| 4 | Joseph J. Airdo | Arizona Weekly | 2012 |
| 7 | Nick Allen | The Scorecard Review | 2012 |
| 6 | Raffi Asdourian | The Film Stage | 2012 |
| 8 | Baltimore City Paper | | 2012 |
| 9 | Linda Barnard | Toronto Star | 2012 |
| 7 | Beatrice Behn | indiewire poll | 2012 |
| 7 | Anna Bielak | Smells Like Screen Spirit | 2012 |
| 1 | Jim Brunzell III | The Optimistic Pessimist | 2012 |
| Celluloid Liberation Front | | 2012 |
| 7 | Erik Childress | eFilmCritic | 2012 |
| Carey Darling | DFW.com | 2012 |
| 3 | Russell Edwards | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 |
| 5 | Katie Erbland | Film School Rejects | 2012 |
| 7 | Steve Erickson | Gay City News | 2012 |
| 2 | David Fear | Time Out New York | 2012 |
| 4 | Tim Grierson | Screen International | 2012 |
| 4 | Amy R. Handler | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 9 | Jordon Hoffman | Screen Crush | 2012 |
| 1 | Linda Holmes | | 2012 |
| Evan Husney | Drafthouse Films | 2012 |
| 9 | J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader | 2012 |
| 9 | James Kaelan | Moviemaker | 2012 |
| 6 | Don Kaye | MSN Movies | 2012 |
| 9 | Nicholas Kemp | Lincoln Film Society | 2012 |
| 10 | Laura Kern | Film Comment | 2012 |
| 9 | David Laub | Oscilloscope | 2012 |
| 3 | Michael Lee | | 2012 |
| 6 | Noah Lee | Film Threat | 2012 |
| 5 | Scott MacDonald | Toronto Standard | 2012 |
| 5 | Don Marks | Skandies | 2012 |
| 5 | Prairie Miller | Long Island Press | 2012 |
| 5 | Marc Mohan | Oregon Live | 2012 |
| Randy Montgomery | Arizona Weekly | 2012 |
| 1 | Neil Morris | The Sanford Herald | 2012 |
| 5 | Amy Nicholson | Movieline | 2012 |
| 5 | Zach Ralston | Skandies | 2012 |
| 1 | Rania Richardson | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 8 | James Rocchi | indieWire poll | 2012 |
| 10 | Andrew Shearer: Athens Banner-Herald | | 2012 |
| 8 | Radheyan Simonpillai | NOW Magazine | 2012 |
| 7 | Matt Singer | IndieWIRE | 2012 |
| 1 | Tom Tangney | MyNorthwest.com | 2012 |
| Kelly Vance | East Bay Express | 2012 |
| 7 | John Waters | Artforum | 2012 |