2012 Reviews

The list below only includes films released in the United States or the United Kingdom in the year 2012.

Clicking on each link will take you to the member review page for each film, listing all OFCS member critics who’ve submitted links to their reviews for the specified films.

— # —

10 Years
2 Days in New York
2016: Obama’s America
21 Jump Street
3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom
30 Beats
360
4:44: Last Day on Earth
5 Broken Cameras
7 Days in Havana

— A —

About Cherry
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Act of Valor
After the Triumph of Your Birth
The Aggression Scale
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Alex Cross
All Together
Alps
Alter Egos
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Ambassador
American Reunion
Americano
Amour (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
The Angels’ Share
Anna Karenina
Any Day Now
Apartment 143
The Apparition
Arbitrage
Argo (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Arjun – The Warrior Prince
The Assault
Atlas Shrugged, Part II
ATM
The Avengers
The Awakening

— B —

The Babymakers
Bachelorette
Back to 1942
Backwards
Bad 25
Bad Kids Go to Hell
Bait 3D
Ballin’ at the Graveyard
Ballplayer: Pelotero
Barbara
Barfi!
The Barrens
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Battleship
The Bay
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
The Beat Hotel
Beauty and the Beast 3D
Being Flynn
Bel Ami
Beloved
Beneath the Darkness
Bernie
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Bestiaire
Beware of Mr. Baker
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Big Miracle
The Big Picture
Bill W.
Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story
The Bourne Legacy
Boy
Brake
Branded
Brave (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Breaking Dawn, Part 2
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Bullhead
Bully
Burn
Butter

— C —

The Cabin in the Woods (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Cafe de Flore
California Solo
Call Me Kuchu
The Campaign
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Casa de Mi Padre
A Cat in Paris
Celeste and Jesse Forever
The Central Park Five
Chained
Chakravyuh
Chasing Ice
Chasing Mavericks
Chernobyl Diaries
Chico & Rita
Chimpanzee
China Heavyweight
Chronicle
Circumstance
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Citadel
Cleanskin
Cloud Atlas (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Cockneys vs Zombies
Cocktail
The Cold Light of Day
The Collection
The Color Wheel
Comic-Con: Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Compliance (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Contraband
Cosmopolis (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Crazy Eyes
Crazy Horse
Crooked Arrows
The Cup

— D —

Dabangg 2
Damsels in Distress
Dangerous Ishhq
Dangerous Liaisons
Dark Horse
The Dark Knight Rises
Dark Shadows
Dark Tide
Darling Companion
The Day
The Day He Arrives
Deadfall
Declaration of War
The Decoy Bride
The Deep Blue Sea (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Delhi Safari
Detachment
The Details
Detention
Detropia
The Devil Inside
The Devil’s Business
The Devil’s Carnival
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
The Dictator
The Dinosaur Project
Dinotasia
The Divide
Django Unchained (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Doctored
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Downtown Express
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Dreams of a Life
Dredd

— E —

Easy Money
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Ek Tha Tiger
Elena
Elles
End of Watch
English Vinglish
Escape Fire
Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007
Excision
Exit Humanity
The Expendables 2
Extraterrestrial
The Eye of Storm

— F —

The Fairy
Family Portrait in Black and White
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Farewell, My Queen
Fast Girls
A Few Best Men
Finding Nemo 3D
First Position
The First Time
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
The Five-Year Engagement
The Flat
Flight (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Footnote
For a Good Time, Call…
For Ellen
For Greater Glory
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Story
The Forgiveness of Blood
The FP
Francine
Frankenweenie (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Free Men
Freelancers
Friends With Kids
The Front Line
Fun Size

— G —

Gambit
The Gatekeepers
Gerhard Richter Painting
Get the Gringo
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
The Girl
Girl in Progress
Girl Model
Goats
God Bless America
Going Down in LA-LA Land
Gone
The Good Doctor
Good for Nothing
Goodbye First Love
Goon
Grassroots
Grave Encounters 2
Great Expectations
The Grey
The Guilt Trip
Gypsy

— H —

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Haywire
Head Games
Headhunters
Headshot
Heleno
Hello I Must Be Going
Here Comes the Boom
Hermano
Heroine
Hide Away
High School
Hijacked
Hit & Run
Hit So Hard
Hitchcock
Hitler’s Children
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hole 3D
Holy Motors (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Honor Flight
Hope Springs
Hotel Transylvania
House at the End of the Street
The House I Live In
Housefull 2
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
How to Survive a Plague
The Hunger Games
The Hunter
Hyde Park on Hudson
Hysteria

— I —

I Am Bruce Lee
I Wish
I, Anna
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ikland
Ill Manors
The Impossible
The Imposter (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
In Another Country
In Darkness
In Our Nature
In the Dark Half
In the Family
In Their Skin
In Your Hands
The Inbetweeners Movie
The Innkeepers
The Interrupters
The Intouchables
Intruders
Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment
The Invisible War (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
The Iran Job
Iron Sky
The Island President
It Is No Dream
It’s Such a Beautiful Day

— J —

Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Jack & Diane
Jack Reacher
Jackpot
Janeane from Des Moines
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Jodi Breakers
John Carter
Joker
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Joyful Noise

— K —

Katy Perry: Part of Me
Keep the Lights On
Keith Lemon: The Film
Keyhole
The Kid With a Bike
Kill List
Killer Joe
Killing Them Softly
King Kelly
Kink Crusaders
Klown
Knife Fight
Knuckleball!
Kumaré

— L —

The Lady
Last Days Here
Last Ounce of Courage
A Late Quartet
Laurence Anyways
Lawless
Lay the Favorite
Least Among Saints
Les Misérables (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Let Fury Have the Hour
Let the Bullets Fly
A Liar’s Autobiography
Liberal Arts
Life of Pi (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Lincoln (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Little Birds
A Little Bit of Heaven
Little White Lies
Lockout
LOL
Lola Versus
The Loneliest Planet
Looper (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Losing Control
The Loved Ones
Lovely Molly
The Lucky One
Lula, the Son of Brazil
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana

— M —

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Magic Mike
The Magic of Belle Isle
Man on a Ledge
Man on a Mission
The Man with the Iron Fists
Mansome
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
Marley
Masquerade
The Master (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Maximum Conviction
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Meet the Fokkens
Men in Black 3
Mental
Michael
Middle of Nowhere
Midnight’s Children
Mirror Mirror
Mission to Lars
Monsieur Lazhar
Moonrise Kingdom (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
The Moth Diaries
Mother’s Day
Much Ado About Nothing (See 2013)
Musical Chairs
My Life as Abraham Lincoln
My Way

— N —

Nativity 2
Natural Selection
Nature Calls
Neighbouring Sounds
Neil Young Journeys
Nipples & Palm Trees
Nitro Circus the Movie 3D
Nobody Else But You
Nobody Walks
Norwegian Wood
Not Fade Away
Now Is Good

— O —

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
On the Road
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
One for the Money
The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure
The Oranges
Oslo, August 31st
The Other Dream Team
The Other Son
Outpost: Black Sun

— P —

The Pact
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
The Paperboy
Paranormal Activity 4
ParaNorman (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Parental Guidance
Parked
Patang
Patience (After Sebald)
Payback
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
People Like Us
The Perfect Family
Perfect Sense
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Photographic Memory
Ping Pong
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Piranha 3DD
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Pitch Perfect
Planet of Snail
The Players
Playing for Keeps
Polisse
Ponies
Portrait of Wally
The Possession
Post Mortem
Premium Rush
Price Check
Project X
Prometheus
Promised Land
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Pusher
Putin’s Kiss

— Q —

Quartet
The Queen of Versailles (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)

— R —

Raaz 3
The Rabbi’s Cat
Radio Unnameable
The Raid: Redemption
The Raven
[REC]³ Génesis
Red Dawn
Red Hook Summer
Red Lights
Red Tails
Reportero
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Retribution
The Revenant
The Revisionaries
Rise of the Guardians
Rites of Spring
The Road
Roadie
Robot & Frank
Rock of Ages
Room 237
Rowdy Rathore
A Royal Affair
Ruby Sparks
Rust and Bone (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)

— S —

Sacrifice
Safe
Safe House
Safety Not Guaranteed
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The Salt of Life
The Samaritan
Samsara
The Sapphires
Savages
Save the Date
Screaming in High Heels
Searching for Sonny
Searching for Sugar Man
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Seeking Justice
The Sessions (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Seven Psychopaths
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
Shadow Dancer
Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Side by Side
Sightseers
Silent Hill: Revelation
Silent House
Silver Linings Playbook (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Simon and the Oaks
A Simple Life
Sinister
Sister
Skyfall (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
Sleep Tight
Sleepwalk with Me
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
Smashed
Smiley
Snow White and the Huntsman
The Snowtown Murders
Solomon Kane
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Something’s Gonna Live
Somewhere Between
Son of Sardaar
Sound of My Voice
The Source
Sparkle
Stand Up Guys
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D
Starbuck
Starlet
Step Up to the Plate
Step Up: Revolution
Stitches
Stolen
Storage 24
Strawberry Fields
StreetDance 2
Strip Mahjong: Battle Royale
Strippers vs. Werewolves
Student of the Year
Surviving Progress
Sushi: The Global Catch
Swandown
The Sweeney

— T —

Tabu
Tahrir: Liberation Square
Tai Chi 0
Take This Waltz
Taken 2
Talaash
The Tall Man
Tatsumi
Tears of Gaza
Ted
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Teri Meri Kahaani
That’s My Boy
The Law in These Parts
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain
Thin Ice
Think Like a Man
This Is 40
This Is Not a Film (2012 OFCS Award Winner)
This Means War
This Must Be the Place
A Thousand Kisses Deep
A Thousand Words
The Three Stooges
Thunderstruck
Tim & Eric’$ Billion Dollar Movie
Titanic 3D
To Rome With Love
To the Arctic
Tonight You’re Mine
The Tortured
Total Recall
Touchback
Toys in the Attic
Trishna
The Trouble With Bliss
Trouble with the Curve
True Wolf
The Turin Horse (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)
Turn Me On, Dammit!
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection

— U —

U.N. Me
Undefeated
Under African Skies
Underworld Awakening
Unforgivable
Union Square
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Up There
A Useful Life

— V —

V/H/S
Vamps
The Victim
The Viral Factor
Virginia
The Vow

— W —

Waiting for Lightning
The Waiting Room
Wanderlust
War of the Buttons
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The Watch
We Are Legion
The Well Digger’s Daughter
West of Memphis
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
When the Lights Went Out
Where Do We Go Now?
Whores’ Glory
Wild Bill
Wild Horse, Wild Ride
Windfall
The Woman in Black
Woman in the Fifth
Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Won’t Back Down
The Words
Wrath of the Titans
Wreck-It Ralph (2012 OFCS Award Nominee)

— X —

— Y —

Yogawoman
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Your Sister’s Sister

— Z —

Zero Dark Thirty (2012 OFCS Award Winner)