TIFF 2016 Tomatometer Scores

#33

Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Tomatometer icon 74%

#33
Adjusted Score: 88447%
Critics Consensus: Well-acted and lovely to look at, Nocturnal Animals further underscores writer-director Tom Ford's distinctive visual and narrative skill.
Synopsis: A successful Los Angeles art-gallery owner's idyllic life is marred by the constant traveling of her handsome second husband. While... [More]

#32

Past Life (2016)
Tomatometer icon 79%

#32
Adjusted Score: 79433%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In 1977 Jerusalem, two sisters try to unravel the mystery behind their father's experiences in Poland during World War II.... [More]

#31

Paterson (2016)
Tomatometer icon 96%

#31
Adjusted Score: 108503%
Critics Consensus: Paterson adds another refreshingly unvarnished entry to Jim Jarmusch's filmography -- and another outstanding performance to Adam Driver's career credits.
Synopsis: Paterson (Adam Driver) is a hardworking bus driver in Paterson, N.J., who follows the same routine every day. He observes... [More]

#30

The Patriarch (2016)
Tomatometer icon 87%

#30
Adjusted Score: 66750%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In 1960s New Zealand, a teen couple in a Maori tribe are caught in the middle of a power struggle... [More]

#29

Personal Shopper (2016)
Tomatometer icon 81%

#29
Adjusted Score: 94117%
Critics Consensus: Personal Shopper attempts a tricky series of potentially jarring tonal shifts with varying results, bolstered by a performance from Kristen Stewart that's impossible to ignore.
Synopsis: A young American in Paris works as a personal shopper for a celebrity. She seems to have the ability to... [More]

#28

Planetarium (2016)
Tomatometer icon 15%

#28
Adjusted Score: 15330%
Critics Consensus: The Summoning (Planetarium) looks out on a constellation of potentially brilliant ideas, but proves fatally unable to find its focus.
Synopsis: Two sisters who are thought to be able to communicate with ghosts meet a visionary producer while performing in Paris.... [More]

#27

Prevenge (2016)
Tomatometer icon 92%

#27
Adjusted Score: 95450%
Critics Consensus: As ambitious as it is daringly transgressive, Prevenge should thrill fans of pitch-black horror-comedy -- and open untold opportunities for writer/director/star Alice Lowe.
Synopsis: A pregnant woman kills an assortment of people.... [More]

#26

The Promise (2016)
Tomatometer icon 51%

#26
Adjusted Score: 58133%
Critics Consensus: The Promise wastes an outstanding cast and powerful real-life story on a love triangle that frustratingly fails to engage.
Synopsis: Brilliant medical student Michael (Oscar Isaac) meets beautiful dance instructor Ana (Charlotte Le Bon) in late 1914. Their shared Armenian... [More]

#25

Queen of Katwe (2016)
Tomatometer icon 94%

#25
Adjusted Score: 102667%
Critics Consensus: Queen of Katwe is a feel-good movie of uncommon smarts and passion, and outstanding performances by Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo help to elevate the film past its cliches.
Synopsis: Living in the slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) and her... [More]

#24

A Quiet Passion (2016)
Tomatometer icon 92%

#24
Adjusted Score: 100105%
Critics Consensus: A Quiet Passion offers a finely detailed portrait of a life whose placid passage may not have been inherently cinematic, but is made more affecting by Cynthia Nixon's strong performance.
Synopsis: Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) maintains close ties with her family while becoming a prolific poet whose work becomes recognized after... [More]

#23

The Assignment (2016)
Tomatometer icon 33%

#23
Adjusted Score: 35274%
Critics Consensus: The Assignment's premise is bizarrely intriguing; unfortunately, it's also just one of many ingredients fumbled in a disappointing misfire from director Walter Hill.
Synopsis: After being double-crossed, a hit man becomes a hit woman with help from a rogue surgeon. She sets out for... [More]

#22

The Red Turtle (2016)
Tomatometer icon 92%

#22
Adjusted Score: 99849%
Critics Consensus: The Red Turtle adds to Studio Ghibli's estimable legacy with a beautifully animated effort whose deceptively simple story boasts narrative layers as richly absorbing as its lovely visuals.
Synopsis: A massive sea turtle destroys a stranded man's raft every time he tries to sail away from a tropical island.... [More]

#21

The Rehearsal (2016)
Tomatometer icon 83%

#21
Adjusted Score: 83228%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: First-year drama student Stanley wants to impress his tutor, and when he discovers a sex scandal in his girlfriend's family... [More]

#20

Toni Erdmann (2016)
Tomatometer icon 93%

#20
Adjusted Score: 104378%
Critics Consensus: Toni Erdmann pairs carefully constructed, three-dimensional characters in a tenderly funny character study that's both genuinely moving and impressively ambitious.
Synopsis: A film by Maren Ade.... [More]

#19

Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
Tomatometer icon 50%

#19
Adjusted Score: 50125%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After watching a cursed videotape, Natsumi has only two days before she will be killed by demonic entity Sadako. Her... [More]

#18

The Salesman (2016)
Tomatometer icon 96%

#18
Adjusted Score: 105179%
Critics Consensus: The Salesman takes an ambitiously complex look at thought-provoking themes, and the well-acted results prove another consistently absorbing entry in writer-director Asghar Farhadi's distinguished filmography.
Synopsis: After their flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, Iran, must... [More]

#17

Things to Come (2016)
Tomatometer icon 99%

#17
Adjusted Score: 105672%
Critics Consensus: A union to cherish between a writer-director and star working at peak power, Things to Come offers quietly profound observations on life, love, and the irrevocable passage of time.
Synopsis: A passionate middle-aged philosophy professor (Isabelle Huppert) rethinks her already much-examined life after an unforeseen divorce.... [More]

#16

Salt and Fire (2016)
Tomatometer icon 33%

#16
Adjusted Score: 34046%
Critics Consensus: Salt and Fire crowds together some impressive talent on both sides of the camera, precious little of which is put to compelling use.
Synopsis: A shady businessman abducts a scientist in Bolivia and leaves her stranded in the middle of gigantic salt flats with... [More]

#15
#15
Adjusted Score: 36046%
Critics Consensus: The Secret Scripture has acclaimed source material and a well-chosen cast in its corner, but despite its stars' valiant efforts, this adaptation was better left on the page.
Synopsis: Residing in a psychiatric hospital, a woman receives visits from a young psychologist whose interest in her diary triggers flashbacks... [More]

#14

Sieranevada (2016)
Tomatometer icon 92%

#14
Adjusted Score: 93506%
Critics Consensus: Sieranevada targets a narrow viewing demographic, but hits its targets with intelligence, humor, and patient craft.
Synopsis: A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when... [More]

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