(Please note, as opposed to Kris and Guy, I tend to grade films on a 5-star scale.)
Day two of the festival is always among the busiest because the major studios are here and they want you to see their films. Movies with buzz coming out of Toronto quite often end up in the Oscar race.
“Slumdog Millionaire” exploded out of this festival last year and went all the way to eight Academy Awards. Who would have thought coming in to Toronto that Danny Boyle’s film would rock the fest? So which film will it be this year?
If Venice and Telluride can tell us anything it is that Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air” is winning critics over and should land George Clooney in the Oscar race once again for Best Actor. Kris certainly loved the film when he saw it, and frankly, so did I.
But Clooney will not be alone here in the race for Best Actor. One of his good friends will be right there with him: Matt Damon for his amazing work in “The Informant!.” Today was one of those good days when I bounced from good film to great film back to good film, to great documentary. I may have seen the best of the fest on Friday.
Let’s get into some reactions…