Since it's a special magical holiday week, a whole buncha shit is opening today. And you know what? Some of it is really, really good.

Here's Sean Axmaker on Fantastic Mr. Fox:

Fantastic Mr. Fox is Anderson's most satisfying film since Rushmore, his funniest and his warmest. And it's the second movie this year more keyed to the child within adults than to children themselves. Whether kids will relate to Anderson's anxiety-ridden world is a fair question (I like to think they will), but even if they don't, his storybook-illustration images and elaborate cartoon-panel detail are a playtime delight in themselves.

And Brendan Kiley on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans:

Except for a few uncomfortably long stares at reptiles (iguanas, alligators), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is only secretly a Werner Herzog movie. It feels, instead, like a screwball crime comedy for people who like their humor on the gallows side. (Which, I guess you could argue, is kinky enough to qualify as Herzogian.)

Andrew Wright is less enthused enthusmatized about The Road:

Arriving after delays and rumors of recuts, the long-awaited cinematic version comes off as a nonstarter—an honorable, respectful, well-acted adaptation that feels curiously inert. All the beats are there—with the exception of a few of the most notoriously grisly bits—but the chaos seems a little too orderly.

Also opening today: Red Cliff (Charles Mudede: "Horses, swords, more horses") and Ninja Assassin (review coming soon).

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