TIFF 2016 Tomatometer Scores

Another Toronto International Film Festival draws to a close and all its attendant major movies (Arrival, La La Land, A Monster Calls) are fleeing the border as we speak, soon to take residence in multiplexes and art house screens alike across the globe. Need a list on what to keep an eye out for? Here’s every TIFF 2016 movie that generated enough reviews and interest for individual Tomatometers! —Alex Vo

#93

After the Storm (2016)
96%

#93

Adjusted Score: 101987%

Critics Consensus: After the Storm crosses cultural lines to offer timeless observations about parental responsibilities, personal bonds, and the capacity for forgiveness.

Synopsis: A dissolute private detective (Hiroshi Abe) attempts to reconnect with his distrustful family following the death of his father.... [More]

Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Kirin Kiki, Taiyô Yoshizawa

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

#92

All I See Is You (2016)
30%

#92

Adjusted Score: 31774%

Critics Consensus: All I See Is You hints at a number of intriguing questions with its premise, but they dissolve in a stylish yet empty psychodrama that fails to connect.

Synopsis: Gina is a beautiful young woman who's still haunted by the accident that took her sight years earlier. Living in... [More]

Starring: Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O'Reilly, Yvonne Strahovski

Directed By: Marc Forster

#91

Amanda Knox (2016)
82%

#91

Adjusted Score: 83569%

Critics Consensus: Amanda Knox honors its subject with an absorbing -- if slightly incomplete -- look at the details and troubling implications of her arrest and subsequent fight for freedom.

Synopsis: The trial, conviction and acquittal of Amanda Knox for the murder of an exchange student in Italy.... [More]

Starring: Amanda Knox, Curt Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Giuliano Mignini

Directed By: Brian McGinn, Rod Blackhurst

#90

American Honey (2016)
79%

#90

Adjusted Score: 88995%

Critics Consensus: American Honey offers a refreshingly unconventional take on the coming-of-age drama whose narrative risks add up to a rewarding experience even if they don't all pay off.

Synopsis: Star (Sasha Lane), an adolescent girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew that drives across... [More]

Starring: Sasha Lane, Riley Keough, Shia LaBeouf, McCaul Lombardi

Directed By: Andrea Arnold

#89

Aquarius (2016)
97%

#89

Adjusted Score: 101857%

Critics Consensus: Led by a powerful performance from Sônia Braga, Aquarius uses a conflict between a tenant and developers to take an insightful look at the relationship between space and identity.

Synopsis: Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, vows to live in her apartment until she dies after a developer... [More]

Starring: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão

Directed By: Kleber Mendonça Filho

#88

Arrival (2016)
94%

#88

Adjusted Score: 115709%

Critics Consensus: Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person's sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams.

Synopsis: Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations... [More]

Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg

Directed By: Denis Villeneuve

#87

The Bad Batch (2016)
45%

#87

Adjusted Score: 49138%

Critics Consensus: The Bad Batch has its moments, but it's too thinly written and self-indulgent to justify its length or compensate for its slow narrative drift.

Synopsis: Arlen is abandoned in a Texas wasteland that is fenced off from civilization. While trying to navigate the unforgiving landscape,... [More]

Starring: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Jayda Fink

Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour

#86

Barry (2016)
80%

#86

Adjusted Score: 81363%

Critics Consensus: Barry opens a speculative window into a future president's formative college years, offering a flawed yet compelling glimpse of American history in the making.

Synopsis: Barack Obama arrives in New York in the fall of 1981 for his junior year at Columbia University. He struggles... [More]

Starring: Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman

Directed By: Vikram Gandhi

#85

The Belko Experiment (2016)
55%

#85

Adjusted Score: 59395%

Critics Consensus: The Belko Experiment offers a few moments of lurid fun for genre enthusiasts, but lacks enough subversive smarts to consistently engage once the carnage kicks in.

Synopsis: An ordinary day at the office becomes a horrific quest for survival when 80 employees (John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn,... [More]

Starring: John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley

Directed By: Greg McLean

#84

The Birth of a Nation (2016)
72%

#84

Adjusted Score: 84820%

Critics Consensus: The Birth of a Nation overpowers its narrative flaws and uneven execution through sheer conviction, rising on Nate Parker's assured direction and the strength of its vital message.

Synopsis: Nat Turner is an enslaved Baptist preacher who lives on a Virginia plantation owned by Samuel Turner. With rumors of... [More]

Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo

Directed By: Nate Parker

#83

Blair Witch (2016)
38%

#83

Adjusted Score: 48560%

Critics Consensus: Blair Witch doles out a handful of effective scares, but aside from a few new twists, it mainly offers a belated rehash of the original -- and far more memorable -- first film.

Synopsis: A young man and his friends venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mystery surrounding his... [More]

Starring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott

Directed By: Adam Wingard

#82

Bleed for This (2016)
70%

#82

Adjusted Score: 76295%

Critics Consensus: Bleed for This rises on the strength of Miles Teller's starring performance to deliver a solid fact-based boxing drama that takes a few genre clichés on the chin but keeps on coming.

Synopsis: Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Pazienza (Miles Teller), a local Providence boxer, shoots to stardom after winning two world title fights.... [More]

Starring: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds

Directed By: Ben Younger

#81

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#81

Blue Jay (2016)
91%

#81

Adjusted Score: 91798%

Critics Consensus: Blue Jay's song will warm the soul of any hopeless romantic who loves trips down memory lane, impromptu dance scenes, and naturally performed two-handers.

Synopsis: Former high school sweethearts Jim and Amanda have been out of touch for more than 20 years -- but they... [More]

Starring: Mark Duplass, Sarah Paulson

Directed By: Alex Lehmann

#80