Well, it is not often that "The Village Voice," "Film Comment" and "Rolling Stone" name the same film as 'best picture of the year,' but that is just what has happened. David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence," which I have alas NOT seen won the Film Comment poll. The other films in their top 5 were Wong Kar Wai's latest offering "2046." The legendary Hong Kong director has directed many great films, but I was frankly disappointed by this one. Two French films "Kings and Queen" and "Hidden" as well as the excellent doc "Grizzly Man" round out the top five in the "Film Comment" poll. "The Village Voice" poll had all those films in the top 5 with the exception of "Hidden," which came in at #8 (The Chinese film "The World" was # 5 in the 'Voice' poll). The Rolling Stone poll is actually the opinion of just one man- their critic Peter Travers. "Wedding Crashers" was his choice for the #10 slot. I have not seen the Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn vehicle, but that alone is enough to make me wonder if Travers goes to the movies in a state of intoxication:) I have really not seen enough films yet to make an 'official' top 10, but the German film "Downfall" about the last days of Adolf Hitler looks to be my favorite film of 2005.
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