In her review for the New York Times, Janet Maslin praised, " Mr. Campbell's manly, mock-heroic posturing is perfectly in keeping with the director's droll outlook ".

Referring to his 1991 film releases, The New York Times ’ critic, Janet Maslin, praised Reeves ’ versatility, saying that he “ displays considerable discipline and range.

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.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times said: " Generations is predictably flabby and impenetrable in places, but it has enough pomp, spectacle and high-tech small talk to keep the franchise afloat.

Janet Maslin praised Bridges ' performance in her review for The New York Times: " Mr. Bridges finds a role so right for him that he seems never to have been anywhere else.

" The New York Times ' Janet Maslin wrote, " The Professional is much too sentimental to sound shockingly amoral in the least.

In her New York Times review Janet Maslin wrote, Natalie Portman got film's " archest dialogue ", and called her " a budding knockout, and scene-stealingly good even in an overly showy role.

Janet Maslin wrote a strongly positive review in the New York Times, describing the film as " a delightful and witty compendium of the film maker's favorite things.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that film was " the best and funniest Clint Eastwood movie in quite a while ", and praised Eastwood's directing and the way he intricately juxtaposes the old West and the new.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film marked the highest point of Eastwood's directing career, and the film has since been cited as one of his most underrated directorial achievements.

The film received a mixed reception, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times writing, " his direction is galvanized by a sense of second chances and tragic misunderstandings, and by contrasting a larger sense of justice with the peculiar minutiae of crime.

Janet Maslin in The New York Times said Spacey was at his " wittiest and most agile " to date, and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times singled Spacey out for successfully portraying a man who " does reckless and foolish things who doesn't deceive himself ".

Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it " as breezily escapist as a film this facile can be " and added, " Ms. MacDowell ... has a lovely, demure ease that makes George's appreciative gaze quite understandable.

In her review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin called the film a " romantic comedy with barely a laugh or a spark, and with a pace that makes it feel longer than Mr. Kasdan's previous work, Wyatt Earp.

New York Times critic Janet Maslin praised DiCaprio's performance, writing " the film's real show-stopping turn comes from Mr. DiCaprio, who makes Arnie's many tics so startling and vivid that at first he is difficult to watch.

Janet Maslin, in a review of an Addams biography for The New York Times, wrote, " Addams's persona sounds cooked up for the benefit of feature writers ... was at least partly a character contrived for the public eye ," noting that one outré publicity photo showed the humorist wearing a suit of armor at home, " but the shelves behind him hold books about painting and antiques, as well as a novel by John Updike.

Janet Maslin of the New York Times called it Almodóvar's " best film by far ," noting he " presents this womanly melodrama with an empathy to recall George Cukor's and an eye-dampening intensity to out-Sirk Douglas Sirk.

Sixty years later, Janet Maslin called it " one of the most haunting of all war films " and an " oasis of subtlety, moral intelligence and deep emotion on the cinematic landscape "; according to Maslin:

In August 1999, Rialto Pictures re-released the film in the United States, based on the Cinematheque negative found in Toulouse ; after watching the new print at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, Janet Maslin called it " beautifully refurbished " and " especially lucid.

As noted by the New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin " Yes, there are enough spilled guts and severed limbs to satisfy the bloodthirstiest fan.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote negatively of the film and stated that the beginning of the movie " is the only part of the film that is remotely engaging.

Although Janet Maslin of The New York Times admitted the film's plot was " demented ", she wrote that the film " has done a great deal to ensure the series ' longevity.

" Janet Maslin of The New York Times also gave a positive review.

In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, " Mr. Hopper finds nice new ways to convey crazy menace with each new role.

According to Janet Malcolm's Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, Stein was a lifelong Republican and vocal critic of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal.

However, by the time he starred in Houdini ( 1953 ) with his wife Janet Leigh, " his first clear success ," notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely.

" New York Times critic Janet Maslin praised the performances but said that " it drifts gradually toward climactic events that seem convenient and contrived.

New York Times film critic, Janet Maslin, thought the film was rather simple, and wrote, " Stiffly playing a filmmaker with a growing passion for the tango, Potter makes this a handsome, dryly meticulous film with no real fire anywhere beyond its supple dance scenes.

Janet Gertrude " Nettie " Palmer ( née Higgins ) ( 18 August 1885 – 19 October 1964 ) was a poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic.

Chayefsky later withdrew his name from the project ; film critic Janet Maslin, in her review of the film, thought it " easy to guess why ":

New York Times critic Janet Maslin wrote a favorable review, saying that David Bowie ' plays a born leader in Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and he plays him like a born film star.

New York Times film critic Janet Maslin praised DiCaprio's performance, writing " the film's real show-stopping turn comes from Mr. DiCaprio, who makes Arnie's many tics so startling and vivid that at first he is difficult to watch ....

In 1935 he married Janet Adam Smith, critic and anthologist, and fellow mountaineer ; they lived in Fern Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne where they were visited by W. H. Auden in September 1937.

New York Times film critic Janet Maslin wrote, " Andrew Bergman has written one of those rare comedy scripts that escalates steadily and hilariously, without faltering or even having to strain for an ending.

With its headline position in the New York Film Festival, The New York Times critic Janet Maslin opened her review that despite the cliched genre of the " gangster film ," Shanghai Triad nevertheless " movingly affirms the magnitude of Yimou's storytelling power.

The writer Janet Belle Smith, wife of Clark Stockwell II, spends a summer at Illyria, an artist ’ s colony, along with assorted poets, artists, musicians, and the critic Leonard Zimmern.

Janet Maslin, film critic for The New York Times, wrote, " Mr. Joanou attempts to capture the sense of place that defines urban crime, and the ethnic and territorial distinctions that give it shape.

More recently, New York Times film critic Janet Maslin reviewed the film, and wrote, " Killer's Kiss brought the director onto more conventional territory, with a film noir plot about a boxer, a gangster and a dance hall girl.

The New York Times critic Janet Maslin wrote that High Heels has no real mirth and not even enough energy to keep it lively.

The New York Times critic Janet Maslin felt the film lacked any real plot, failed in its attempt at satire, should have included Myron's only mentioned son and " mostly wasted " Hartman, while Levant's direction was " listless ".

In this role, critic Janet Maslin called him a " large and amusingly sullen teen-ager " in the role.

" Hard Rain ... seemed to come at a time when the Rolling Thunder Revue, so joyful and electrifying in its first performances, had just plain run out of steam ," wrote Janet Maslin, then a music critic for Rolling Stone.

" Music critic Nelson George noted that while surpassing Michael would be next to impossible, Janet had assuredly reached iconic status.

It was characterized in the year of its release by The New York Times film critic Janet Maslin as being "... fast-paced, lurid, exploitative and loaded with malevolent energy.

" The Rolling Thunder Revue, so joyful and electrifying in its first performances, had just plain run out of steam ," wrote music critic Janet Maslin for Rolling Stone.

* Janet Malcolm, essayist, journalist, and critic.