Internet Critics Rate the 1999 Toronto Film Festival

Key:

(links are to the critic's festival coverage, where applicable)
JB = James Berardinelli
CF = Charles Francois
AF = Alex Fung
EG = Erik Gregersen
SH = Skander Halim
DM = Don Marks
MM = "MuseMalade"
CO = Charles Odell

3.25 ONE PIECE! (4.0 EG, 2.5 CO)
3.25 WADD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN C. HOLMES (3.5 AF, 3.0 DM)
3.20 THE WAR ZONE (4.0 JB, 3.5 AF, 3.5 SH, 3.0 CO, 2.0 CF)
3.17 MR. DEATH (4.0 CO, 3.5 JB, 3.0 AF, 3.0 SH, 3.0 DM, 2.5 CF)
3.17 RATCATCHER (4.0 CO, 3.5 DM, 3.0 AF, 3.0 SH, 3.0 MM, 2.5 CF)
3.17 AMERICAN BEAUTY (3.5 JB, 3.0 AF, 3.0 SH)
3.17 AMERICAN MOVIE (3.5 SH, 3.0 CO, 3.0 MM)
3.17 BOYS DON'T CRY (3.5 AF, 3.0 SH, 3.0 CO)
3.17 UNE LIAISON PORNOGRAPHIQUE (3.5 EG, 3.0 CF, 3.0 CO)
3.13 THE WIND WILL CARRY US (3.5 MM, 3.0 CF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 SH)
3.10 THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (3.5 JB, 3.5 AF, 3.0 SH, 3.0 CO, 2.5 CF)
3.08 L'HUMANITE (4.0 CF, 4.0 SH, 3.0 AF, 2.5 EG, 2.5 CO, 2.5 DM)
3.00 SHOW ME LOVE (3.5 EG, 3.5 SH, 3.5 CO, 3.0 AF, 2.5 MM, 2.0 CF)
3.00 THE LIMEY (3.0 JB, 3.0 AF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 SH)
3.00 KIKUJIRO (3.0 CF, 3.0 CO, 3.0 DM)
3.00 LICENSE TO LIVE (3.0 AF, 3.0 EG, 3.0 SH)
3.00 CRAZY ENGLISH (3.5 EG, 2.5 DM)
3.00 FELICIA'S JOURNEY (3.5 JB, 2.5 CF)
3.00 GUINEVERE (3.0 JB, 3.0 AF)
3.00 LIES (3.5 EG, 2.5 CF)
3.00 THE PERSONALS (3.0 AF, 3.0 SH)
3.00 A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS (3.5 CO, 2.5 CF)
3.00 YESTERDAY CHILDREN (3.5 EG, 2.5 DM)

2.90 GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRIS (3.5 EG, 3.0 CO, 3.0 DM, 2.5 JB, 2.5 SH)
2.83 MOONLIGHT WHISPERS (3.5 EG, 2.5 SH, 2.5 CO)
2.83 POSSESSED (3.0 EG, 3.0 DM, 2.5 SH)
2.75 KADOSH (3.5 CO, 3.0 AF, 3.0 EG, 2.5 SH, 2.5 MM, 2.0 CF)
2.75 PAS DE SCANDALE (3.0 JB, 3.0 CF, 3.0 SH, 2.5 AF, 2.5 DM, 2.5 CO)
2.75 JUHA (3.0 EG, 3.0 SH, 2.5 CF, 2.5 MM)
2.75 LE PETIT VOLEUR (3.0 JB, 3.0 AF, 2.5 DM, 2.5 CO)
2.75 AFTER THE TRUTH (3.5 DM, 2.0 CF)
2.75 BELOVED/FRIEND (3.0 EG, 2.5 DM)
2.75 GIRLS' NIGHT OUT (3.5 EG, 2.0 CF)
2.75 M/OTHER (3.0 EG, 2.5 CF)
2.75 THE JAUNDICED EYE (3.0 AF, 2.5 SH)
2.75 SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (3.5 JB, 2.0 SH)
2.75 SWEET AND LOWDOWN (3.0 JB, 2.5 CO)
2.75 THIRD MIRACLE (3.0 JB, 2.5 AF)
2.67 MIFUNE (3.0 CO, 2.5 SH, 2.5 MM)
2.67 MY BEST FIEND (3.0 DM, 3.0 MM, 2.0 CO)
2.63 THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN (3.0 JB, 3.0 CO, 2.5 EG, 2.0 CF)
2.63 EMPORTE-MOI (3.0 CO, 3.0 MM, 2.5 CF, 2.0 EG)
2.50 ROSETTA (3.0 AF, 2.5 CF, 2.5 SH, 2.0 EG)
2.50 AUGUSTIN, ROI DU KUNG-FU (3.0 CO, 2.5 DM, 2.0 EG)
2.50 MOLOKAI: THE STORY OF FATHER DAMIEN (2.5 EG, 2.5 SH, 2.5 CO)
2.50 LE BLEU DES VILLES (3.0 AF, 2.0 CF)
2.50 RIEN A FAIRE (2.5 CF, 2.5 SH)
2.50 SO CLOSE TO PARADISE (3.0 EG, 2.0 CF)
2.38 LES AMANTS CRIMINELS (3.0 EG, 3.0 SH, 2.0 AF, 1.5 CO)
2.38 GREGORY'S TWO GIRLS (3.0 SH, 2.5 JB, 2.0 CF, 2.0 CO)
2.25 CHARISMA (3.0 EG, 2.0 CF, 2.0 AF, 2.0 DM)
2.25 BLOODY ANGELS (2.5 DM, 2.0 AF)
2.25 FOREVER MINE (2.5 SH, 2.0 AF)
2.25 FREEWAY 2: CONFESSIONS OF A TRICKBABY (2.5 CO, 2.0 DM)
2.25 HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (3.0 EG, 1.5 DM)
2.25 MARCH OF HAPPINESS (2.5 DM, 2.0 AF)
2.25 ME MYSELF I (2.5 JB, 2.0 AF)
2.25 NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL (2.5 AF, 2.0 CF)
2.17 AWAY WITH WORDS (3.0 DM, 2.5 CO, 1.0 EG)
2.17 PEAU NEUVE (2.5 CF, 2.0 AF, 2.0 DM)
2.17 RIDE WITH THE DEVIL (3.0 AF, 2.0 CF, 1.5 DM)
2.13 ROMANCE (3.0 JB, 2.5 DM, 2.0 AF, 1.0 CF)
2.13 WONDERLAND (2.5 AF, 2.0 CF, 2.0 SH, 2.0 CO)
2.00 BARREN ILLUSION (2.5 EG, 2.5 SH, 2.0 AF, 1.0 CF)
2.00 JESUS' SON (2.0 AF, 2.0 CO)
2.00 JUDY BERLIN (2.0 JB, 2.0 CF)
2.00 LA LETTRE (2.0 AF, 2.0 EG, 2.0 SH)
2.00 LOVE AND ACTION IN CHICAGO (2.0 EG, 2.0 CO)
2.00 A MAP OF THE WORLD (2.5 CO, 1.5 CF)
2.00 MOLOCH (3.0 MM, 1.5 JB, 1.5 CO)
2.00 THRONE OF DEATH (2.5 CF, 1.5 DM)

1.75 THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH (2.0 EG, 1.5 CO)
1.75 THE GIRL OF YOUR DREAMS (2.0 AF, 1.5 CF)
1.75 KOMODO (2.0 DM, 1.5 SH)
1.75 MUSIC OF THE HEART (2.0 JB, 1.5 AF)
1.75 SIMPATICO (2.0 JB, 1.5 AF)
1.33 ALL THE RAGE (1.5 JB, 1.5 CO, 1.O AF)
1.33 JULIEN DONKEY-BOY (2.0 AF, 1.0 SH, 1.0 CO)
1.25 THE BIG BRASS RING (1.5 CO, 1.0 JB)
1.25 BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (1.5 SH, 1.0 JB)
1.25 THE ITEM (1.5 DM, 1.0 JB)
1.25 JUST ONE TIME (1.5 AF, 1.0 CF)

Films Seen By Only One Participant:

3.50 EYES OF THE SPIDER (EG)
3.50 GENESIS (EG)
3.50 THE HURRICANE (JB)
3.50 THE LEGEND OF 1900 (JB)
3.50 PRINCESS MONONOKE (JB)
3.50 TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (DM)
3.50 THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES (DM)
3.00 BETWEEN YOUR LEGS (MM)
3.00 GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (AF)
3.00 ANNALUISE AND ANTON (JB)
3.00 ANYWHERE BUT HERE (JB)
3.00 THE BIG KAHUNA (CO)
3.00 THE COLOR OF HEAVEN (AF)
3.00 8 1ž2 WOMEN (JB)
3.00 FEVER (DM)
3.00 THE FIVE SENSES (AF)
3.00 GEMINI (DM)
3.00 HAPPY TEXAS (JB)
3.00 IDLE RUNNING (SH)
3.00 THE LIFE BEFORE THIS (JB)
3.00 ME & ISAAC NEWTON (CO)
3.00 NEGATIVE SPACE (EG)
3.00 NIGHTFALL (DM)
3.00 ONEGIN (JB)
3.00 RETURN OF THE IDIOT (DM)
3.00 SERPENT'S PATH (EG)
3.00 SIMON THE MAGICIAN (EG)
3.00 SPLIT WIDE OPEN (EG)
3.00 SUNSHINE (JB)
3.00 TUMBLEWEEDS (JB)
2.50 BULLETS OVER SUMMER (DM)
2.50 CURE (CF)
2.50 UN DERANGEMENT CONSIDERABLE (AF)
2.50 DOGMA (JB)
2.50 DYING OF LAUGHTER (DM)
2.50 ENTHUSIASM (EG)
2.50 GOYA IN BORDEAUX (MM)
2.50 GUTS (DM)
2.50 THE HUMILIATED (SH)
2.50 THE MAKING OF A NEW EMPIRE (EG)
2.50 MISS JULIE (CO)
2.50 THE SPECIALIST (SH)
2.50 SPRING FORWARD (DM)
2.00 BERLIN-CINEMA (TITRE PROVISOIRE) (EG)
2.00 FADING MEMORIES (CF)
2.00 I COULD READ THE SKY (DM)
2.00 JAKOB THE LIAR (JB)
2.00 JOHNNY (DM)
2.00 LOVE IN THE MIRROR (EG)
2.00 MUMFORD (JB)
2.00 SHOWER (CF)
2.00 TEMPTING HEART (CF)
2.00 TWO STREAMS (CO)
2.00 UNDER CALIFORNIA: THE LIMIT OF TIME (CF)
1.50 BORN TO LOSE: THE LAST ROCK AND ROLL MOVIE (DM)
1.50 BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER (AF)
1.50 C'EST QUOI LA VIE? (CF)
1.50 COMPENSATION (DM)
1.50 EST-OUEST (CF)
1.50 HERE AM I (DM)
1.50 THE JOYS OF SMOKING (DM)
1.50 PRIPYAT (CF)
1.50 SPEEDY BOYS (EG)
1.00 SUD (EG)
1.00 TOUCHED (DM)