YEFF 2014 | MCN + Metacritic | Combined List | Jan 1 2015

Canadian film won Jury Prize at Cannes 2014
Screens at Vancouver Intl Film Centre tonight at 6:50 ONLY

As of New Year's Day, here's where the Critic Top Ten List tallies stand in our very unscientific meld of Movie City News and Metacritic tabulations. (Unscientific because the two meta-lists undoubtedly overlap.) Both tabulations agree on eight of the top ten films, with Boyhood and Budapest #1 and #2 respectively, and juggling the next three: my Top Five would also include Boyhood, Birdman, Budapest and Whiplash, with Skin yet to be seen. 

Beyond that, MCN likes Dardennes better, Meta favours Fincher. I'm still intrigued to see LEGO, ranking as high as it does, and am baffled that my beloved Homesman makes only a couple MCN lists, and none on Metacritic. I stand corrected. (As if...) 

There are notes on some of the films here.

1. Boyhood                            (709.5 = 456.5 + 253) iTunes

2. Grand Budapest Hotel          (386.5 = 266.5 + 120) Netflix

3. Birdman                            (277 = 182 + 95) Fifth Ave

4. Under The Skin                   (272.5 = 185.5 + 87) Netflix

5. Whiplash                            (256 = 184 + 72) Intl Village closes tonight 

6. Selma                                     (192 = 130 + 62)

7. Inherent Vice                            (159 = 114 + 45)

8. Ida                                     (155 = 98 + 57) Netflix

9. Two Days, One Night          (134.5 = 104.5 + 30)

10. Mr Turner                            (132 = 93 + 39) Fifth Ave

11. Nightcrawler                   (129 = 82 + 47) 

12. Gone Girl                            (119 = 72 + 47) Intl Village

13. Only Lovers Left Alive         (111.5 = 77.5 + 34) iTunes

14. Foxcatcher                            (111 = 79 + 32) Intl Village

15. Goodbye to Language         (107.5 = 73.5 + 34)

16. Snowpiercer                   (105 = 73 + 32) iTunes

17. Citizenfour                            (102 = 78 + 24) 

18. LEGO Movie                   (97.5 = 64.5 + 33) iTunes

19. Force Majeure                    (95 = 59 + 36) 

20. Guardians of Galaxy          (81 = 52 + 29)

21. The Immigrant                            (71 = 39 + 32) iTunes

22. Leviathan                            (65)

23. American Sniper                   (60)

24. Winter Sleep                   (53)

25. We Are The Best                   (49.5)

26. Edge Of Tomorrow          (44)

27. Babadook                            (38.5)

28. Calvary                            (37.5) 

29. Interstellar                            (35.5) SilverCity Scotiabank

30. Listen Up Phillip                   (32.5)

31. Love Is Strange                   (30)

32. National Gallery                   (29.5) VIFF Jan 3

33. Stray Dogs                            (28)

34. Life Itself                            (26)

35. Last of the Unjust                  (21)

36. Imitation Game                   (20.5) Park Riverport Scotiabank

37. Nymphomaniac                   (19)

38. God Help The Girl          (18)

38. Manakamana                   (18)

38. Mommy                            (18) 6:50 tonight VIFF only showing

38. Night Moves                   (18)

38. Overnighters                   (18)

38. Wild                                     (18) Fifth Ave, Intl Village

44. Missing Picture, The          (17.5)

45. Most Violent Year          (17)

45. Starred Up                            (17)

47. Theory Of Everything          (16) *

47. Weekend, Le                   (16)

47. Wild Tales                            (16)

50. Obvious Child                   (15.5)

Homesman (11.5)