8/10
A lovely, quietly moving family drama focusing on a father and his daughter, the ties that bind them, and the eventual letting go. Writer/director Claire Denis manages to say more with glances, smiles and embraces than most can with pages of dialogue, and the acting is tremendous in an understated way all around. Thoroughly satisfying.
7/10
Nice-looking documentary about waiting for an inevitable catastrophe (the eruption of a volcano on top of an almost-deserted town) that doesn't come.
4/10
Hearing the world's best auctioneers go ahead to head is impressive at first but starts wear on the nerves. Completely mechanical direction.
8/10
Very enchanting, fun to watch, and a couple of breathtaking moments from the world of ski-flying.
3/10
I've only seen two but I'm starting to think that Jason Reitman movies aren't made for me. I hated Juno and wasn't much more impressed with this one, although it was an improvement. The script, actors, music, directing, is all good, I just didn't feel any kind of connection to anything happening. Boring, predictable, and terribly unadventurous, someone's going to have to explain the appeal because it flew right by me.
10/10
I don't even know what I could say to possibly do it justice. I'll be the first to admit I don't understand everything but I've rarely been so fully entranced by a 2h30m movie. This is cinema as art in its highest form. Still under its spell. I got nothing.
8/10
Some really funny moments, some jokes that fell flat, but I had a good time watching it with a bunch of friends post-New Years (how appropriate). Definitely not as funny as the hype but then again, none of the comedies I'm seeing these days are. I liked the "buddy movie" aspect to it (second to only Pineapple Express in recent memory) and Zach Galifianakis' character practically steals the movie. Fun stuff.
