2009 Report Card

Updated: November 24, 2009

Inspired by a recent post on the Between the Seats blog, here is my report card for some of the films that have been released this year. I will try to update the list regularly throughout the year. Please note that some of the grades are subject to change depending on repeat viewings.

2009 Report Card (click on titles for full review)

Exceptional (Grade Range A+ to A-)
Hunger A+
Inglourious Basterds A
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire A
More Than A Game A
A Serious Man A
District 9 A
(500) Days of Summer A
Coraline A
Adventureland A –
Where the Wild Things Are A-
I Love You, Man A-
Tyson A-
New York, I Love You A-


Good (Grade Range B+ to B-)
The Hurt Locker B+
PontyPool B+
Star Trek B+
Zombieland B+
Fifty Dead Men Walking B
Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) B
Taking of Pehlam 123 B
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince B
The Brothers Bloom B
Taken B
The Hangover B
Watchmen B
Whip It B
The Road B
Good Hair B
Up B-
The International B -

Passed the time (Grade Range C+ to C-)
Gigantic C
The Men Who Stare At Goats C
Duplicity C
Monsters vs Aliens C
Friday the 13th C
Obsessed C
The Other Man C
Bruno C
9 C
The Proposal C
Antichrist C
Knowing C
Surrogates C-
Outlander C-
Angels and Demons C-
Fast and Furious C-
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra C-


Please make it stop (Grade Range D+ to F)
The Box D+
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen D
Observe and Report D
Drag Me To Hell D-
12 Rounds F
Paul Blart Mall Cop F
X-Men Origins: Wolverine F
Bride Wars F