Early BFCA movie ratings for 2010

It’s never too early for me to take a gander at the new movie scores from the Broadcast Film Critics. They frequently – though not always – correspond to Oscar nominations later on. Unfortunately, so far the only 2010 release nabbing a 4-star rating is Audiard’s A Prophet, which was considered a 2009 movie by AMPAS. Other potential awards candidates, like Shutter Island (loved it!) and Alice in Wonderland, earned strong scores from BFCA but were less enthusiastically received at Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, so who knows? Maybe they’re in the Oscar hunt anyway. Only time will tell.

Meanwhile, Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer is impressing critics across the board in very limited release. And with RT its only score so far, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo looks intriguing.

BFCA 2010

****
A Prophet – 88

***
Alice in Wonderland – 81
The Ghost Writer – 81
Shutter Island – 81
Remember Me – 80

**
Fish Tank – 72

Metacritic
A Prophet – 89
Fish Tank – 81
The Ghost Writer – 77
Shutter Island – 63
Alice in Wonderland – 53
Green Zone – 50
Remember Me – 37

Rotten Tomatoes
A Prophet – 96
Fish Tank – 89
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – 88
The Ghost Writer – 81
Green Zone – 71
Shutter Island – 67
Alice in Wonderland – 52
Remember Me – 50