Worthwhile (or not), 8/14/09

Here's MetaCritic's numerical rank of this week's films (xx/100 - the higher the number, the better the critics liked the film). While the national critics seem to love DISTRICT 9 (*) my feeling is most of you won't like it at all although it may be fun to sit in the back row and count the walkouts. THE GOODS (**) is extremely rude and crude and with a few laughs, but you may feel like a shower after watching. It looks to me like the pics for this weekend are PONYO for families, BANDSLAM for teens and TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE for couples.

65 Bandslam,
80 District 9,
41 Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, The,
90 Ponyo,
50 Time Traveler's Wife

Click on the title links to see if the ratings change as more reviews come in, and to read your favorite national critic's review.My reviews of DISTRICT 9 and THE GOODS will be posted after 4:30 pm.