Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers really likes the movies. Even movies he doesn’t like so much, he always has something enthusiastic to say, so much so that Hollywood studios just love going to the man for pull quotes to use in their marketing campaigns. As eFilmCritic exhaustively breaks down, Travers has a handful of choice adjectives and phrases he likes to recycle year in and year out, and for some movies, the quotes attributed to him aren’t even found in his print reviews. All told, advertising for 60 movies this year featured quotes from Travers — more than double of any other critic. But his job title is still Film Critic, and as such, he’s dropped his top ten movies of the year, and we’ll give the man his due: it’s a pretty decent list.
Granted, you’re not going to find any foreign films on here, or little tiny indies you haven’t heard about since Sundance, but Travers does get some cred for putting "Under The Skin" on his list. And as he points out, Christopher Nolan‘s "Interstellar" is the only "epic" that cracked the ten, while prestige flicks dominate with "Boyhood," "Foxcatcher," "Selma," and "Unbroken" filling things out, and the pulpy "Gone Girl" and whimsical "The Grand Budapest Hotel" also finding slots.
So check out his full top ten below. What will 2015 bring from Travers? Probably more quotes.
Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers’ Top 10 Films Of 2014
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Foxcatcher
4. Selma
5. Gone Girl
6. Whiplash
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Unbroken
9. Under The Skin
10. Interstellar
Seriously, what\’s up with all these American choices? It\’s so weird for a film critic that surely has seen plenty of films this year to have a selection this narrow. What about Ida? This is so generic and bland, like an Oscar best picture prediction list.
I agree with all the comments.
And, why to post a list of someone else top movies?
So american…!
typically generic list full of some undeserving films up there, like Unbroken and Interstellar. Really? Out of all the great films this year, those two made to the list. yea, i guess anyone can make a top 10 list and slap a recognizable or reputable name on it and call it a list worth looking at.
Travers released his top 10 list WEEKS ago. So…way to keep up, I guess?
I never get these articles. There\’s no meat to them. I\’d like to know the reasons why he picked these movies, not just that he \’did\’. I supposed I could put up my top ten list too. This guy puts his name on so many movie reviews, it really doesn\’t mean anything to me anymore.