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?

Critics charge that such taxes blindly tax those who make legitimate and illegitimate usages of the products ; for instance, a person or corporation using CD-R's for data archival should not have to subsidize the producers of popular music.

Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s.

Though the film won the Critics ' Award at the Berlin Film Festival it never saw popular release due to complications in securing the music rights for the 22 songs on the soundtrack, which included such big names as Dinah Washington, Paul Robeson, Louis Armstrong and Earth, Wind and Fire.

The writing of Green, Peckinpah, and Roy N. Sickner was nominated for a best-screenplay Academy Award ; Jerry Fielding's music was nominated for Best Original Score ; Peckinpah was nominated for an Outstanding Directorial Achievement award by the Directors Guild of America ; and cinematographer Lucien Ballard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography.

Critics and the press were unanimous in their praise for Strauss's music.

" Critics stated that Gaye's music " signified the development of black music from raw rhythm and blues, through sophisticated soul to the political awareness of the 1970s and increased concentration on personal and sexual politics thereafter.

Critics argue that there are recurring themes of music that begin at the beginning of the chapter and continue throughout the rest of the chapter, and also the book.

Critics have cited that their earlier music style which reflected hardcore punk being influential to modern day skate punk and pop punk.

" Critics and fans took notice of the band's left-wing political stance and the unique and original sound of their tight-knit, high-energy music.

Critics and fans alike had panned the album ( although the first single off the album, " Black Nite Crash ", was awarded " single of the week " by weekly music magazine Melody Maker ).

Critics Ian McCaleb and Ira Robbins declared that Fugazi's music combined an " unprecedented dynamic range ... and previously unimagined elements " such as " clattering musique concrète ... piano and sound effects ... murky dub and lancing clarinet " and " loose-limbed jammy funk ... into an ambitious, experimental format that raises more stylistic questions than it answers.

Critics have stated that Dion's involvement in the production aspect of her music is fundamentally lacking, which results in her work being overproduced and impersonal.

Critics praised the music, including its effective melodies and leitmotifs set off by orchestral counterpoint.

" Critics have interpreted the album to be, in part, an homage to the music of The Beatles and John Lennon.

Critics dubbed his musical style " countrypolitan ," due to its fusion of country music and a more sophisticated crooner vocal style.

Critics claim that this is not because Apple is afraid of illegal copies but because it gives them an advantage in their market position as a leader in both electronic music sales ( iTunes ) and in music players ( iPod ), reinforcing each other due to the FairPlay DRM.

Critics would condemn much of this music as overly cerebral.

Knowles has been honored by the American Society of Culture Critics for her contributions to music and fashion.

Robert Christgau ( born April 18, 1942 ) is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed " Dean of American Rock Critics ".

Critics have also noted that classical music programming would be reduced from 12 hours per day to only five hours during day time working office hours.

Critics have suggested that Dead's vibrant tradition of melding folk music and the blues with psychedelic rock in " loose-knit expressions " and extended jamming " further pushed outside the confines of mainstream pop.

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 what some call the tango nuevo style claim that with all the emphasis being on the physics of the dance, that the connection to the music, the feeling, and the traditions of Argentine Tango have been lost to the newer generations of tango dancers.