TIFF 2016 Tomatometer Scores

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 he is away, she is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Directed By: Tom Ford

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.

Starring: Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Evgenia Dodina

Directed By: Avi Nesher

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 the city and listens to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Rizwan Manji, Barry Shabaka Henley

Directed By: Jim Jarmusch

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 between rival patriarchs.

Starring: Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, James Moriarty

Directed By: Lee Tamahori

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 communicate with spirits, like her... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie

Directed By: Olivier Assayas

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.

Starring: Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar

Directed By: Rebecca Zlotowski

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.

Starring: Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan, Alice Lowe, Kayvan Novak

Directed By: Alice Lowe

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 heritage sparks an attraction that... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Shohreh Aghdashloo

Directed By: Terry George

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 and her family. Her world changes one day when... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza

Directed By: Mira Nair

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 her death in 1886.

Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Catherine Bailey

Directed By: Terence Davies

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 revenge along with a nurse... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Caitlin Gerard

Directed By: Walter Hill

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: Recounting the milestones in the life of a human being through the story of a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Barbara Beretta, Tom Hudson G, Emmanuel Garijo, Maud Brethenoux

Directed By: Michael Dudok de Wit

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 he's tempted to use it... View Full Synopsis

Starring: James Rolleston, Kerry Fox, Ella Edward, Alice Englert

Directed By: Alison Maclean

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.

Starring: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl

Directed By: Maren Ade

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 only hope is to pit... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Elly Nanami, Rina Endo, Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro

Directed By: Kôji Shiraishi

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 move into another apartment. Once... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini

Directed By: Asghar Farhadi

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.

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob

Directed By: Mia Hansen-Løve

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 two blind boys.

Starring: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal, Volker Michalowski

Directed By: Werner Herzog

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 of her youth, which is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor

Directed By: Jim Sheridan

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 an argument about 9/11 breaks... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Bogdan Dumitrache, Dana Dogaru

Directed By: Cristi Puiu