Critic Christopher Sharrett argues that since Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( 1960 ) and The Birds ( 1963 ), the American horror film has been defined by the questions it poses " about the fundamental validity of the American civilizing process ", concerns amplified during the 1970s by the " delegitimation of authority in the wake of Vietnam and Watergate ".

Critic Christopher Null wrote of the film, " One of the ' 70s juiciest entries into the horror genre, The Abominable Dr. Phibes is Vincent Price at his campy best, a former doctor and concert organist ( go figure that one out yourself ) who is exacting revenge on the nine doctors he blames for botching his wife's surgery, which ended with her death.

" Critic Christopher Null of AMC's Filmcritic. com claimed that " Meet the Parents is one of the funniest comedies I've seen since Annie Hall ".

Critic Roger Ebert said of his performance that he " seems to have become the latter-day version of Christopher Walken – not all the time, but when you need him, he's your go-to guy for weirdness.

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The Athenaeum reviewer praised Ellis Bell's work for its music and power, and the Critic reviewer recognized " the presence of more genius than it was supposed this utilitarian age had devoted to the loftier exercises of the intellect.

Critic Lloyd Goodrich praised the work as “ one of the most poignant and desolating pieces of realism .” The work is the first of a series of stark rural and urban scenes that uses sharp lines and large shapes, played upon by unusual lighting to capture the lonely mood of his subjects.

Critic Vincent Canby praised the film, calling the film " a devastating collage-film that examines official and unofficial United States attitudes toward the atomic age " and a film that " deserves national attention.

Critic James Agee praised her performance in The Nation:

Art Critic Guillaume Apollinaire praised those works of the exhibition and proclaimed Delaunay as “ an artist who has a monumental vision of the world .”

Critic John G. Palfrey also praised Holmes, referring to him as " a man of genius ... His manner is entirely his own, manly and unaffected ; generally easy and playful, and sinking at times into ' a most humorous sadness '".

" Critic Roger Ebert praised the film as " an original, intelligent thriller, well-directed by Joel Schumacher ," and called the cast " talented young actors, inhabit the shadows with the right mixture of intensity, fear and cockiness.

Critic Vincent Leo praised Penn's performance, noting, " While Oldman gets the accolades for his energetic performance, it is really Penn's inner demons that provides the film with the right amount of conflict, always letting us be aware that fine lines are the difference between life and death, as well as right and wrong, out in the streets of New York.

Critic Mario Mesquita Borges praised it and stated that " he future of rock & roll is surely guaranteed with acts such as American Hi-Fi.

Critic Harold Bloom praised Blood Meridian as one of the best 20th century American novels, describing it as " worthy of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick ," but admitted that he found the book's pervasive violence so distasteful that he had several false starts before reading the book entirely.

" Critic Roger Ebert listed the film among his category of " Great Movies "; he praised the film's supporting actors.

Critic Taran Adarsh described the subject matter as a delicate one which could have easily been disastrous and praised the way in which director Karan's boldly constructed the film, citing it has his finest work to date.

Critic Ziya Us Salam praised Akhtar's direction and commented for The Hindu: " In his maiden venture, Javed Akhtar's son shows enough glimpses of his pedigree to indicate that promise will attain fulfilment sooner than later.

Critic Tony Stewart praised the episodes in which Steve discovered that Lloyd and Liz were having a fling, calling it " pure comedy gold, full of wicked laugh-out-loud one-liners ..." Ian Wylie has been very impressed with Simon Gregson's performance as Steve saying, " his on screen performance remains as fresh as the day he started ".

Critic John Metzger of The Music Box praised the album, saying that " the group's songs combine the melodic pop of The Beatles with the heavy-handed thunder of The Who and the tight-knit harmonic luster of The Byrds ".

Critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film was the greatest adaptation of the novel and remarked on Dunst's performance, " The perfect contrast to take-charge Jo comes from Kirsten Dunst's scene-stealing Amy, whose vanity and twinkling mischief make so much more sense coming from an 11-year-old vixen than they did from grown-up Joan Bennett in 1933.

Critic Pauline Kael warmly embraced Topol's performance, and he has appeared in several stage revivals of the show.

Critic David Shipman thought Novak's performance " little more than competent ", while David Thomson described it as " one of the major female performances in the cinema ".

Critic Jitesh Pillai analyzed, " Ultimately your heart leaps out to the magical Shah Rukh Khan, who unarguably gives his career's finest performance.

Critic David Shipman said his personal notices for his performance in The Secretary Bird ( 1968 ) " must be among the best accorded any light comedian during this century ".

Critic Stephanie Zacharek wrote in her review " Rising star Samantha Morton shines in this charming, finely crafted film from Woody Allen " and that " Her performance is like nothing I ’ ve seen in recent years.

Critic Ned Raggett describes Over the Edge as " the longest-running block of free-form radio in the history of radio ... essentially live performance art.

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Critic Taran Adarsh wrote of his performance in the film, " he's sure to win the hearts of millions of moviegoers with a terrific portrayal in this film.

Critic, Taran Adarsh wrote, " Raveena Tandon delivers a bravura performance.

Critic Roger Ebert gave the movie three stars out of four, saying " Gibson gives an interesting performance, showing a man trying to think his way out of a crisis, and Sinise makes a good foil: Here are two smart men playing a game with deadly stakes.

Critic / novelist Jonathan Barnes writes of encountering the story as a child and finding it " one of the richest and most singular investigations of Holmes ’ s long career – an opinion which I have had no reason to change ... Revisited in adulthood, the story reveals itself as a sour parable about the endurance of lust, a lurid treatment of the question that is put to Falstaff as Doll Tearsheet fidgets on his knee: ' is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance ?'.

Critic Dennis Schwartz liked the film and acting in the drama and wrote, " A schematic film noir by Nicholas Ray ( They Live by Night ) that overcomes its artificial contrivances to become a touching psychological drama about despair and loneliness -- one of the best of this sort in the history of film noir ... Robert Ryan's fierce performance is superb, as he's able to convincingly assure us he has a real spiritual awakening ; while Lupino's gentle character acts to humanize the crime fighter, who has walked on the " dangerous ground " of the city and has never realized before that there could be any other kind of turf until meeting someone as profound and tolerant as Mary.

Critic Dennis Schwartz wrote, " The unwell Bogie's last film is not a knockout, but his hard-hitting performance is terrific as a has-been sports journalist out of desperation taking a job as a publicist for a fight fixer in order to get a bank account ... The social conscience film is realistic, but fails to be shocking or for that matter convincing.

Critic and author Vijay Nair described her performance as " a masterful interpretation of the modern Draupadi ".

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* Christopher Null, American film critic

Christopher Null of Filmcritic. com said, " In our collective consciousness, Leatherface and his chainsaw have become as iconic as Freddy and his razors or Jason and his hockey mask.

Christopher Null believes, " the send-up of Mussolini-types doesn't quite pan out.

" Christopher Null gave the film four stars out of five, and wrote, " They don't make ' em like this anymore ...

" Christopher Null felt that " Larroquette an unfortunate casting choice.

Christopher Null of FilmCritic gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, stating that " Bynes has made far better films ".

Christopher Null at MovieCritic. com referred to the film as a " lackluster sequel " with " little of the same charm " as A Christmas Story, and " not funny, really.

Christopher Null of Filmcritic. com called the film " great fun ".

Christopher Null, writing for Filmcritic. com, writes, " today it comes across as a bit goody-goody, pandering to the FBI, pedantic, and not noirish at all.

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Some critics such as Christopher Null claimed that Hathaway's performance proved " without a doubt that she has been underutilized as an actress for far too long ,"

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