One of the rare chick flicks that doesn’t appear to hate women, Year Of The Dog contains its essentially sappy narrative within a membrane of stabbing humor and ingenious reaction shots.

~ The Exile -

One of the rare chick flicks that doesn’t appear to hate women, Year Of The Dog contains its essentially sappy narrative within a membrane of stabbing humor and ingenious reaction shots.

~ The Exile -

The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

~ Nicky Falkof -

The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

~ Nicky Falkof -

Witherspoon completely inhabits the role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Witherspoon completely inhabits the role.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A thoughtful but dreary examination of narcissism, disconnection and emotional dishonesty.

~ The Exile -

A thoughtful but dreary examination of narcissism, disconnection and emotional dishonesty.

~ The Exile -

The film is, necessarily, shocking but Fox handles what must have been difficult emotional material for her in a cool and responsible way that makes the message she delivers all the more devastating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is, necessarily, shocking but Fox handles what must have been difficult emotional material for her in a cool and responsible way that makes the message she delivers all the more devastating.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It's that old magic again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's that old magic again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a film of boundaries and barriers and attempts to overcome them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is a film of boundaries and barriers and attempts to overcome them.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is comforting to keep in mind that the devil cannot cross your threshold without an invitation.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

It is comforting to keep in mind that the devil cannot cross your threshold without an invitation.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film is like a work of art that exists outside movements and influence, perfectly formed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is like a work of art that exists outside movements and influence, perfectly formed.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Director Joe Johnston and scriptwriter Lewis Colick have taken no liberties with the text and yet considerably weakened it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Director Joe Johnston and scriptwriter Lewis Colick have taken no liberties with the text and yet considerably weakened it.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script is tight, the gags nurtured, the performances disciplined.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script is tight, the gags nurtured, the performances disciplined.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Surrounding, supporting, and undermining the central love story, Paul Thomas Anderson paints unforgettable scenes that should be enjoyed in a rare 70mm projection.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Surrounding, supporting, and undermining the central love story, Paul Thomas Anderson paints unforgettable scenes that should be enjoyed in a rare 70mm projection.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film is at its best when it is portraying conflicted emotions - as old love underlies fresh acrimony.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is at its best when it is portraying conflicted emotions - as old love underlies fresh acrimony.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Displays an artistry all of its own, quite unlike the thrown-together 'qualities' of your typical behind-the-scenes extra.

~ Anton Bitel -

Displays an artistry all of its own, quite unlike the thrown-together 'qualities' of your typical behind-the-scenes extra.

~ Anton Bitel -

The garments are liberating, positioning the wearer as subject, not object of a gaze that evaluates the body.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The garments are liberating, positioning the wearer as subject, not object of a gaze that evaluates the body.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Joe Johnston directs the action scenes (is there anything else?) with professional efficiency.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Joe Johnston directs the action scenes (is there anything else?) with professional efficiency.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Extraordinarily exciting and often disturbing PG-rated stuff.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Extraordinarily exciting and often disturbing PG-rated stuff.

~ Scott Macdonald -

The film is at its strongest when it's exploring the nature of manipulation and who, exactly, is manipulating whom.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film is at its strongest when it's exploring the nature of manipulation and who, exactly, is manipulating whom.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Buttons are pushed, emotions manipulated.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Buttons are pushed, emotions manipulated.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Imagery and sound are so closely wedded throughout that at times it seems meaningless to distinguish between the two.

~ Max Crawford -

Imagery and sound are so closely wedded throughout that at times it seems meaningless to distinguish between the two.

~ Max Crawford -

Roos, as a writer, has a flair for comedy, but he could do with someone else on board as director to rein him in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Roos, as a writer, has a flair for comedy, but he could do with someone else on board as director to rein him in.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Understanding the flaws in a character who respects the capitalist ideal while denying the danger of outsourcing integrity is a hard sell

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Understanding the flaws in a character who respects the capitalist ideal while denying the danger of outsourcing integrity is a hard sell

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The problem is that it's not just sugar coated, it's frosted and sprinkled.

~ Donald Munro -

The problem is that it's not just sugar coated, it's frosted and sprinkled.

~ Donald Munro -

There's something increasingly bland and uninvolving about this Will Ferrell vehicle which, like him or loathe him, you've got to admit is a kind of achievement.

~ James Benefield -

There's something increasingly bland and uninvolving about this Will Ferrell vehicle which, like him or loathe him, you've got to admit is a kind of achievement.

~ James Benefield -

Thornton's writing is well-observed, creating characters who, while embodying all the usual white trash traits, have a three-dimensional quality to them.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Thornton's writing is well-observed, creating characters who, while embodying all the usual white trash traits, have a three-dimensional quality to them.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

You might be forgiven for thinking: oh no! This is just Taken with snow! In every sense. But then, the film turns and something not quite right that you had begun to notice about it begins to take hold.

~ Jane Fae -

You might be forgiven for thinking: oh no! This is just Taken with snow! In every sense. But then, the film turns and something not quite right that you had begun to notice about it begins to take hold.

~ Jane Fae -

One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the great masterpieces of modern cinema

~ Jennie Kermode -

The narrative is paced with the urgency of a thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -

The narrative is paced with the urgency of a thriller.

~ Richard Mowe -