Cannes 2017 Tomatometer Scores

The Square won the Palme d’Or, Sofia Coppola took home the Best Director award (only the 2nd woman in the festival’s 70-year history), and I’m Still Here‘s Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for You Were Never Really Here, defending his crown as master of positional declaratives. And now if you would continue below, you’ll see every movie that got a Tomatometer at this year’s Cannes! —Alex Vo

#71

Alive in France (2017)
Tomatometer icon 20%

#71
Adjusted Score: 5894%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Abel Ferrara presents a series of concerts featuring songs and music from his films, combined with a retrospective of his... [More]
Starring:
Directed By: Abel Ferrara

#70
#70
Adjusted Score: 88255%
Critics Consensus: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power makes a plea for environmental responsibility that adds a persuasive -- albeit arguably less impactful -- coda to its acclaimed predecessor.
Synopsis: Former Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world to train an army of activists and... [More]
Starring: Al Gore, Cory Booker, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Directed By: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk

#69

Barbara (2017)
Tomatometer icon 84%

#69
Adjusted Score: 84120%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When a director sets out to make a film about popular French singer Barbara, both he and the actress who... [More]
Starring: Jeanne Balibar, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Peirani, Aurore Clément
Directed By: Mathieu Amalric

#68

Before We Vanish (2017)
Tomatometer icon 82%

#68
Adjusted Score: 84006%
Critics Consensus: Before We Vanish finds Kiyoshi Kurosawa working within well-established genre guidelines to take a poignant, surprisingly sincere look at the human condition.
Synopsis: Three aliens travel to Earth on a mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having taken possession of human bodies,... [More]
Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Mahiro Takasugi
Directed By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

#67

The Beguiled (2017)
Tomatometer icon 79%

#67
Adjusted Score: 97275%
Critics Consensus: The Beguiled adds just enough extra depth to its source material to set itself apart, and director Sofia Coppola's restrained touch is enlivened by strong performances from the cast.
Synopsis: Cpl. John McBurney is an injured Union soldier who finds himself on the run as a deserter during the Civil... [More]
Starring: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning
Directed By: Sofia Coppola

#66
#66
Adjusted Score: 91777%
Critics Consensus: Blade of the Immortal highlights Takashi Miike's flair for balletic violence, making up what it lacks in strict originality with rich characterizations and kinetic thrills.
Synopsis: Cursed with immortality, a highly skilled samurai in feudal Japan promises to help a young woman avenge the death of... [More]
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara
Directed By: Takashi Miike

#65
#65
Adjusted Score: 106134%
Critics Consensus: Moving without resorting to melodrama, BPM offers an engrossing look at a pivotal period in history that lingers long after the closing credits roll.
Synopsis: Nathan is a young man who joins an AIDS activist group in 1990s Paris. As he attends the weekly meetings,... [More]
Starring: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz
Directed By: Robin Campillo

#64

Brigsby Bear (2017)
Tomatometer icon 83%

#64
Adjusted Score: 91726%
Critics Consensus: Audiences attuned to Brigsby Bear's strange frequency will be moved by its earnest -- and endearingly original -- approach to pop culture's impact and the creative urge.
Synopsis: The show "Brigsby Bear Adventures" is a children's television program produced for an audience of one: James Pope. When the... [More]
Starring: Kyle Mooney, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins
Directed By: Dave McCary

#63

Bushwick (2017)
Tomatometer icon 49%

#63
Adjusted Score: 52478%
Critics Consensus: Bushwick's sociopolitical subtext gives it more heft than the average action thriller, but those ideas are given short shrift in what amounts to a disappointing shoot-'em-up.
Synopsis: When Lucy steps off the subway, she walks into an utter bloodbath on the streets of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. Texas... [More]
Starring: Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris
Directed By: Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott

#62

A Ciambra (2017)
Tomatometer icon 89%

#62
Adjusted Score: 91360%
Critics Consensus: A powerful character study, A Ciambra burns slowly, letting its compelling cast carry what could otherwise be just another coming-of-age story.
Synopsis: A 14-year-old miscreant sets out to prove he's ready to step into his older brother's shoes.... [More]
Starring: Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Damiano Amato, Francesco Pio Amato
Directed By: Jonas Carpignano

#61

Claire's Camera (2017)
Tomatometer icon 89%

#61
Adjusted Score: 91302%
Critics Consensus: Claire's Camera adds another deceptively unassuming entry to writer-director Hong Sang-soo's oeuvre -- one whose lingering impact belies its brief length.
Synopsis: While visiting Cannes, France, a high school teacher develops a friendship with a woman who's just been fired from her... [More]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Kim Min-hee, Chang Mi-hee, Jeong Jin-yeong
Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

#60
#60
Adjusted Score: 53170%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: ... [More]
Starring: Janelle Nicole Carothers, Russell Crowe, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving
Directed By: Sally Aitken

#59

Filmworker (2017)
Tomatometer icon 95%

#59
Adjusted Score: 99128%
Critics Consensus: Filmworker offers long-overdue recognition to one of Stanley Kubrick's key collaborators while opening an often troubling window into the director's demanding work.
Synopsis: The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.... [More]
Starring: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Danny Lloyd, Matthew Modine
Directed By: Tony Zierra

#58

The Florida Project (2017)
Tomatometer icon 96%

#58
Adjusted Score: 113865%
Critics Consensus: The Florida Project offers a colorfully empathetic look at an underrepresented part of the population that proves absorbing even as it raises sobering questions about modern America.
Synopsis: Set in the shadow of the most magical place on Earth, 6-year-old Moonee and her two best friends forge their... [More]
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto
Directed By: Sean Baker

#57

Frost (2017)
Tomatometer icon 14%

#57
Adjusted Score: 5774%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Two young Lithuanians volunteer to deliver humanitarian aid to Ukraine, but they wind up seeking allies and shelter, growing closer... [More]
Starring: Mantas Janciauskas, Lyja Maknaviciute, Andrzej Chyra, Vanessa Paradis
Directed By: Sharunas Bartas

#56

Golden Years (2016)
Tomatometer icon 29%

#56
Adjusted Score: 20857%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Arthur and Martha Goode won't take the loss of their pensions lying down. It's time for these retirees to rob... [More]
Starring: Bernard Hill, Philip Davis, Alun Armstrong, Lily Travers
Directed By: John Miller

#55

Good Time (2017)
Tomatometer icon 91%

#55
Adjusted Score: 104029%
Critics Consensus: A visual treat filled out by consistently stellar work from Robert Pattinson, Good Time is a singularly distinctive crime drama offering far more than the usual genre thrills.
Synopsis: A bank robber stops at nothing to free his brother from prison, launching himself into a nightlong odyssey through New... [More]
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi, Benny Safdie
Directed By: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

#54

Happy End (2017)
Tomatometer icon 69%

#54
Adjusted Score: 77073%
Critics Consensus: Happy End is far from Haneke's best work, yet it still succeeds in forcing audiences to confront -- and uncomfortably consider -- the dark side of human nature.
Synopsis: Although a middle-class family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks, they pay little attention to the grim... [More]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin
Directed By: Michael Haneke

#53
#53
Adjusted Score: 51715%
Critics Consensus: How to Talk to Girls at Parties has energy and ambition, but is ultimately too unfocused to do much with either -- or develop its themes into a cohesive whole.
Synopsis: Worlds collide when Enn, a shy teenager in 1970s London, meets the beautiful and rebellious Zan at a party. They... [More]
Starring: Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Wilson
Directed By: John Cameron Mitchell

#52

Ismael's Ghosts (2017)
Tomatometer icon 50%

#52
Adjusted Score: 53598%
Critics Consensus: Ismael's Ghosts unites an excellent cast -- and their valiant efforts are often enough to counter its somewhat confused and disjointed story.
Synopsis: Twenty-one years ago, she ran away -- and 21 years later, Carlotta is back from the void. But Ismael has... [More]
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel
Directed By: Arnaud Desplechin

#51
#51
Adjusted Score: 81594%
Critics Consensus: Its unusual approach may not pay off quite as consistently as one might hope, but the boldly anachronistic Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc is definitely a biopic like no other.
Synopsis: Young shepherdess Jeannette, the future Joan of Arc, already carries the weight of the the French nation on her shoulders... [More]
Starring: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Lucile Gauthier, Jeanne Voisin, Aline Charles
Directed By: Bruno Dumont

#50

Jupiter's Moon (2017)
Tomatometer icon 49%

#50
Adjusted Score: 50417%
Critics Consensus: Jupiter's Moon beams with energetic style, but loses the plot as it meanders through a series of ideas without much discernible payoff.
Synopsis: A young man is shot while illegally crossing a border and is sent to a refugee camp. When it is... [More]
Starring: Merab Ninidze, Zsombor Jéger, György Cserhalmi, Mónika Balsai
Directed By: Kornél Mundruczó

#49
#49
Adjusted Score: 94506%
Critics Consensus: The Killing of a Sacred Deer continues director Yorgos Lanthimos' stubbornly idiosyncratic streak -- and demonstrates again that his is a talent not to be ignored.
Synopsis: Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children.... [More]
Starring: Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Dal Vera, Colin Farrell
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

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