The Chicago Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Film Critics Association named the film the best of 1999, but although the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association recognized American Beauty, they gave their top awards to other films.

In 2010 the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards gave him a Career Achievement award.

Critics gave the documentary mostly positive reviews.

Critics perceived the show as derivative of All in the Family, then television's most-popular primetime program, although many admitted the writing was top notch and the sexual connotations gave it an extra bit of spice.

In 2010, the Television Critics Association gave Garner its annual Career Achievement Award.

Critics also gave Part III better reviews than Part II, which had been met with mixed reviews.

The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards named Magnolia the Best Film of 1999 and gave Anderson Best Director honors.

Critics gave the series mixed reviews, but it generated positive sales figures.

Critics gave the film mixed reviews.

On Rotten Tomatoes, only 39 percent of critics gave the film a positive review, though Top Critics gave it a s score of 51 percent, and has an Audience Score of 72 percent.

Critics watching it later following the end of the series gave it mixed reviews.

Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 77 % of critics gave the film positive reviews, with a positive 86 % rating from selected " Top Critics ".

Critics believed that Mayo gave a lot of importance to the social side of the study rather than addressing the needs of an organization.

Critics gave Titans an average rating of 84 % according to GameRankings.

Critics gave mixed reviews to the film, with many noting Brooks lacked as many humorous scenes as his earlier works.

Critics, again, gave Soulicious a mixed response, with CDStarts. de calling it " a sterile soul adaption for The Dome stage.

Critics gave very favorable reviews for the DOS and Macintosh versions of Dark Forces, but not for the PlayStation version.

Critics gave it negative reviews for being too pretentious and self-aware.

Critics argued that the tribe gave up its land and all its wealth, then was moved hundreds of miles away and the university was only used for the benefit of white people.

Critics agreed that Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the mixed-blood " Pacer Burton ", a dramatic role.

Critics generally liked the finished building, but the architect himself was unsatisfied.

Critics generally agree that although authoritarianism in Malaysia preceded the administration of Mahathir bin Mohamad, it was he who " carried the process forward substantially "

Critics charge that " rogue state " merely means any state that is generally hostile to the U. S., or even one that opposes the U. S. without necessarily posing a wider threat.

Critics generally applauded the film and the performances of the entire cast, which included actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan.

Critics generally approved of the changes, but Berle's ratings continued to fall and Buick pulled out after two seasons.

Critics have generally received Ender's Game well.

Critics generally praised the overall gameplay.

" Critics also noted its generally asexual treatment of homosexuality: Janet Maslin commented in the New York Times that the film is not one " to associate gayness with actual sex ," while TV Guide quipped that it " finally gets discussion about gay people out of the bedroom and into the record store.

Sweet and Lowdown received generally positive reviews ; it currently holds a 78 % ' fresh ' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus " Critics praise Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown for its charming, light-hearted comedy and quality acting.

) Critics have generally viewed the scene in which Kempe performs as rather flat ( Collier, 97 ) and it is assumed that the scene provided a framework within which Kempe could improvise.

Critics such as Delvin Cree ( Turtle Mountain Chippewa ), a reporter with the The Tribal Independent, wrote in an Opinion piece on Indianz. com that the tribe's practices of high-interest, short-term lending are generally classified as predatory lending.

Critics generally liked the film, which, notes Nora Sayre, " had a flavoring of courage.

Critics generally contend that claimed successes occur in conditions which were going to lead to rain anyway.

Critics, though far from uniformly negative about Selleck's performance, generally compared it unfavorably to that of Jason Robards, Jr., who won awards in the 1960s for playing the character on the stage and in a movie version.

Critics generally praised F-Zero X for its fast gameplay, abundance of courses and vehicles, track design, and maintaining a high framerate.

Critics concerned with corporate hypocrisy and insincerity generally suggest that better governmental and international regulation and enforcement, rather than voluntary measures, are necessary to ensure that companies behave in a socially responsible manner.

Critics and readers are generally unclear what rhetorical effect Chaucer may have intended by ending his cycle in this unlikely, extra-generic fashion.

Critics generally received the record with a lukewarm response, recognizing its accomplishments while noting its lack of consistency and innovation.

Critics have generally given praise to the series for the way supernatural elements are portrayed as well as for the artwork used for the illustrations.

Critics observed that Mackenzie's operatic and choral music was generally ill-served by his librettists: " Much of his best work ... is neglected, partly because unlike his contemporaries, Parry and Stanford, Mackenzie went for the texts of his larger vocal works to such librettists as Joseph Bennett and Hueffer, instead of to the vital things of English poetry and literature.

Critics of the Performa line, including some Mac users, argued that it was generally underpowered relative to higher-end Mac models.

" Critics were generally receptive to the album's more accessible sound.

Critics did generally feel that the acting, musical score and cinematography were all well done, although some felt that DiCaprio played the character too closely to his role in the film The Basketball Diaries.

On one occasion, the Modern Parents and the Critics appeared in the same strip, each pair mistakenly attending the event intended for the other, though the two strips are generally slightly different in tone and style.

" Critics generally agreed that the roll and cover system worked well and that they did not feel overpowered, though some were somewhat frustrated about the fact that the cover mode required a specific spot to be activated.