2003CC: Mike Leigh
Submitted by lbangs on Thu, 03/13/2003 - 12:58
Tags:
- Life Is Sweet (90): *****
- Topsy-Turvy (99): *****
- High Hopes (89): **** 1/2
- Naked (93): **** 1/2
- Secrets & Lies (96): **** 1/2
- Meantime (81): *** 1/2
- Home Sweet Home (82): *** 1/2
- Career Girls (97): ***
- Abigail's Party (77): ***
- who's Who (78): ***
- Nuts in May (76): ** 1/2
- Grown Ups (80): ** 1/2
- Four Days in July (84): ** 1/2
- Bleak Moments (72): **
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent film critics to produce a list of each director's movies. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The films will be listed in a recommended viewing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start watching a director's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst films ever