Critical Consensus: The Films Of 2002 (Reed)

Critic Top Ten Lists - 2002
compiled by Ron Reed
Alex Fung gathered critic lists for 2002, but his compilation of the data does not appear to be available online. If I can obtain or retabulate it, I'll post it here. In the meantime, this is a tabulation I put together from the following sources; Film Comment, Guy Madden, Dave Kerr, Philip Lopate, David Thompson, National Board of Review, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, salon.com, BBC, MacLeans, Richard Roeper, Georgia Straight, IMDb, Ron Reed, Peter Norman, Jeffrey Overstreet, Peter Chattaway

1 Far From Heaven 213.0
2 Y Tu Mama Tambien 185.0
3 Talk To Her 169.5
4 Adaptation 165.0
5 About Schmidt 152.0
6 Punch-Drunk Love 125.0
7 Spirited Away 115.5
8 Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers 115.0
9 Gangs of New York 92.0
10 Pianist, The 82.0

11 Bowling For Columbine 68.5
12 Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) 66.0
13 Hours, The 61.0
14 Minority Report 51.0
15 Chicago 50.0
16 About A Boy 48.5
17 Time Out 41.5
18 Road To Perdition 33.5
19 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 30.0
20 Quiet American, The 28.0

21 I'm Going Home 27.5
21 Spider-Man 27.5
23 Catch Me If You Can 26.5
24 Rabbit-Proof Fence 26.0
24 Son's Room 26.0
24 Russian Ark 26.0
27 Italian For Beginners 25.0
28 Morvern Callar 24.0
29 Mostly Martha 23.5
30 Auto Focus 23.0
30 Femme Fatale 23.0

32 Personal Velocity 22.0
32 Secretary, The 22.0
34 Monsoon Wedding 21.0
34 What Time Is It There? 21.0
36 Kid Stays In The Picture, The 20.5
37 Bloody Sunday 20.0
38 In Praise Of Love (Eloge de l'Amour) 19.5
39 Eight Mile 19.0
40 Twenty-fifth Hour 18.0
40 Ten (Kiarostami) 18.0

42 Believer, The 17.0
43 Songs From The Second Floor 16.0
43 The Son 16.0
45 Late Marriage 15.0
46 Rookie, The 14.5
47 Possession 14.0
47 City Of God 14.0
47 Lady & The Duke, The (Rohmer) 14.0
47 Insomnia 14.0


51 All Or Nothing 13.0
51 Devdas 13.0
53 Dog-Town & Z-Boys 12.0
53 How I Killed My Father 12.0
53 Rules Of Attraction 12.0
53 Comedian 12.0
57 Mahagonny 11.5
58 Signs 11.0
58 Lovely & Amazing 11.0
58 Safe Conduct 11.0

61 Windtalkers 10.5
62 Ring, The 10.0
62 Frailty 10.0
62 Who Knows? (Va savoir) 10.0
62 Reign of Fire 10.0
62 Bourne Identity 10.0
62 Piano Teacher 10.0
68 Warm Water Under A Red Bridge 9.5
69 Paid In Full 9.0
69 Twenty-four Hour Party People 9.0
69 Bollywood/Hollywood 9.0
69 Sunshine State 9.0
69 Undercover Brother 9.0

74 Storytelling 8.0
75 Changing Lanes 7.0
75 Real Women Have Curves 7.0
75 C.Q. 7.0
75 Standing In The Shadows Of Motown 7.0
75 Nine Queens 7.0

80 Last Kiss In Rome, The 6.0
80 Invincible 6.0
80 One Hour Photo 6.0
80 Dark Blue World 6.0
80 Minor Mishaps 6.0
80 Turning Gate 6.0

86 Frida 5.0
86 Unfaithful 5.0
86 Triumph Of Love 5.0
86 Betty Fisher & Other Stories 5.0

90 Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones 4.0
90 Baran 4.0
90 Iris 4.0
90 Waiting For Happiness 4.0

94 Heaven 3.0
94 Lilo & Stitch 3.0
94 Good Girl 3.0
94 Igby Goes Down 3.0
94 Grey Zone, The 3.0
94 All About Lily Chou-Chou 3.0
94 Jackass: The Movie 3.0
94 Investigation of a Flame 3.0

Data compiled March 13, 2003