TIFF 2016 Tomatometer Scores

Critics Consensus: Fire at Sea offers a clear-eyed yet empathetic look at a corner of the world whose terrain may be unfamiliar to many, but whose people's story remains universal.

Synopsis: Life on the island of Lampedusa during the refugee crisis.

Starring: Maria Costa, Samuele Pucillo, Pietro Bartolo, Samuele Caruana

Directed By: Gianfranco Rosi

Critics Consensus: Frantz finds writer-director François Ozon thoughtfully probing the aftermath of World War I through the memories and relationships of loved ones left behind.

Synopsis: Anna is a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed in the trenches of World War I. Adrien, a French veteran of the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber

Directed By: François Ozon

Critics Consensus: Free Fire aims squarely for genre thrills, and hits its target repeatedly and with great gusto -- albeit with something less than pure cinematic grace.

Synopsis: When a black-market arms deal goes outrageously wrong, Justine finds herself caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate through a warehouse full of trigger-happy madmen... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy

Directed By: Ben Wheatley

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A circumspect man (Antonio de la Torre) quietly plots bloody revenge against the band of robbers who left him without a family.

Starring: Antonio de la Torre, Luis Callejo, Ruth Díaz, Raúl Jiménez

Directed By: Raúl Arévalo

Critics Consensus: Its infectious enthusiasm for its subjects - and Iggy Pop's ingratiating presence - more than make up for the effortlessly entertaining Gimme Danger's relative lack of context or depth.

Synopsis: Emerging from Ann Arbor, Mich., amidst a countercultural revolution, The Stooges' powerful and aggressive style of rock 'n' roll blew a crater in the musical... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Iggy Pop, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt

Directed By: Jim Jarmusch

Critics Consensus: The Girl with All the Gifts grapples with thought-provoking questions without skimping on the scares -- and finds a few fresh wrinkles in the well-worn zombie horror genre along the way.

Synopsis: In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Anamaria Marinca

Directed By: Colm McCarthy

Critics Consensus: Goldstone weaves socially conscious themes through its procedural thriller plot outline, with visually thrilling, solidly crafted results.

Synopsis: Indigenous detective Jay Swan arrives in the town of Goldstone to search for a missing person, and his simple duty becomes complicated when he uncovers... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, Cheng Pei-pei

Directed By: Ivan Sen

Critics Consensus: Graduation marks yet another well-written and powerfully acted look at morality and societal decay from writer-director Cristian Mungiu.

Synopsis: A Romanian doctor takes matters into his own hands when an attack on his daughter jeopardizes her scholarship to a prestigious British university.

Starring: Adrian Țițieni, Maria Dragus, Rares Andrici, Lia Bugnar

Directed By: Cristian Mungiu

Critics Consensus: The Handmaiden uses a Victorian crime novel as the loose inspiration for another visually sumptuous and absorbingly idiosyncratic outing from director Park Chan-wook.

Synopsis: With help from an orphaned pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri), a Korean con man (Ha Jung-woo) devises an elaborate plot to seduce and bilk a Japanese woman... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong

Directed By: Park Chan-wook

Critics Consensus: I, Daniel Blake marks yet another well-told chapter in director Ken Loach's powerfully populist filmography.

Synopsis: Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. Despite... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Briana Shann

Directed By: Ken Loach

Critics Consensus: Into the Inferno finds director Werner Herzog observing some of the most beautiful -- and terrifying -- wonders of the natural world with his signature blend of curiosity and insight.

Synopsis: Werner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer travel the globe and visit volcanoes in Indonesia, Ethiopia and even North Korea in an attempt to understand man's... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft

Directed By: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer

Critics Consensus: It's Only the End of the World is stocked with talent and boasts a story steeped in conflict, but the end result proves a disappointing misfire from writer-director Xavier Dolan.

Synopsis: A writer returns to his hometown, planning to announce his upcoming death to his family. As resentments surface, fits and feuds unfold until all attempts... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel

Directed By: Xavier Dolan

Critics Consensus: Jackie offers an alluring peek into a beloved American public figure's private world -- and an enthralling starring performance from Natalie Portman in the bargain.

Synopsis: After her husband's assassination, Jackie Kennedy's (Natalie Portman) world is completely shattered. Traumatized and reeling with grief, over the course of the next week she... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup

Directed By: Pablo Larraín

Critics Consensus: The Journey's narrative deficiencies undermine a powerful fact-based story, but those problems are often offset by solid work from Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall.

Synopsis: Ian Paisley, a staunch evangelical Protestant and advocate for Northern Ireland, and Martin McGuinness, a former leader of the IRA are forced to ride in... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore, John Hurt

Directed By: Nick Hamm