A Serious Man Tops TIFF indieWIRE Poll

Over at indieWIRE, all the votes are in and tallied, and the critics have made their decision. And the verdict is that the best fiction feature at the Toronto International Film Festival was Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man, which will be released by Focus Features on October 2. Out of a packed, highly competitive line-up of films, the Coens

Over at indieWIRE, all the votes are in and tallied, and the critics have made their decision. And the verdict is that the best fiction feature at the Toronto International Film Festival was Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man, which will be released by Focus Features on October 2. Out of a packed, highly competitive line-up of films, the Coens' movie came out on top, and it wasn't even close, as you can see from results:

TIFF ‘09 SURVEY RESULTS:

BEST NARRATIVE FILM:

1. A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (63 points)

2. City of Life and Death, directed by Chuan Lu (20)

3. Up In The Air, directed by Jason Reitman (18)

3. A Prophet, directed by Jacques Audiard (18)

5. Dogtooth, directed by Giorgos Lanthimos (17)

6. Precious, directed by Lee Daniels (16)

7. I Am Love, directed by Luca Guadagnino (11)

7. Hadewijch, directed by Bruno Dumont (11)

7. A Single Man, directed by Tom Ford (11)

7. Lebanon, directed by Samuel Maoz (11)

You can read Peter Knegt's write-up of the poll results over at indieWIRE.