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TIFF 2011 Reviews - Sorted by: Date

Films for Sept. 8

From Up On Poppy Hill

★★☆☆☆

Despite some promising scenic moments, this anime fails to draw us into the period.

Playing: Sept. 8, Sept. 9, Sept. 17

Films for Sept. 9

From Up On Poppy Hill

★★☆☆☆

Despite some promising scenic moments, this anime fails to draw us into the period.

Playing: Sept. 8, Sept. 9, Sept. 17

Films for Sept. 10

A Dangerous Method

★★½☆☆

Cronenberg's Cronenberg movie proves thoroughly Cronenbergian

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 12

A Separation

★★★★½

Moving, quiet, and subtle, A Separation sets itself apart.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11

Breakaway

★★½☆☆

Despite the clichéd Canadiana content, Breakaway is an enjoyable, earnest effort offering family-friendly fun.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11

Death of a Superhero

★½☆☆☆

Death becomes no one in this conventional cancer film.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11, Sept. 17

Drive

★★★☆☆

Dreamy, bloody, and hollow, Drive's pretty to the point of vanity.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11

Edwin Boyd

★★★½☆

Bank-robbing Toronto folk hero gets the slick biopic treatment

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 12

Goon

★★★★½

A funny, ballsy, and bloody Canadian hockey movie. About time.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 13

Films for Sept. 11

A Separation

★★★★½

Moving, quiet, and subtle, A Separation sets itself apart.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11

Afghan Luke

★★☆☆☆

This Afghan war dramedy struggles to distinguish itself.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 14

Avalon

★★★★½

A wrenching, darkly funny debut feature.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 17

Breakaway

★★½☆☆

Despite the clichéd Canadiana content, Breakaway is an enjoyable, earnest effort offering family-friendly fun.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11

Cuchera

★★★½☆

If you like seeing catatonic rape victims get drugs crammed inside of them, this is your Citizen Kane, sicko.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 18

Death of a Superhero

★½☆☆☆

Death becomes no one in this conventional cancer film.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11, Sept. 17

Drive

★★★☆☆

Dreamy, bloody, and hollow, Drive's pretty to the point of vanity.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11

Faust

★★★★½

Alexander Sokurov, you devil you.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 16

Films for Sept. 12

50/50

★☆☆☆☆

Cancer and comedy as a recipe for schmaltz. What are the odds?

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 13

A Dangerous Method

★★½☆☆

Cronenberg's Cronenberg movie proves thoroughly Cronenbergian

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 12

A Funny Man

★★★☆☆

This biopic of tragic Danish comic Dirch Passer wallows in melodrama.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14, Sept. 17

Café de flore

★★★½☆

Jean-Marc Vallée's latest is emotionally resonant, aesthetically ambitious.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14

Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)

★★★★☆

Friendship and authorship collide in this fairly clever Canadian comedy.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14, Sept. 17

Edwin Boyd

★★★½☆

Bank-robbing Toronto folk hero gets the slick biopic treatment

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 12

Films for Sept. 13

50/50

★☆☆☆☆

Cancer and comedy as a recipe for schmaltz. What are the odds?

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 13

Amy George

★★★☆☆

Art and, well, some other stuff are felt out in this adolescent journey of self-discovery.

Playing: Sept. 13, Sept. 15, Sept. 17

Avalon

★★★★½

A wrenching, darkly funny debut feature.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 17

Cuchera

★★★½☆

If you like seeing catatonic rape victims get drugs crammed inside of them, this is your Citizen Kane, sicko.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 18

Faust

★★★★½

Alexander Sokurov, you devil you.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 16

Goon

★★★★½

A funny, ballsy, and bloody Canadian hockey movie. About time.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 13

Hard Core Logo II

★★★★½

Bruce McDonald's unlikely sequel is his best film in years.

Playing: Sept. 13, Sept. 17

Films for Sept. 14

A Funny Man

★★★☆☆

This biopic of tragic Danish comic Dirch Passer wallows in melodrama.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14, Sept. 17

Afghan Luke

★★☆☆☆

This Afghan war dramedy struggles to distinguish itself.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 14

ALPS

★★★★★

It's like Dogtooth. But better.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15

Café de flore

★★★½☆

Jean-Marc Vallée's latest is emotionally resonant, aesthetically ambitious.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14

Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)

★★★★☆

Friendship and authorship collide in this fairly clever Canadian comedy.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14, Sept. 17

Generation P

★★★★½

A hallucinatory look at Russia's post–Cold War quarrel with capitalism.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15, Sept. 16

Films for Sept. 15

ALPS

★★★★★

It's like Dogtooth. But better.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15

Amy George

★★★☆☆

Art and, well, some other stuff are felt out in this adolescent journey of self-discovery.

Playing: Sept. 13, Sept. 15, Sept. 17

Generation P

★★★★½

A hallucinatory look at Russia's post–Cold War quarrel with capitalism.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15, Sept. 16

Films for Sept. 16

Faust

★★★★½

Alexander Sokurov, you devil you.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 16

Generation P

★★★★½

A hallucinatory look at Russia's post–Cold War quarrel with capitalism.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15, Sept. 16

Films for Sept. 17

A Funny Man

★★★☆☆

This biopic of tragic Danish comic Dirch Passer wallows in melodrama.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14, Sept. 17

Amy George

★★★☆☆

Art and, well, some other stuff are felt out in this adolescent journey of self-discovery.

Playing: Sept. 13, Sept. 15, Sept. 17

Avalon

★★★★½

A wrenching, darkly funny debut feature.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 17

Death of a Superhero

★½☆☆☆

Death becomes no one in this conventional cancer film.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11, Sept. 17

Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)

★★★★☆

Friendship and authorship collide in this fairly clever Canadian comedy.

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 14, Sept. 17

From Up On Poppy Hill

★★☆☆☆

Despite some promising scenic moments, this anime fails to draw us into the period.

Playing: Sept. 8, Sept. 9, Sept. 17

Hard Core Logo II

★★★★½

Bruce McDonald's unlikely sequel is his best film in years.

Playing: Sept. 13, Sept. 17

Films for Sept. 18

Cuchera

★★★½☆

If you like seeing catatonic rape victims get drugs crammed inside of them, this is your Citizen Kane, sicko.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 18

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