Internet Critics Rate The 2002 Toronto Film Festival


Key (and links to coverage, when applicable):

MD= Mike D’Angelo
CF= Charles Francois
AF= Alex Fung
EG= Erik Gregersen
SH= Skander Halim
JiH= Jim Healy
JeH= Jeremy Heilman
AJ= Andrew Johnston
GK= Gabe Klinger
DM= Don Marks
VM= Victor Morton
NM= Noel Murray
OO= Omar Odeh
CO= Charles Odell
TP= Theo Panayides
ZR= Zach Ralston
JR= Jim Ridley
CS= Chris Stults
ST= Scott Tobias (and here)
FV= Froilan Vispo

Note: Charles Francois and Charles Odell have both chosen to vote on La Trilogie as a whole package, rather than as three individual films, so the same votes (3.0 and 3.5, respectively) are carried over to each title.

3.55 Spirited Away (4.0 EG, 4.0 NM, 4.0 TP, 4.0 AJ, 4.0 JeH, 4.0 ST, 3.5 GK, 3.5 DM, 3.0 SH, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF)
3.50 Far From Heaven (4.0 CO, 4.0 JR, 4.0 AJ, 4.0 JeH, 4.0 JiH, 3.0 CS, 3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 3.0 CF, 3.0 AF)
3.30 Le Fils (4.0 VM, 4.0 TP, 3.5 JiH, 3.5 SH, 3.0 AF, 3.0 NM, 3.0 GK, 3.0 ST, 3.0 FV, 3.0 MD)
3.25 All Or Nothing (4.0 VM, 3.5 TP, 3.5 JiH, 3.5 DM, 3.5 ST, 3.5 JeH, 3.0 AF, 3.0 JR, 3.0 OO, 3.0 CF, 3.0 NM, 2.5 MD)
3.25 Spellbound (3.5 JiH, 3.5 SH, 3.0 MD, 3.0 CS)
3.25 Vendredi soir (4.0 ST, 4.0 JeH, 4.0 JR, 3.5 OO, 3.5 GK, 3.5 CS, 3.5 FV, 3.0 CF, 3.0 NM, 3.0 TP, 3.0 DM, 3.0 AF, 2.5 SH, 2.0 VM)
3.23 Femme Fatale (3.5 OO, 3.5 NM, 3.5 VM, 3.5 ST, 3.5 CS, 3.5 SH, 3.5 AJ, 3.0 TP, 3.0 GK, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AF)
3.22 Roger Dodger (3.5 AJ, 3.5 JR, 3.5 NM, 3.5 DM, 3.5 VM, 3.0 AF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 MD, 2.5 CF)
3.17 La Trilogie: Un Couple épatant (3.5 CO, 3.5 FV, 3.5 MD, 3.0 CS, 3.0 CF, 2.5 GK)
3.17 La Turbulence des fluides (3.5 EG, 3.0 CO, 3.0 OO)
3.14 Secret Lives of Dentists, The (4.0 CO, 3.5 AJ, 3.5 CS, 3.0 GK, 3.0 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 FV)
3.11 Russian Ark (3.5 JeH, 3.5 OO, 3.5 VM, 3.5 TP, 3.0 JiH, 3.0 NM, 3.0 DM, 2.5 MD, 2.5 FV)
3.10 Punch-Drunk Love (4.0 JeH, 3.5 AJ, 3.5 NM, 3.5 VM, 3.0 TP, 3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 2.5 CS, 2.0 CF, 2.0 AF)
3.10 Sweet Sixteen (3.5 JeH, 3.5 VM, 3.5 ZR, 3.5 ST, 3.5 CO, 3.0 SH, 3.0 DM, 3.0 MD, 2.5 TP, 2.0 CF
3.06 Talk to Her (3.5 OO, 3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 3.0 ZR, 3.0 VM, 3.0 GK, 3.0 TP, 3.0 CF)
3.04 Turning Gate (3.5 JiH, 3.5 FV, 3.5 GK, 3.5 CS, 3.0 JR, 3.0 OO, 3.0 NM, 3.0 ST, 3.0 TP, 3.0 VM, 2.5 EG, 2.0 ZR)
3.00 Blue Gate Crossing (3.5 FV, 3.0 OO, 2.5 CF)
3.00 Man Without a Past, The (4.0 OO, 3.5 EG, 3.0 JR, 3.0 TP, 3.0 ST, 3.0 CO, 3.0 VM, 2.5 JiH, 2.5 FV, 2.5 MD)
3.00 Raising Victor Vargas (4.0 JeH, 3.5 VM, 3.5 FV, 3.0 JiH, 3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 2.5 CF, 2.5 CS, 2.5 TP, 2.5 GK)

2.97 Être et avoir (3.5 ST, 3.5 JR, 3.0 NM, 2.5 SH, 2.5 GK, 2.5 OO)
2.97 Irreversible (4.0 AJ, 4.0 TP, 4.0 VM, 3.5 OO, 3.5 CO, 3.5 JeH, 3.5 DM, 3.5 MD, 3.0 FV, 3.0 AF, 2.5 ST, 2.5 CS, 2.5 JR, 2.0 CF, 1.5 NM, 1.0 GK)
2.96 8 Femmes/8 Women (4.0 AJ, 3.5 MD, 3.5 VM, 3.5 TP, 3.0 DM, 3.0 AF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 NM, 3.0 ST, 3.0 CO, 2.5 FV, 2.5 JR, 2.5 OO, 1.5 CF)
2.96 Morvern Callar (4.0 JiH, 3.5 AJ, 3.5 ZR, 3.5 CO, 3.0 DM, 3.0 VM, 3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 TP, 2.5 AF, 1.0 CF)
2.94 Lost in La Mancha (3.5 EG, 3.0 JeH, 3.0 JR, 3.0 MD, 3.0 DM, 3.0 ST, 2.5 CF, 2.5 AF)
2.93 Unknown Pleasures (4.0 JiH, 3.5 GK, 3.5 TP, 3.0 OO, 2.5 CS, 2.0 FV, 2.0 MD)
2.90 Chicken Poets (3.5 EG, 3.0 TP, 3.0 CS, 2.5 GK, 2.5 ST)
2.90 Divine Intervention (4.0 ZR, 3.5 OO, 3.5 JiH, 3.0 TP, 3.0 VM, 3.0 MD, 2.5 JR, 2.5 DM, 2.0 CO, 2.0 NM)
2.83 10 (4.0 GK, 3.5 OO, 3.0 EG, 3.0 SH, 3.0 CS, 2.5 VM, 2.5 FV, 2.0 ST, 2.0 MD)
2.83 Blissfully Yours (4.0 JiH, 4.0 JR, 4.0 CS, 4.0 GK, 3.0 ST, 3.0 CO, 3.0 TP, 2.5 MD, 2.0 CF, 2.0 FV, 1.5 EG, 1.0 JeH)
2.83 La Trilogie: Cavale (3.5 CO, 3.0 MD, 3.0 CF, 3.0 FV, 2.5 CS, 2.0 GK)
2.83 Lover, The (3.0 FV, 3.0 SH, 2.5 CF)
2.83 Past Perfect (3.0 DM, 3.0 CO, 2.5 CF)
2.83 Welcome to Collinwood (3.0 MD, 3.0 AJ, 2.5 CF)
2.81 City of God (3.5 TP, 3.5 FV, 3.5 AJ, 3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 2.5 JeH, 2.5 CF, 1.0 OO)
2.78 Gerry (4.0 ST, 4.0 ZR, 3.5 TP, 3.5 MD, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 CO, 2.0 EG, 0.0 VM)

2.72 Sex Is Comedy (3.0 NM, 3.0 OO, 3.0 ST, 3.0 JeH, 3.0 FV, 2.5 AF, 2.5 CO, 2.5 SH, 2.0 MD)
2.71 Take Care of My Cat (3.0 GK, 3.0 TP, 3.0 ST, 3.0 CS, 3.0 VM, 2.5 CO, 2.5 DM, 2.5 JiH, 2.5 MD, 2.5 FV, 2.5 CF, 2.5 AF)
2.68 Spider (4.0 JeH, 4.0 JiH, 3.5 DM, 2.5 ST, 2.5 GK, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 JR, 2.0 MD, 2.0 TP, 2.0 NM, 2.0 CF)
2.67 Three Marias, The (3.0 EG, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CS)
2.63 Cuckoo, The (3.0 TP, 2.5 MD, 2.5 FV, 2.5 CF)
2.63 El Bonaerense (3.5 GK, 2.5 CF, 2.5 CS, 2.0 MD)
2.58 Good Thief, The (3.5 TP, 3.0 MD, 3.0 CS, 2.5 JiH, 2.0 FV, 1.5 CF)
2.58 La Trilogie: Après la vie (3.5 CO, 3.0 CF, 2.5 GK, 2.5 MD, 2.0 FV, 2.0 CS)
2.57 Marie-Jo et ses deux amours (3.0 DM, 2.5 CF, 2.5 GK, 2.5 CO, 2.5 MD, 2.5 FV, 2.5 CS)
2.56 Cabin Fever (3.0 CO, 3.0 SH, 2.5 CS, 2.5 DM, 2.5 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 JeH, 2.0 FV)
2.56 Intacto (3.5 AJ, 3.0 EG, 3.0 ST, 3.0 TP, 3.0 CO, 3.0 MD, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 DM, 2.5 ZR, 2.5 CF, 2.5 NM, 2.0 FV, 2.0 VM, 2.0 GK, 2.0 OO, 1.5 AF)
2.50 Bowling for Columbine (3.0 ST, 3.0 MD, 2.0 AF, 2.0 VM)
2.50 Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (3.5 CO, 3.0 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.5 TP, 2.5 JR, 2.0 CF, 2.0 DM, 2.0 JiH)
2.50 Springtime in a Small Town (3.5 GK, 2.5 CS, 2.0 SH, 2.0 EG)
2.50 Volcano High (3.5 EG, 3.0 DM, 2.5 CO, 2.5 SH, 2.5 TP, 2.0 CS, 2.0 FV, 2.0 GK)

2.46 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (3.5 JR, 3.0 AF, 3.0 CF, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 NM, 2.5 ST, 2.5 CS, 2.5 TP, 2.0 CO, 2.0 MD, 2.0 EG, 2.0 FV, 1.5 VM)
2.44 Auto Focus (3.5 JiH, 3.0 NM, 3.0 VM, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 ST, 2.0 MD, 2.0 OO, 2.0 GK, 1.5 AF)
2.43 Dirty Pretty Things (3.0 JeH, 2.5 TP, 2.5 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AJ, 2.0 CS, 2.0 CF)
2.42 Heaven (3.0 MD, 3.0 AJ, 2.5 ST, 2.5 AF, 2.0 VM, 1.5 TP)
2.42 Snake of June, A (3.0 SH, 3.0 VM, 2.5 DM, 2.5 MD, 2.0 FV, 1.5 CS)
2.40 Four Feathers, The (3.0 ST, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 AF, 2.0 NM, 2.0 JR)
2.38 Bubba Ho-Tep (4.0 VM, 3.5 EG, 3.0 TP, 3.0 SH, 3.0 CO, 2.0 FV, 2.0 OO, 2.0 JR, 1.5 GK, 1.5 DM, 1.5 JeH, 1.5 AF)
2.38 Une Part du ciel (3.0 GK, 2.5 CF, 2.0 FV, 2.0 CS )
2.33 Alive (3.0 EG, 2.0 DM, 2.0 JH)
2.33 Chihwaseon (3.0 EG, 2.0 MD, 2.0 CS)
2.33 Ma vraie vie à Rouen (2.5 SH, 2.5 CF, 2.0 FV)
2.30 Assassination Tango (3.0 JiH, 2.5 MD, 2.5 TP, 2.0 ST, 1.5 VM)
2.30 Oasis (3.5 CO, 2.5 EG, 2.0 CS, 2.0 CF, 1.5 TP)
2.30 Rabbit-Proof Fence (3.0 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.0 JeH, 2.0 FV, 2.0 AF)
2.29 Kedma (3.5 EG, 3.5 GK, 2.5 MD, 2.5 JeH, 2.0 OO, 2.0 CF, 0.0 VM)
2.28 La Vie nouvelle (3.5 GK, 3.0 TP, 3.0 OO, 3.0 JeH, 2.0 AF, 2.0 FV, 1.5 JiH, 1.5 CS, 1.0 SH)
2.28 Spun (3.5 SH, 3.0 EG, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 MD, 2.0 DM, 2.0 CO, 2.0 CS, 1.5 AF, 1.0 ZR)
2.27 Happy Here and Now (4.0 VM, 3.0 TP, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 CS, 2.5 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CO, 2.5 SH, 2.5 AF, 2.0 JiH, 2.0 DM, 1.5 AJ, 1.5 EG, 1.0 FV, 1.0 CF)

2.25 Ararat (3.0 OO, 2.5 MD, 2.0 AJ, 2.0 GK, 2.0 CF, 2.0 AF)
2.25 Dolls (3.5 EG, 3.0 DM, 2.5 CF, 2.5 ST, 2.0 OO, 2.0 JiH, 2.0 TP, 2.0 GK, 2.0 MD, 2.0 JeH, 2.0 CS, 1.5 VM)
2.25 Ken Park (3.5 ZR, 3.0 GK, 3.0 AF, 3.0 TP, 2.5 CF, 2.5 ST, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 MD, 2.5 JeH, 2.0 SH, 2.0 FV, 1.5 JR, 1.0 OO, 0.0 VM)
2.25 L' Idole (2.5 CO, 2.5 MD, 2.5 JeH, 1.5 OO)
2.25 Secretary (3.0 AJ, 2.5 ST, 2.5 AF, 1.0 GK)
2.19 Phone Booth (3.5 TP, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 MD, 2.5 CF, 1.5 ST, 1.5 JiH, 1.5 AJ, 1.5 AF)
2.17 11’09’’01 (3.0 OO, 2.5 VM, 2.0 MD, 2.0 ZR, 2.0 FV, 1.5 ST)
2.17 Bad Guy (3.0 CS, 3.0 CF, 2.5 DM, 2.5 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.5 AJ, 2.0 SH, 2.0 JH, 2.0 TP, 2.0 ZR, 1.0 VM, 1.0 FV)
2.17 Camel(s) (3.0 GK, 2.5 TP, 2.0 FV, 2.0 CS, 2.0 EG, 1.5 CF)
2.16 Lilya 4-ever (3.0 AF, 3.0 ZR, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 TP, 2.5 AJ, 2.5 CO, 2.5 MD, 2.5 VM, 2.0 SH, 2.0 ST, 2.0 JiH, 2.0 FV, 2.0 CS, 1.0 GK, 1.0 CF, 1.0 EG)
2.14 Japon (3.5 JeH, 3.0 CF, 3.0 TP, 1.5 CO, 1.5 MD, 1.5 GK, 1.0 FV)
2.13 In America (Working Title) (2.5 MD, 2.0 JeH, 2.0 AJ, 2.0 ST)
2.13 Quiet American, The (2.5 AJ, 2.0 DM, 2.0 TP, 2.0 NM)
2.08 Blue (4.0 EG, 3.0 SH, 2.0 AF, 1.5 VM, 1.0 CO, 1.0 CF)
2.07 Dirty Deeds (2.5 JeH, 2.5 NM, 2.0 GK, 2.0 CO, 2.0 DM, 2.0 CF, 1.5 AJ)
2.05 Eye, The (3.0 DM, 3.0 JeH, 2.5 OO, 2.5 ST, 2.5 MD, 2.0 TP, 1.5 FV, 1.5 CS, 1.5 JR, 1.5 AF, 1.0 CF)
2.00 24 Heures de la vie d’une femme (2.0 FV, 2.0 SH, 2.0 CF)
2.00 Aiki (2.5 JH, 2.0 GK, 1.5 CS)
2.00 Blue Car (2.5 SH, 2.5 MD, 2.0 NM, 2.0 AF, 1.5 CO, 1.5 CF)
2.00 Champion (3.0 EG, 1.5 CS, 1.5 CF)
2.00 L’ Homme du train (2.0 ST, 2.0 MD, 2.0 CF)
2.00 Laurel Canyon (3.0 AJ, 1.5 CO, 1.5 AF)
2.00 Novo (2.5 AF, 2.0 MD, 2.0 FV, 1.5 CO)
2.00 Personal Velocity (2.5 MD, 2.0 AJ, 2.0 CO, 1.5 JeH)
2.00 Shaolin Soccer (2.5 CS, 2.0 NM, 2.0 TP, 1.5 CO)
2.00 Suddenly (3.0 CO, 2.5 NM, 2.0 EG, 2.0 JR, 1.5 AF, 1.0 GK)
2.00 Wavelengths 4: Imaginary Light (2.0 SH, 2.0 GK, 2.0 EG)

1.94 Adolphe (2.5 CF, 2.0 EG, 2.0 MD, 2.0 SH, 2.0 EG, 2.0 CO, 1.5 AF, 1.5 ZR)
1.88 My Little Eye (3.0 JiH, 2.5 CO, 2.0 FV, 2.0 JR, 2.0 CS, 1.5 DM, 1.0 JeH, 1.0 CF)
1.83 Love Liza (3.5 JiH, 2.0 JeH, 1.5 AJ, 1.5 ZR, 1.5 GK, 1.0 AF)
1.83 Pure (2.5 CF, 2.0 VM, 1.0 CO)
1.80 I’m the Father (2.0 MD, 2.0 CO, 2.0 AJ, 1.5 GK, 1.5 AF)
1.75 La Derniere Lettre (2.0 MD, 2.0 CS, 2.0 OO, 1.0 GK)
1.67 Too Young to Die (2.0 JiH, 1.5 CS, 1.5 GK)
1.58 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2.0 DM, 2.0 JiH, 2.0 JeH, 2.0 FV, 1.5 MD, 0.0 GK)
1.50 Les Diables (2.5 ST, 2.0 CO, 1.5 SH, 1.5 FV, 0.0 CS)
1.50 Tycoon (1.5 CS, 1.5 CF, 1.5 AF)

1.33 Max (2.0 AJ, 1.0 JH, 1.0 AF)
1.30 Ginostra (2.0 JeH, 2.0 EG, 1.5 FV, 1.0 AJ, 0.0 CO)
1.25 Bear’s Kiss (2.0 SH, 1.5 MD, 1.5 JeH, 0.0 AF)

Films Seen By Only One Or Two Participants:

4.00 Outcast of the Islands (4.0 EG)
3.50 Tale of a Naughty Girl, A (4.0 GK, 3.0 VM)
3.50 Wavelengths 2: Wien & Mozart (3.5 GK, 3.5 OO)
3.25 Stevie (3.5 TP, 3.0 ST)
3.00 Abouna (3.0 GK)
3.00 deadend.com (3.0 OO)
3.00 Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (3.0 AF)
3.00 Gambling, Gods and LSD (3.0 OO)
3.00 Hukkle (3.0 CS)
3.00 MC5 * A True Testimonial (3.0 DM)
3.00 Ticket to Jerusalem (3.0 OO)
3.00 Winged Migration (3.0 CO)

2.75 Bellissima (3.0 SH, 2.5 OO)
2.75 Guys, The (3.0 VM, 2.5 ZR)
2.75 Wavelengths 1: Ultima Thule (3.0 EG, 2.5 CS)
2.50 Cry Woman (2.5 MD, 2.5 AF)
2.50 Flower and Garnet (2.5 MD)
2.50 Flux (2.5 AF)
2.50 Folk (2.5 AF)
2.50 Frida (3.0 JeH, 2.0 ST)
2.50 Gasoline (2.5 SH)
2.50 Horns and Halos (3.0 JR, 2.0 ST)
2.50 Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2.5 EG)
2.50 Magdalene Sisters, The (2.5 TP)
2.50 My Mother's Smile (3.0 EG, 2.0 MD)
2.50 Nowhere in Africa (2.5 CO)
2.50 OT: our town (2.5 CF)
2.50 Open Hearts (Dogme) (2.5 CS)
2.50 Peck On The Cheek, A (2.5 DM, 2.5 MD)
2.50 Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story (2.5 AF)
2.50 Punch (2.5 CO)
2.50 Rondo pour trompette (2.5 AF)
2.50 Song Of The Firefly (2.5 AF)
2.50 Stone Of Folly, The (2.5 AF)
2.50 Sur le bout des doigts (2.5 FV, 2.5 SH)
2.50 Try Seventeen (2.5 MD)
2.50 White Oleander (2.5 JeH)

2.25 Sweatbox, The (2.5 MD, 2.0 AF)
2.25 Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary (2.5 MD, 2.0 CF)
2.25 Crime of Father Amaro, The (2.5 JeH, 2.0 AF)
2.25 Marion Bridge (3.0 CO, 1.5 JiH)
2.25 Tuck Everlasting (2.5 CO, 2.0 CS)
2.25 Waiting for Happiness (2.5 OO, 2.0 MD)
2.00 Alexei and the Spring (2.0 SH)
2.00 Atlantic Drift (2.0 SH)
2.00 Best of Times, The (2.0 CS, 2.0 CF)
2.00 Better Luck Tomorrow (2.0 ST)
2.00 Big Shot's Funeral (2.0 OO)
2.00 Countdown (2.0 AF)
2.00 Cul de Sac: A Suburban War Story (2.0 ST)
2.00 Die Mutter (2.0 AF)
2.00 Evelyn (2.0 JeH)
2.00 Heart of Me, The (2.0 FV)
2.00 Julie Walking Home (2.5 JeH, 1.5 AF)
2.00 Le Derniere Foix (2.0 AF)
2.00 Last Great Wilderness, The (2.0 JiH, 2.0 FV)
2.00 Lighthead (2.0 AF)
2.00 Moonlight Mile (3.0 AJ, 1.5 JeH)
2.00 Nugget, The (2.0 MD, 2.0 JiH)
2.00 Real Women Have Curves (3.0 JeH, 1.0 AJ)
2.00 Respiro (2.0 FV)
2.00 Sea, The (2.0 NM)
2.00 Short Hymn: Silent War 03 (2.0 AF)
2.00 Straight In The Face (2.0 AF)
2.00 Together (2.0 VM, 2.0 AF)
2.00 Woman of Water (2.0 SH)

1.75 Music for Weddings and Funerals (2.0 CF, 1.5 CS)
1.75 Shadow Kill (2.0 SH, 1.5 VM)
1.75 Transistor Love Story, A (2.0 DM, 1.5 CS)
1.50 Antwone Fisher (1.5 AJ)
1.50 Desire (2.0 EG, 1.0 CS)
1.50 Every Day God Kisses Us on the Mouth (2.0 CO, 1.0 FV)
1.50 G (1.5 CF)
1.50 Gabriel Orozco (1.5 GK)
1.50 Hard Goodbyes: My Father (1.5 CF)
1.50 Yellowknife (1.5 DM)

1.00 Baroness and the Pig, The (1.0 EG)
1.00 eXXXorcisms (1.0 CS)
1.00 Falcons (1.0 CS)
1.00 Family (1.0 OO)
1.00 Jet Lag (1.0 AF)
1.00 Other Side of the Bed, The (1.0 JeH)
1.00 Public Toilet (1.0 FV, 1.0 CS)
1.00 Step On It (1.0 CS)
1.00 Teknolust (1.0 OO)
1.00 Warriors (1.0 CS, 1.0 CF)
1.00 Way Home, The (1.0 ST)
1.00 Wild Dogs, The (1.0 FV)
1.00 World of Love, A (1.0 GK)
0.00 Heatscore (0.0 AF)