9 | Sam Adams | AV Club | 2011 |
3 | Saul Austerlitz indiewire poll | | 2011 |
4 | Eric Ambler | Screen Invasion | 2011 |
8 | Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine | 2011 |
5 | Joshua Brunsting | Gordon and the Whale | 2011 |
9 | Chris Barsanti | filmcritic.com | 2011 |
7 | Peter Canavese | Palo Alto Online | 2011 |
| Godfrey Cheshire | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| Rob Christopher | Chicagoist | 2011 |
| A.A. Dowd | Time Out Chicago | 2011 |
8 | Steve Dollar | Wall Street Journal | 2011 |
4 | Michael Dunaway | Paste Magazine | 2011 |
| Duane Dudek | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 2011 |
6 | Matt Dentler | indieWIRE | 2011 |
10 | Jeff Deutchman | indieWIRE | 2011 |
2 | Cynthia Fuschs | Pop Matters | 2011 |
8 | William Goss | MSN | 2011 |
1 | Andrea Gronvall | Freelance | 2011 |
| Kevin Gosztola | The Dissenter | 2011 |
3 | Eric Hynes | Reverse Shot | 2011 |
7 | Chris Hewitt | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 2011 |
5 | Eric Henderson | CBS Minnesota | 2011 |
1 | Chris Horton | indieWIRE | 2011 |
9 | Jeremy Heilman | Skandies | 2011 |
5 | Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist | indieWIRE | 2011 |
1 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2011 |
3 | Ben Kenigsberg | Time Out Chicago | 2011 |
2 | Robert Levin | amNew York | 2011 |
| Amy Lee and Gazelle Emami | Huffington Post | 2011 |
2 | Shawn Levy | The Oregonian | 2011 |
4 | Wesley Morris | Boston Globe | 2011 |
3 | Dominick Mayer | Heavemedia.com | 2011 |
9 | Rob Nelson | Variety | 2011 |
7 | Mark Olsen | indiewire poll | 2011 |
| Michelle Orange | Village Voice | 2011 |
2 | Frank Palva | MSN | 2011 |
5 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2011 |
6 | Gerald Perry | Boston Phoenix | 2011 |
5 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | 2011 |
2 | Frank Paiva | MSN | 2011 |
7 | Tasha Robinson | AV Club | 2011 |
4 | James Rocchi | MSN | 2011 |
10 | B. Ruby Rich | UC Santa Cruz | 2011 |
7 | Rene Rodriguez | Miami Herald | 2011 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate Magaine | 2011 |
9 | Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly | 2011 |
3 | Matt Singer | IFC News | 2011 |
| Kenneth Turan | Los Angeles Times | 2011 |
2 | Rob Thomas | Madison.com | 2011 |
5 | Lynn Venhaus | Belleville News Democrat | 2011 |