In the Loop(2009)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.



I Love You, Man(2009)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?



Fish Tank(2009)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.



Moon(2009)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.



Sherlock Holmes(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.



Julie & Julia(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.



The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.



Watchmen(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.



The Road(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.



Funny People(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.



The Informant!(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 77

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.



The Damned United(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.



Whip It(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.



The Messenger(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 79

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.



Duplicity(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.



Bright Star(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.



The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.



I Love You Phillip Morris(2009)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.



The Men Who Stare at Goats(2009)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.



Youth in Revolt(2009)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 73

While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.




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