Rank	Critic	Publication	List Year
5	Sam Adams	indiewire poll	2012
9	Kaleem Aftab	indiewire poll	2012
8	Jason Anderson	indiewire poll	2012
6	Melissa Anderson	Village Voice	2012
7	Jeremy Baril	hypable.com	2012
7	Zach Baron	Grantland	2012
8	John Beifuss	Memphis Commercial Appeal	2012
1	Liva Bloom	IndieWIRE poll	2012
9	Phil Branch	What Culture	2012
5	Brad Brevet	Rope of Sillicon	2012
13	Richard Brody	The New Yorker	2012
7	Jesse Cataldo	Slant Magazine	2012
9	Adam Chitwood	Collider.com	2012
4	Cara Cusumano	Tribeca Fim Festival	2012
	Tony D'Angela	Senses of Cinema Poll	2012
8	Michael Da Silva	Senses of Cinema Poll	2012
	DailyCandy.com		2012
8	Jeff Deutchman	IFC Films	2012
10	Steve Dollar	indieWIRE poll	2012
5	David Fear	Time Out New York	2012
10	Steve Greene	Criticwire	2012
6	Rafer Guzman	Newsday	2012
4	Brandon Harris	Filmmaker Magazine	2012
6	Jesse Hassenger	MCN	2012
10	Aaron Hillis	indieWIRE poll	2012
	Hollywood.com		2012
7	Danny Kasman	indieWIRE poll	2012
4	Peter Knegt	IndieWIRE	2012
5	Dan Kois	Slate	2012
7	L Magazine		2012
9	Nico Lang	Heave Media	2012
6	Laremy Legel	Film.com	2012
10	Melissa Leong	National Post	2012
10	John Lichman	Various	2012
8	Guy Lodge	Variety	2012
2	Vince Mancini	Film Drunk	2012
9	Beau McCoy	Film Experience	2012
5	Benjamin Mercer	L Magazine	2012
2	Lyndsey Miller	Screen Invasions	2012
3	Nictate	Skandies	2012
7	Matt Pais	RedEye	2012
6	David Phelps	indieWIRE poll	2012
	Nick Pinkerton	Village Vocie	2012
	Irene Meltzer Richard	Lincoln Film Society	2012
7	Vadim Rizov	Indie Eye	2012
3	Markus Robinson	Examiner	2012
9	Tom Shone	Intelligent Life	2012
10	Don Simpson	Smells Like Screen Spirit	2012
2	Kyle Smith	New York Post	2012
2	Shawn Stone	Metroland	2012
7	Peter Suderman	Washington Times	2012
5	Drew Taylor	indieWire Poll	2012
9	Gabe Toro	The Playlist	2012
7	Katie Walsh	Playlist	2012
7	Elizabeth Weitzman	New York Daily News	2012
6	Budd Wilkins	Slant Magazine	2012