As the 2012 Sundance Film Festival drew to a close with a flurry of sales, Movieline posed THE question to a panel of critics and bloggers: What was the best film of this year?s festival? While many of Sundance?s high profile offerings came and went with a whimper, a few notable titles rose to the top of Movieline?s poll; fest darling and Grand Jury Prize winner Beasts of the Southern Wild earned wild praise among our pundits, for example, but so too did some of this year?s more controversial entries. Hit the jump to see which top films the critics picked.
The results of Movieline?s Sundance 2012 poll of critics and writers from around the blogosphere (who had the option, alternately, to name their favorite film at Sundance):
THE RESOUNDING FESTIVAL DARLING:
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, dir. Benh Zeitlin (pictured top and below)
Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC)
Assistant Culture Editor, Newsweek/ Daily Beast
?My pick would have to be Benh Zeitlin's wondrous debut, Beasts of the Southern Wild. A visually resplendent fairy tale for post-Katrina America, it's like a cross between Mad Max and The NeverEnding Story, and boasts one of the greatest child performances of all-time by newcomer Quvenzhan� Wallis.?
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Katey Rich (@kateyrich)
Editor in Chief, Cinema Blend
?At this point it's the obvious pick, but it had more imagination and soul and heart than anything else I've seen here, and instead of trying to fit into a certain box of what people might want to buy, it was completely unique-- and got a great distributor anyway.?
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Alex Billington (@firstshowing)
Owner/CEO, First Showing
"The experience I had…
Jennifer Gimenez Jennifer Love Hewitt Jennifer Morrison Jennifer ODell Jennifer Scholle Jennifer Sky Jenny McCarthy Jessica Alba
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