Wim Kok, the genially consensual prime minister, and his left-of-centre Labour Party did best, topping the poll with 29% of the vote.

ECONOMIST: The Netherlands

The organizing principle of Rian Johnson's " Brick " is genially simple, and clever enough to make you smile before you've seen the movie.

WSJ: 'Ice Age' Is Slick, but Plot Is Perilously Thin

This fantastic weightless comedy (sci-fi without the future or rockets or bad consequences), which was written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze, plays with notions of celebrity worship and gender reversal, but the best thing about it is the genially deadpan style of its most absurd inventions.

NEWYORKER: Being John Malkovich