By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

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Ray Bennett
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Tulpan
4 Bright Star
5 Moon
6 Summer Hours
7 Up
8 Star Trek
9 Broken Embraces
10 Avatar
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Michael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Up
4 An Education
5 Everlasting Moments
6 Coraline
7 The Cove
8 Broken Embraces
9 The Hangover
10 Avatar
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Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

1 The White Ribbon
2 Up
3 Precious
4 The Hurt Locker
5 District 9
6 Avatar
7 The Cove
8 In the Loop
9 A Serious Man
10 Up in the Air
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Sheri Linden
The Hollywood Reporter

1 The White Ribbon
2 District 9
3 Police, Adjective
4 Summer Hours
5 Bright Star
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 Big Fan
8 Of Time and the City
9 The Cove
10 Up
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Oklahoma
Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 (500) of Summer
5 Precious
6 A Serious Man
7 Up
8 District 9
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 Avatar
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Sean O’Connell
FilmCritic.com

1 Up
2 (500) Days of Summer
3 Up in the Air
4 This is It
5 District 9
6 A Serious Man
7 Away We Go
8 Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince
9 Star Trek
10 Big Fan
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up
3 Coraline
4 Up in the Air
5 Where the Wild Things Are
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 A Serious Man
8 Big Fan
9 District 9
10 Everlasting Moments
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Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

1 Up in the Air
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Precious
4 I Love You, Man
5 Food, Inc
6 (500) Days of Summer
7 Fantastic Mr. Fox
8 The Girlfriend Experience
9 The Hurt Locker
10 Adventureland
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Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

1 Up
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Waltz with Bashir
4 Of Time and the City
5 The Hurt Locker
6 A Serious Man
7 In the Loop
8 Sugar
9 Me & Orson Welles
10 A Single Man
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Houston Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Star Trek
4 Precious
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Up
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 Avatar
9 Invictus
10 District 9

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