Internet Critics Rate the 2000 Toronto Film Festival


Key:
(links are to the critic's festival coverage, where applicable)

MD = Mike D'Angelo
CF = Charles Francois
AF = Alex Fung
EG = Erik Gregersen
SH = Skander Halim
AJ = Andrew Johnston
GK = Gabe Klinger
MM = Muse Malade
DM = Don Marks
CO = Charles Odell
ST = Scott Tobias
FV = Froilan Vispo

3.67 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE [4.0 MM, 3.5 MD, 3.5 DM]
3.50 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON [4.0 EG, 4.0 GK, 3.5 AF, 3.5 MM, 3.5 DM, 3.5 CO, 3.0 MD, 3.0 AJ]
3.50 THE FOUL KING [4.0 EG, 3.0 DM]
3.40 YI YI [4.0 AJ, 4.0 GK, 4.0 MM, 4.0 ST, 3.5 AF, 3.0 MD, 3.0 CF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 SH, 2.5 FV]
3.38 EUREKA [4.0 GK, 3.5 ST, 3.0 EG, 3.0 MM]
3.33 STATE AND MAIN [4.0 MD, 4.0 AJ, 3.5 MM, 3.0 CO, 3.0 ST, 2.5 CF]
3.33 FAITHLESS [3.5 ST, 3.5 FV, 3.0 CO]
3.31 MEMENTO [4.0 MD, 4.0 CO, 4.0 ST, 3.5 EG, 3.5 MM, 3.0 AJ, 3.0 DM, 1.5 CF]
3.25 YOU CAN COUNT ON ME [4.0 AJ, 3.5 MM, 3.5 ST, 3.0 MD, 3.0 AF, 2.5 CF]
3.25 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH [4.0 EG, 3.0 MD, 3.0 AJ, 3.0 FV]
3.25 THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE [3.5 DM, 3.0 AF]
3.22 GEORGE WASHINGTON [4.0 EG, 4.0 ST, 3.5 AJ, 3.0 MD, 3.0 AF, 3.0 GK, 3.0 MM, 3.0 DM, 2.5 CF]
3.17 THE GLEANERS AND I [3.5 GK, 3.5 FV, 3.0 MD, 3.0 MM, 3.0 DM, 3.0 ST]
3.06 SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR [3.5 GK, 3.5 DM, 3.0 MD, 3.0 SH, 3.0 AJ, 3.0 MM, 3.0 CO, 3.0 ST, 2.5 CF]
3.00 ALMOST FAMOUS [4.0 AJ, 3.0 SH, 3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 GK]
3.00 CHOPPER [3.0 CF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 DM]
3.00 ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDREI ARSENEVICH [3.0 AF, 3.0 EG]
3.00 6IXTYNIN9 [3.0 EG, 3.0 DM]

2.92 KRAPP'S LAST TAPE [4.0 DM, 3.0 MD, 3.0 EG, 3.0 ST, 2.5 AF, 2.0 MM]
2.92 REQUIEM FOR A DREAM [3.5 AF, 3.5 GK, 3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 DM]
2.83 THE LEGENDS OF RITA [3.0 EG, 3.0 CO, 2.5 FV]
2.83 THE YARDS [3.0 SH, 3.0 AJ, 2.5 MD]
2.80 THE WIDOW OF ST. PIERRE [3.0 MD, 3.0 CF, 3.0 CO, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 FV]
2.80 WILD ZERO [3.5 EG, 3.5 DM, 3.0 SH, 3.0 MM, 3.0 CO, 3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 FV, 2.0 AF, 2.0 GK]
2.79 WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES [3.5 EG, 3.5 GK, 3.0 FV, 2.5 AF, 2.5 MM, 2.5 CO, 2.0 MD]
2.78 SENTIMENTAL DESTINY [3.5 GK, 3.0 EG, 3.0 CO, 3.0 ST, 3.0 FV, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 MM, 2.0 AF]
2.75 CODE UNKNOWN [3.0 MD, 3.0 CF, 3.0 SH, 3.0 GK, 2.5 AF, 2.5 CO, 2.5 ST, 2.5 FV]
2.75 COMEDY OF INNOCENCE [3.0 SH, 3.0 MM, 2.5 GK, 2.5 FV]
2.75 ABERDEEN [3.0 FV, 2.5 CF]
2.75 THE NINE LIVES OF TOMAS KATZ [3.0 SH, 2.5 CO]
2.75 PARAGRAPH 175 [3.0 FV, 2.5 AF]
2.75 SCOUT MAN [3.0 DM, 2.5 CO]
2.75 SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE [3.5 AJ, 2.0 CF]
2.70 THE CIRCLE [4.0 GK, 3.5 EG, 2.0 MD, 2.0 ST, 2.0 FV]
2.69 BLACKBOARDS [3.5 EG, 3.0 GK, 3.0 MM, 3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CO, 2.5 FV, 1.5 CF]
2.67 GIRLFIGHT [3.5 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.0 CF]
2.67 LIAM [3.0 CF, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AJ]
2.67 POLLOCK [3.0 EG, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AJ]
2.67 SEXY BEAST [3.0 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF]
2.67 TO DIE (OR NOT) [3.0 AF, 3.0 CO, 2.0 CF]
2.67 TWO FAMILY HOUSE [3.5 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.0 CO]
2.63 HARRY, HE'S HERE TO HELP [3.0 AF, 3.0 AJ, 3.0 CO, 3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 MM, 1.5 GK]
2.63 TABOO [3.5 GK, 3.0 EG, 3.0 MM, 3.0 ST, 2.5 DM, 2.5 FV, 2.0 MD, 1.5 CF]
2.63 FACE [3.5 EG, 2.5 SH, 2.5 CO, 2.0 CF]
2.63 THE TOWN IS QUIET [3.0 CO, 3.0 FV, 2.5 GK, 2.0 CF]
2.61 TIME AND TIDE [3.5 EG, 3.0 CO, 2.5 MD, 2.5 SH, 2.5 GK, 2.5 MM, 2.5 DM, 2.5 ST, 2.0 AJ]
2.60 CHUNHYANG [3.0 GK, 2.5 MD, 2.5 EG, 2.5 MM, 2.5 DM]
2.58 NIGHTCAP [3.5 GK, 3.0 SH, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.0 CO, 2.0 FV]
2.56 THE VERTICAL RAY OF SUMMER [3.0 SH, 3.0 GK, 3.0 CO, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 AF, 2.5 ST, 1.5 FV]

2.50 SADE [3.0 MD, 3.0 DM, 3.0 CO, 3.0 ST, 3.0 FV, 2.0 CF, 2.0 AF, 1.0 GK]
2.50 UNDER THE SAND [3.0 GK, 3.0 AF, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 ST, 2.0 EG, 2.0 FV]
2.50 LITTLE DARLING [3.0 GK, 2.5 CF, 2.5 FV, 2.0 SH]
2.50 THOMAS IN LOVE [3.0 CO, 2.5 SH, 2.5 DM, 2.0 AF]
2.50 BEST IN SHOW [3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.0 AJ]
2.50 DR. T AND THE WOMEN [2.5 MD, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 ST]
2.50 ENDGAME [3.0 DM, 2.0 FV]
2.50 LITTLE CHEUNG [2.5 AF, 2.5 CO]
2.50 SUCH IS LIFE [3.0 GK, 2.0 MM]
2.39 VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS [3.5 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 EG, 2.5 GK, 2.5 MM, 2.0 SH, 2.0 CO, 1.5 DM]
2.38 SCARLET DIVA [3.0 SH, 3.0 AJ, 2.5 AF, 1.0 CO]
2.35 SÉANCE [3.5 EG, 3.0 SH, 3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AF, 2.0 MM, 2.0 CO, 2.0 FV, 1.5 CF, 1.5 GK]
2.33 BROTHER [3.0 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 DM, 2.0 EG, 2.0 GK, 2.0 MM]
2.33 KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT [2.5 SH, 2.5 FV, 2.0 AF]
2.33 SUZHOU RIVER [2.5 MD, 2.5 AF, 2.0 CF]
2.30 SIGNS & WONDERS [2.5 CF, 2.5 CO, 2.5 ST, 2.0 MD, 2.0 FV]
2.25 THE CAPTIVE [3.0 GK, 2.0 MD, 2.0 AF, 2.0 FV]
2.25 KAZA-HANA [2.5 MD, 2.5 ST, 2.0 CF, 2.0 EG]
2.25 BREAD AND TULIPS [3.0 MD, 1.5 GK]
2.25 DJOMEH [2.5 SH, 2.0 FV]
2.25 GIRLS CAN'T SWIM [3.0 SH, 1.5 CF]
2.25 HAPPY DAYS [3.0 DM, 1.5 AJ]
2.25 LOVE'S A BITCH [2.5 AF, 2.0 MM]
2.25 EL MEDINA [2.5 CF, 2.0 MD]
2.25 ME, YOU, THEM [2.5 CF, 2.0 AF]
2.25 101 REYKYAVÍK [2.5 SH, 2.0 CF]
2.25 OUCH [2.5 CF, 2.0 AF]
2.17 MY GENERATION [3.0 DM, 2.0 ST, 1.5 GK]
2.14 KIPPUR [3.0 DM, 2.5 MD, 2.5 ST, 2.0 AF, 2.0 GK, 1.5 CO, 1.5 FV]
2.13 THE ISLE [3.0 CO, 2.5 CF, 1.5 EG, 1.5 FV]
2.13 THE MISSION [2.5 EG, 2.5 DM, 2.0 GK, 1.5 FV]
2.13 THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR [3.5 EG, 2.0 AF, 2.0 FV, 1.0 GK]
2.13 TELL ME SOMETHING [2.5 EG, 2.5 SH, 2.0 DM, 1.5 FV]
2.10 THE CITY OF LOST SOULS [3.0 EG, 2.5 MD, 2.0 MM, 2.0 DM, 1.0 FV]
2.08 GOJOE [3.0 DM, 3.0 CO, 2.0 SH, 2.0 MM, 1.5 CF, 1.0 EG]
2.00 PLATFORM [3.5 EG, 1.5 ST, 1.0 MM]
2.00 ASYLUM [2.0 AF, 2.0 EG]
2.00 BAISE-MOI [2.5 SH, 2.5 FV, 1.0 AJ]
2.00 BILLY ELLIOT [2.0 CF, 2.0 ST]
2.00 POSSIBLE WORLDS [2.0 AF, 2.0 FV]
2.00 SHADOW MAGIC [2.0 EG, 2.0 CO]
2.00 THE WEDDING [2.5 AF, 1.5 GK]
2.00 THE WRESTLERS [2.5 SH, 2.0 MD, 2.0 ST, 1.5 GK]

1.88 BREAD AND ROSES [2.0 MD, 2.0 DM, 2.0 FV, 1.5 CF]
1.86 THE KING IS ALIVE [3.0 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.5 DM, 1.5 AF, 1.5 MM, 1.0 CO, 1.0 ST]
1.75 URBANIA [2.0 AJ, 1.5 GK]
1.75 THE WEIGHT OF WATER [2.0 MD, 1.5 AJ]
1.67 DOG FOOD [2.0 EG, 1.5 AF, 1.5 FV]
1.67 SUSPICIOUS RIVER [2.0 AF, 1.5 MD, 1.5 CO]
1.63 THE GODDESS OF 1967 [2.0 AF, 2.0 GK, 1.5 DM, 1.0 CF]
1.50 THE MONKEY'S MASK [2.0 CO, 1.5 AF, 1.0 AJ]
1.50 SWEDISH BEAUTY [2.0 AF, 1.0 GK]

Films Seen By Only One Participant:

4.00 SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE [EG]
3.50 THE CONTENDER [AJ]
3.50 ERIK BRUHN: I'M THE SAME - ONLY MORE [EG]
3.00 ADANGGAMAN [EG]
3.00 BURNT MONEY [FV]
3.00 THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN [SH]
3.00 DUETS [AJ]
3.00 GINGER SNAPS [CO]
3.00 WAYDOWNTOWN [AF]
3.00 WHEN BRENDAN MET TRUDY [AJ]
2.50 ATTRACTION [CO]
2.50 BEAUTIFUL [CO]
2.50 BETTER THAN SEX [AJ]
2.50 FAST FOOD, FAST WOMEN [AF]
2.50 HUNTERS IN THE SNOW [EG]
2.50 KRÁMPACK [CF]
2.50 SAMIA [CF]
2.50 THE STRANGER [CF]
2.00 BANGKOK DANGEROUS [SH]
2.00 BEFORE NIGHT FALLS [FV]
2.00 CHASING SLEEP [MD]
2.00 CLOUDS OF MAY [GK]
2.00 HIJACK STORIES [EG]
2.00 HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG [MD]
2.00 LAST RESORT [CF]
2.00 LUMUMBA [CF]
2.00 THE LUZHIN DEFENCE [AF]
2.00 RISK [SH]
2.00 THE TRUTH ABOUT TULLY [CF]
2.00 VENGO [GK]
2.00 WHEN THE SKY FALLS [AF]
1.50 ANGELS OF THE UNIVERSE [GK]
1.50 BÀTTU [GK]
1.50 BORN ROMANTIC [CO]
1.50 COMPASSIONATE SEX [CF]
1.50 DEEPLY [AF]
1.50 HALF OF HEAVEN [AF]
1.50 THE IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS [DM]
1.50 JULIET IN LOVE [DM]
1.50 THE LOW DOWN [CF]
1.50 19 [CF]
1.50 PLACIDO RIZZOTTO [CF]
1.50 THE PRICE OF MILK [CO]
1.50 THE SEASON OF MEN [CF]
1.50 UNCHAIN [ST]
1.00 MANILA [CF]
0.00 LOW SELF ESTEEM GIRL [DM]
0.00 THE MECHANISM [CF]
0.00 THE TURANDOT PROJECT [GK]
0.00 THE YOUNG UNKNOWNS [AJ]