Best and worst movies of 2009

It has been my pleasure over the past year to serve as the discerning eyes and ears at the movies for our faithful readers. Having finished my seventh year at this post, I now have the dubious distinction and prioritizing challenge of selecting my favorite motion pictures of 2009 as well as those I disliked the most. I have added secondary lists of very good films deserving honorable mention and stinkers to stay clear of that just missed the cut. This exercise is limited to movies that were released in the metropolitan area during the calendar year.

 TOP 10 FLICK PICKS                     

Invictus            

Departures    

Gran Torino

It’s Complicated

The Princess and the Frog

Defiance

Every Little Step

Up in the Air

Up

An Education

Honorable Mention: (500) Days of Summer, American Violet, Red Cliff, Coco Before Chanel, The Cove, Food Inc., A Secret, The Class, Duplicity, Drag Me to Hell, The Hurt Locker, Seraphine, Capitalism: A Love Story, and In Search of Beethoven.

BOTTOM 10 FLICK PICKS    

District 9

Super Capers

Sherlock Holmes

New in Town

All About Steve

The Pink Panther 2

Obsessed

Couples Retreat 

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Dishonorable Mention: Did You Hear About the Morgans, The Merry Gentleman, Angels & Demons, The Girlfriend Experience, Gomorrah, Hunger, Coraline, What Just Happened, 17 Again, The Soloist, The Baker, Goodbye Solo, Is Anybody There, Private Lives of Pippa Lee, A Christmas Carol, Funny People, Management, Amelia, Fame, I Love You Beth Cooper, and Lorna’s Silence.

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