around your brain long after this compelling and unsettling movie ends.
3. Puts a human face on a place and a conflict where religion and ethnicity still trumps education and achievement -- Israel.
4. [An] intelligent, involving movie that's by turns a murder mystery and a politically charged argument about contemporary Palestinian identity.
5. Suliman, who plays Amin, also starred in Paradise Now, and it's no stretch to say The Attack is the most urgent, unblinking movie about the Israeli-Palestinian divide since that 2005 stunner.
6. This doleful and nuanced Middle Eastern tragedy is unlike any other recent film from the region in various ways.
7. A gripping, personal examination of a seemingly unresolvable conflict.
8. An engrossing and rounded look at the religious, political, and cultural factors behind Arab-Israeli enmity in the Middle East.
9. Telling this story from the point of view of the perpetrator's anguished, bewildered spouse is an inspired idea, and it may work very well in Khadra's book. Suliman, however, is the wrong actor for the job.
10. Arresting and upsetting ...


Critic consensus:Rachel Getting Married is an engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by Anne Hathaway's powerful performance and director Jonathan Demme's return to form.

Numbered reviews:1. The plot sounds like a downer, but it culminates in a dreamily exuberant wedding-and-reception scene. By examining the slow and incomplete, but true, power of pure rehabilitative strength and forgiveness, this is one of the very best films of 2008.
2. ... perfectly calibrates the gradual revealing of the family dynamics, while dragging you through a gamut of strong emotions -- not necessarily the most enjoyable experience.
3. Hathaway's Kym strikes like a venomous snake when her demons are provoked, and yet she never lets go of the guilt that makes her believe she deserves the loathing ...
4. The dramatic moments do make an impact, and the tears they draw from you will scald.
5. A sometimes-brilliant film that can barely stand under the weight of its self-inflicted festoonery of doo-daddery.
6. Demme's capturing of the communal spirit of weddings and harsh reunions creates something quite honest and refreshing, with an unusual energy that more films could use.
7. The film succeeds where [Margot at the Wedding] failed for several reasons, most notably a remarkably intimate spirit; a tone that rings true through comedy, tragedy and back again; great, great music from start to finish; and an amazing, career-best perf
8. Ultimately, this is a performance piece, and Demme has brought out the best of his cast of fine actors gaining award-worthy turns.
9. Better to spend some time with Rachel at the wedding than with Margot at the Wedding.
10. Rachel Getting Married is one of the most alive things you'll see all year.


Critic consensus:Bread and Tulips is a sweet-natured comedy offering gentle, escapist entertainment.

Numbered reviews:
1. Strands its beatific heroine far too early in the going.
2. This frothy, charming parfait of a motion picture will endear itself to many of those who seek it out.
3. This wonderful Italian comedy pays tribute to the deep yearnings we all have for a life of adventure, romance, and intimacy.
4. Soldini's movie gets away with more than it should on warmth alone -- most of it emanating from Licia Maglietta.
5. A feel-good movie well-suited for those who don't require roll-in-the-aisle comedies.
6. Completely by-the-book in its light feel-good ways.
7. A delightful feature that is as charming as its title and as beautiful as its Venetian setting.
8. Seeing Bread and Tulips may not be as good as having an actual holiday in Italy, but it's close.
9. A charming comedy with enough surprises to counter its lightness.
10. Fun and romantic, with beautiful scenery and characters whose lives we'd like to live if we had the nerve... or if our passports weren't missing.