The Best and Worst Movies of the First Half of 2012

Below, the 10 documentaries and 9 feature films released in L.A. so far this year that earned over 3 stars:

Documentaries: 

• The Invisible War (4)
• The Island President (4)
• Unraveled (4)
• Fightville (3.5)
• Hell and Back Again (3.5)
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi (3.5)
• Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (3.5)
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (3.5)
• Scenes of a Crime (3.5)
• Undefeated (3.5)

Feature Films:

• To Rome With Love (4)
• Your Sister's Sister (4)
• Bernie (3.5)
• A Cat in Paris (3.5)
• The Deep Blue Sea (3.5)
• Footnote (3.5)
• The Forgiveness of Blood (3.5)
• The Kid With a Bike (3.5)
• Sound of My Voice (3.5)

For the sake of completeness, these 10 feature films from the first half of 2012 earned fewer than 1.5 stars:

• Being Flynn (1)
• Bonsai (1)
• Damsels in Distress (1)
• Darling Companion (1)
• The Five-Year Engagement (1)
• 4:44 Last Day on Earth (1)
• The Grey (1)
• Moonrise Kingdom (1)
• The Trouble with Bliss (1)
• The Raid: Redemption (0.5)