A Critical Consensus 18 March 2012

StuckInTheSixties:



An assessment of current motion pictures by major American film critics. Film criticism is rated on a scale of 10 (excellent) to 1 (poor). I personally have found this consensus to be very accurate and reliable. Those movies I’ve seen with high ratings were excellent, and those I’ve seen with lower ratings weren’t. The movies are listed according to the critics’ ratings.

When a movie is reviewed by a film critic, that critic might make a smart, intelligent, worthy review ... or they might not. So trying to judge how good a movie is going to be based on a single, or even a few, reviews has an element of chance associated with it. All critics make poor reviews sooner or later.

But when you take the reviews of a large number of critics, and average them out in the way this Critical Consensus does, the critics' rating becomes very reliable.

Title / MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) content rating (G/PG/PG-13/R/NC-17) / Film Criticism

The Artist / PG-13 / 8.7
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy / R / 8.4
A Separation / PG-13 / 8.3
Coriolanus / R / 7.9
The Secret World Of Arrietty / G / 7.9
Undefeated / PG-13 / 7.7
In Darkness / R / 7.6
Pina / PG / 7.6
Crazy Horse / not rated by MPAA / 7.4
Forgiveness Of Blood / not rated by MPAA / 7.3
Khodorkovsky / not rated by MPAA / 7.2
Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts / not rated by MPAA / 7.1
Chronicle / PG-13 / 7.0
Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jane / not rated by MPAA / 6.9
Rampart / R / 6.9
Bullhead / R / 6.8
Big Miracle / R / 6.8
The Grey / R / 6.6
Thin Ice / R / 6.6
Kill List / not rated by MPAA / 6.5
Salmon Fishing In Yemen / PG-13 / 6.4
The Iron Lady / PG-13 / 6.4
Roadie / R / 6.2
Let The Bullets Fly / not rated by MPAA / 6.1
Being Flynn / R / 6.0
We Bought A Zoo / PG / 6.0
Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close / PG-13 / 5.9
Friends With Kids / R / 5.8
Safe House / R / 5.7
The Woman In Black / PG-13 / 5.7
Star Wars: Episode 1 / PG / 5.6
John Carter / PG-13 / 5.5
Sherlock Holmes / PG-13 / 5.5
Dr. Seuse’ The Lorax / PG / 5.4
On The Ice / R / 5.3
Silent House / R / 5.2
Wanderlust / R / 5.0
Red Tails / PG-13 / 4.9
The Vow / PG-13 / 4.7
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island / PG / 4.5
Act Of Valor / R / 4.4
Project X / R / 4.3
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie / R / 4.2
Good Deeds / PG-13 / 4.3
W.E. / R / 4.0
This Means War / PG-13 / 3.5
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance / PG-13 / 2.9
A Thousand Words / PG-13 / 2.7
Gone / PG-13 / 2.6
Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked / G / 2.3

Karma: Best film in the bottom half of the list - Wanderlust. Very funny.

StuckInTheSixties:

Project X is causing a controversy. People are mimicing it in real life, and somebody's parents' house got burned down in the process.

Karma: I have no idea of the plot.

StuckInTheSixties:

Karma: So before this film teenaged kids didn't party when the parents were away?

Then I guess this film is subversive.

StuckInTheSixties:

Sure, but not necessarily with a flamethrower and a car being driven into the swimming pool.

That's raised the bar for irresponsible parties when your parents are away.

Karma: I sure hope they don't show any premarital sex. Kids could get the wrong idea.

StuckInTheSixties:

Right. They should stay away from that sex stuff and stick to arson and car dunking.

Karma: And, By God, if they do try sex, they had better not use that demon birth control.
*Santorum 2012*