2003CC: Robert Altman

Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 04/15/2003 - 10:47
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  • MASH (70): *****
  • McCabe and Mrs. Miller (71): *****
  • Nashville (75): *****
  • Short Cuts (93): *****

  • The Player (92): **** 1/2
  • Thieves Like Us (74): **** 1/2
  • Vincent and Theo (90): **** 1/2
  • Gosford Park (01): **** 1/2
  • The Long Goodbye (73): **** 1/2

  • Secret Honor (84): ****
  • The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (88): ****

  • Brewster McCloud (70): *** 1/2
  • Cookie's Fortune (99): *** 1/2
  • The Gingerbread Man (98): *** 1/2

  • Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (76): ***
  • Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (82): ***
  • Kansas City (96): ***
  • Dr. T & The Women (00): ***
  • Countdown (68): ***

  • That Cold Day in the Park (69): ** 1/2
  • Popeye (80): ** 1/2
  • Streamers (83): ** 1/2
  • Fool for Love (85): ** 1/2
  • The Room (87): ** 1/2

  • Quintet (79): **
  • Aria (87): **
  • Pret-A-Porter (AKA Ready to Wear) (94): **
  • A Wedding (78): **
  • O.C. and Stiggs (87): **

  • Beyond Therapy (86): * 1/2
Author Comments: 

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