The Best, The Worst, and The Otherwise Movies of 2011

 

The Best Movies of 2011:

 

The Artist *****  

The Descendants *****

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy **** ½

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ****  

Albert Nobbs *** ½  

The Iron Lady *** ½  

A Dangerous Method **** ½

Hugo **** ½

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows *** ½

Young Adult *** ½

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol *** ½

Margin Call **** ½

J. Edgar *** ½

The Ides Of March *** ½

Moneyball ****

Killer Elite *** ½

The Tree Of Life ****

The Debt *** ½

Midnight In Paris ****

Cars 2 ****

Contagion *** ½

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes *** ½

Captain America: The First Avenger *** ½

Horrible Bosses *** ½

Jane Eyre *** ½

50/50 *** ½

Hanna *** ½

Source Code *** ½

 

Other Good Movies Of 2011 (3 stars):

 

Unknown ***

Limitless ***

Paul ***

The Lincoln Lawyer ***

Fast Five ***  

Take Shelter ***  

Cowboys And Aliens ***

The Help ***

Drive ***

Real Steel ***

The Guard ***

The Way ***

Arthur Christmas ***

War Horse ***

My Week With Marilyn ***

The Skin I Live In ***

 

The Worst Movies of 2011:

 

The Green Hornet *

The Dilemma *

How Do You Know ½

Another Year *

I Am Number Four *

Just Go With It * ½

Your Highness * ½

Red Riding Hood * ½

Green Lantern * ½

Bad Teacher *
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon * ½

Conan The Barbarian * ½

Apollo 18 * ½

Shark Night 3D o

Abduction * ½

The Big Year * ½

Paranormal Activity 3 * ½

In Time *

The Rum Diary * ½

Dream House *

Jack And Jill o

The Darkest Hour *

New Year’s Eve * ½

We Bought A Zoo * ½

 

The Most Disappointing Movies of 2011:

 

Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close **

The Adventures Of Tintin ** ½

Immortals **

Tower Heist **

The Three Musketeers **

Straw Dogs **

Larry Crowne **

Super 8 ** ½

X-Men: First Class ** ½

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides **

Thor **

Water For Elephants ** ½

The Mechanic **

 

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