BRIGHT STAR [Campion/2009] Translates the Romanticism of Keats's poetry into images of pure lyricism; Abbie Cornish pulsates as his beloved. (KS)

OCTOBER COUNTRY [Palmieri, Mosher/2009] Sensitive portrait of articulate dead-enders settles for comfortable confidences, avoids intimacy. (AR)

FANTASTIC MR. FOX [Anderson/2009] Animation fits Anderson's shtick better than expected -- maybe even better than live action. (TN)

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE [Jonze/2009] Teetering on childlike and childish, captures the spirit of the book but muddies the morality play. (TN)

RED RIDING: 1983 [Tucker 2009] Trilogy stumbles at finish with excess of flashbacks, failure to create narrative arc with faux redemption. (AR)

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