For references and comparisons.

Metacritic
The Hurt Locker - 94, 17 100s
Up - 88, 19 100s
An Education - 85, 7 100s
Star Trek - 83, 6 100s
Up in the Air - 83, 11 100s
Bright Star - 81, 4 100s
District 9 - 80, 7 100s
A Serious Man - 79, 11 100s
Precious - 79, 8 100s
(500) Days of Summer - 76, 5 100s
The Messenger - 75, 0 100s
The Last Station - 74, 1 100s
A Single Man - 72, 0 100s
Invictus - 71, 0 100s
Inglourious Basterds - 69, 5 100s
The Blind Side - 53, 0 100s
The Lovely Bone - 45, 0 100s

RottenTomatoes
Up - 98%, 242 Fresh/6 Rotten (8.6/10)
The Hurt Locker - 98%, 163 Fresh/3 Rotten (8.4/10)
Star Trek - 95%, 260 Fresh/15 Rotten (8.1/10)
An Education - 94%, 145 Fresh/9 Rotten (7.9/10)
Crazy Heart - 92%, 12 Fresh, 1 Rotten (7.3/10)
Precious - 91%, 129 Fresh/13 Rotten (7.8/10)
Up in the Air - 90%, 103 Fresh/12 Rotten (8.0/10)
District 9 - 90%, 209 Fresh/23 Rotten (7.8/10)
The Messenger - 90%, 64 Fresh/7 Rotten (7.4/10)
Inglourious Basterds - 88%, 220 Fresh/30 Rotten (7.6/10)
500 Days Of Summer - 87%, 161 Fresh, 24 Rotten (7.6/10)
A Serious Man - 87%, 139 Fresh, 21 Rotten (7.8/10)
Bright Star - 83%, 105 Fresh/21 Rotten (7.2/10)
Invictus - 82%, 27 Fresh/6 Rotten (6.7/10)
A Single Man - 76%, 16 Fresh/5 Rotten (6.8/10)
The Blind Side - 71%, 89 Fresh/37 Rotten (6.2/10)
The Last Station - 70%, 14 Fresh/6 Rotten (6.6/10)
The Lovely Bones - 51%, 20 Fresh/19 Rotten (5.5/10)
Nine - 40%, 4 Fresh/6 Rotten (4.8/10)

BFCA
Up - 100
Up in the Air - 97
An Education - 95
The Hurt Locker - 93
Star Trek - 93
(500) Days of Summer - 92
Inglourious Basterds - 91
Precious - 89
District 9 - 87
Crazy Heart - 85
A Serious Man - 86
The Blind Side - 85
The Messenger - 85
Invictus - 82
The Last Station - 82
Nine - 78
Bright Star - 77
The Lovely Bones - 77
A Single Man - 75

Will continue to update as more reviews for December films are coming in.

Nice lists, wow didn't know Star Trek is so high up on all the lists. Maybe its nomination potential isn't as unrealistic as thought? Though Avatar could possibly steal its thunder.