3 | James Absolon | The Yorker | 2010 |
| Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian | 2010 |
10 | Robert Beames | Obsessed With Film.com | 2010 |
1 | Phillip French | The Observer | 2010 |
3 | Laurent Kelly | Obsessed With Film | 2010 |
9 | Paul Martin | indiemoviesonline.com | 2010 |
6 | Richard Mowe | Box Office Magazine | 2010 |
5 | Jamie Steiner | On The Box | 2010 |
7 | Telegrama | | 2010 |
13 | John M. Urbancich | Cleveland Sun News | 2010 |
4 | Saul Austerlitz indiewire poll | | 2011 |
8 | Amy Biancolli | Houston Chroicle | 2011 |
4 | Chris Barsanti | filmcritic.com | 2011 |
| Godfrey Cheshire | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| Mahola Dargis | New York Times | 2011 |
8 | David Elliot | San Diego Reader | 2011 |
4 | Jon Frosch | France 24 | 2011 |
| David Fellerath | Indy Week | 2011 |
9 | Clementine Gallot | Cashiers du Cinema | 2011 |
| Alison Gang | Sign On San Diego | 2011 |
1 | Steven Greydanus | National Catholic Register | 2011 |
1 | Jordan Hoffman | JordanHoffman.com | 2011 |
2 | Stephen Holden | New York Times | 2011 |
8 | Christoph Huber | Die Presse | 2011 |
| Carol Hemphill | West End World | 2011 |
2 | Mark Jenkins | NPR | 2011 |
1 | J.R. Jones | Chicago Reader | 2011 |
10 | Danny Kasman | MUBI | 2011 |
8 | Joe Morgenstern | Wall Street Journal | 2011 |
| Leonard Maltin | Huffington Post | 2011 |
7 | Scott Marks | San Diego Reader | 2011 |
2 | Jeff McCloud | Skandies | 2011 |
1 | Victor Morton | Skandies | 2011 |
4 | Michael Nordine | Hammer to Nail | 2011 |
3 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2011 |
6 | Gerald Peary | Boston Phoenix | 2011 |
| Carrie Rickey | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011 |
2 | Peter Rainer | The Christian Science Monitor | 2011 |
| Steven Rea | Philladelphia Inquirer | 2011 |
2 | David Sterritt | Tikkun | 2011 |
3 | Peter Simek | FrontRow | 2011 |
| David Stratton | The Austrailian | 2011 |
| Doug Strassler | New York Press | 2011 |
| Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2011 |
8 | John Thomason | Boca Magazine | 2011 |
4 | Bill Weber | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
| Washington Post | | 2011 |
| Anders Wright | San Diego City Beat | 2011 |