Critics praised the game's Mode 7 graphics ; in 1992 Nintendo Magazine System described them as superb and the graphics have since been described as among the best ever seen on the SNES.

Although it remains a controversial film, it has been praised by various film historians and critics, and, while not typically considered a horror film, Salò was named the 65th scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006 and is the subject of an article in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural ( 1986 ).

Critics praised System Shock and hailed it as a major innovation in its genre.

Critics later frequently praised both the film's aesthetic quality and its power.

Critics praised Curry's performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Roger Ebert called him " the best thing in the movie, maybe because he seems to be having the most fun.

Critics found the film ’ s plot and characterization unconvincing, but praised its action sequences.

Critics praised the films style and artistic camera movements.

Critics praised the film, which also proved to be a success with audiences.

Critics praised the suspenseful atmosphere in her next film, Escape ( 1940 ), where she played the lover of a Nazi general who helps an American free his mother from a concentration camp.

Critics praised the film's action scenes and stunt work, however they criticized the film's location errors, clichéd script, poor acting and dialogue.

Critics have found it unremarkable, but the Symphony in C of the same year has been warmly praised by later commentators who have made favourable comparisons with Mozart and Schubert.

Critics Bob Porfiero and Alain Silver, in a review and analysis of the film, praised Lupino's use of shooting locations.

Critics praised the film for its delicate handling of sensitive subject matter and attention to detail and dramatic qualities.

Critics praised the film and its " new " director, with The New York Times commenting that the film was " sharply directed by Allen Smithee who has an adroit facility for scanning faces and extracting sharp background detail ," and Roger Ebert commenting, " Director Allen Smithee, a name I'm not familiar with, allows his story to unfold naturally.

Critics praised The Secret of Monkey Island for its humor, audiovisuals, and gameplay.

Critics were at first irritated by the layer of mystification, but most praised the substance, structure, and orchestration of the work.

Critics praised the film not only for its satire of the rollercoaster lifestyles of rock stars but also for its take on the non-fiction film genre.

Critics have praised her meticulous research of settings and events presented in her fiction, as well as the characterizations.

Critics have praised the overall story in Fruits Basket as being intellectual, with even the relatively light-hearted first volume giving hints at something darker in the background that makes the reader " question everything that happens.

Critics generally praised the overall gameplay.

Critics have praised the band for their ability to write infectious hooks and the sincerity of their lyrics, often about growing up and relationships.

Critics mostly praised the film and Edward Norton was given an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Critics noted that Shorter seemed more suited to this album than he had to its predecessor, contributing more ; and the album was praised for its energetic compositions.

Critics worldwide have praised the film for its Expressionist style, complete with wild, distorted set design.

Critics have praised the film's witty dialogue, written by Tedd Pierce, such as Hazel's question to Bugs-in-costume: " Tell me, who undoes your hair?

She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards ( World Film Favorite ), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

Critics and comics dubbed Day " The World's Oldest Virgin ", and audiences began to shy away from her films.

This work won her the National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction in 1991.

Critics, while praising her screen persona, have been less receptive to her films.

The film won glowing reviews for her ; and she won a second Academy Award for Best Actress, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) Award, and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Although Kelly won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best actress for her performances in her three big movie roles of 1954 ( Rear Window, Dial M For Murder, and The Country Girl ), she and Garland both received Golden Globe Awards for their respective performances.

Critics argued that Stein was killed because she was Jewish by birth, rather than for her later Christian faith, and that, in the words of Daniel Polish, it seemed to " carry the tacit message encouraging conversionary activities " because " official discussion of the beatification seemed to make a point of conjoining Stein's Catholic faith with her death with ' fellow Jews ' in Auschwitz ".

Critics suggested that many of her roles were notable for her almost passive intensity in the face of tragedy and despair.

Critics responded positively to Davis's performance and several of her lines became well-known, particularly, " Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.

Critics pointed out that her apology came at a time when a group of New England Veterans had launched a campaign to disrupt a film project she was working on, leading to the charge that her apology was motivated at least partially by self-interest.

Highlights of Redgrave's early film career include her first starring role in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment ( for which she earned an Oscar nomination, a Cannes award, a Golden Globe nomination and a BAFTA Film Award nomination ); her portrayal of a cool London swinger in 1966's Blowup ; her spirited portrayal of dancer Isadora Duncan in Isadora ( for which she won a National Society of Film Critics ' Award for Best Actress, a second Prize for the Best Female Performance at the Cannes Film Festival, along with a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination in 1969 ); and various portrayals of historical figures – ranging from Andromache in The Trojan Women, to Mary, Queen of Scots in the film of the same name.

A year later, Redgrave starred in Evening and the acclaimed Atonement, in which she garnered a Broadcast Film Critics Association award nomination for her performance that only took up seven minutes of screen time.

Critics describe her English as having unusual beauty.

Critics would argue that her influence on art was too restrictive, because she replaced nearly all earlier works of art with revolutionary Maoist works.

Critics argue Napoleon's true legacy must reflect the loss of status for France and needless deaths brought by his rule: historian Victor Davis Hanson writes, " After all, the military record is unquestioned — 17 years of wars, perhaps six million Europeans dead, France bankrupt, her overseas colonies lost.

" The film is a New York Times Critics ' Pick: after seeing it at the Astor Theatre, Bosley Crowther called it a " a warm and beguiling picturization based on Sally Benson's memoirs of her folks.

You've seen these two expert and resourceful players in " Citizen Kane "-" The Magnificent Ambersons " in which Miss Moorehead's performance won her the 1942 Film Critics ' Award.