2004 Retrospective: Movies Seen in 2004

Emptiest movies	Tie between Lost in Translation and Troy
Most seductively worldly picture	De-Lovely
Most intriguing mystery	The Village
Movie with the best acting overall	In America
Best individual acting performances	Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland; Reese Witherspoon in Vanity Fair
Most convincing foreign accent by an American actor	Tom Hanks in The Terminal
Best movie that hardly anyone heard of and turned out to be really good	Shall We Dance?
Best animal movie and performance by an animal	Hidalgo in Hidalgo
Most thought-provoking	Super Size Me
Most entertaining picture	Phantom of the Opera
Other worthwhile pictures	Big Fish; Ladder 49; National Treasure; Spiderman II
Most significant picture	The Passion of the Christ – no question