It appeared on 101 "Best of 2008" lists with 20 of them giving it the number one spot. Some of those who placed it in their top ten included Manohla Dargis of "The New York Times", Richard Corliss of "Time", Shawn Anthony Levy of "The Oregonian", Josh Rosenblatt of the "Austin Chronicle", Joe Neumaier of the "New York Daily News", Ty Burr and Wesley Morris of the "Boston Globe", Lou Lumenick of the "New York Post", Philip Martin of the "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette", Scott Foundas of "LA Weekly", and Walter Chaw, Bill Chambers and Ian Pugh of "Film Freak Central" (all three of whom placed it at number one).