At the time the movie was released, critics criticized the film's lack of originality.

Despite the film's lack of home video release directly to consumers in the United States, audio from the film — both the musical soundtrack and dialogue — were made widely available to the public from the time of the film's debut up through the late 1970s.

Other general complaints included the film's lack of historical authenticity, the depiction of the antagonists, and some cases of poor acting.

The film's major flaw lies in its lack of real explanation of what, beyond ego, really motivates.

At first, Warner Brothers did not promote Bonnie and Clyde for general release, but instead mounted only limited regional releases that seemed to confirm its misgivings about the film's lack of commercial appeal, despite the fact the film was doing excellent sustained business in select urban theatres.

Following the film's lackluster response in the UK, German distributors did decline to distribute it, but their lack of interest did not technically constitute a ban.

The shot of the exploding house at the end of the Grimaldi sequence was originally to be rotoscoped, but as the film's release date had been moved up from October / November to August 7, 1981, a lack of time prevented this.

Brian Lowry of Variety felt Rura Penthe dragged down the film's pace, and that Meyer paid so much attention to one-liners that there was a lack of tension in the film, a complaint echoed by John Harti of the Seattle Times.

Generally, though, critics praised the film's acting and directing and noted with appreciation the lack of background music once the film proper begins.

In spite of the film's lack of popular acceptance, film historians consider it to be an immensely rich experience — a sweeping historical epic of vast scale, and a powerful testament to Eisenstein's creativity and artistry.

Whilst some critics praise the film's visual performance, use of color and soundtrack, others have criticized it for its lack of sense and puzzling storyline.

While reviewers generally received the film negatively, criticizing the overacting and lack of character development, a smaller number of reviewers praised elements such as the film's stylish Gothic visuals, the " icy English composure " in Kate Beckinsale's performance, and the extensively worked-out vampire – werewolf mythology that serves as the film's backstory.

One reason often cited for the film's lack of performance is that MGM forced Curtis to cut over 35 minutes from his finished film, and gave him only 24 hours to do the job.

Elliott and Priscillas producers Michael Hamlyn and Al Clark, the latter of whom was the husband of Finlay, all agreed to work for $ 50, 000 dollars each, again a relatively low fee for filmmakers at the time, while the lack of funding meant that the crew agreed to receive takings of the film's eventual profits in compensation for their low salaries.

Morten Harket, the lead vocalist of the rock group A-ha ( which performed the film's title song ), was offered a small role as a villain's henchman in the film, but declined, because of lack of time and because he felt they wanted to cast him due to his popularity rather than his acting.

This film's use of portable film and sound gear, with lack of a narration voice-over, would influence later documentaries like D. A.

Troma's popularity waned after the box office failure of Troma's War ; Kaufman attributed the film's lack of success to cuts made to the movie after the MPAA refused to release it with an R-rating in its intended form.

Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, criticizing the film's plot and overall lack of intelligence.

" Frank Rich said the " if ever a project looked doomed, it was this one " ( referring to the " largely plotless " and dated musical upon which it was based, Forman's and Tharp's lack of movie musical experience, the " largely unproven cast " and the film's " grand budget "); in spite of these obstacles, " Hair succeeds at all levels — as lowdown fun, as affecting drama, as exhilarating spectacle and as provocative social observation.

Roger Ebert, in a typical review, noted " Temptress Moon is a hard movie to follow -- so hard, that at some point you may be tempted to abandon the effort and simply enjoy the elegant visuals ..." The New York Times also praised the film's sumptuous production values, but critic Stephen Holden also found the film to lack emotional weight, arguing that Temptress Moon ultimately " has the feel of a chic, kink-ornamented romantic pageant, unfolding at a distance.

One of the film's producers claimed that the film's commercial failure was because of a lack of violence and that Nash's death should have been shown: " There's other gore in the movie, other killings, but this is the main one.

Star Heath Ledger's death in January 2008 cast doubt on the film's future, but the production was salvaged with the addition of new actors playing his character in scenes he did not complete.

Mohyeddin was one of Pakistan's best-known actors, and launched a successful stage career in London after this film's success.

It can also be someone with other special interests in the project, such as the author of the book that the film is based on, or one of the film's key actors who has been instrumental in persuading the studio to do the film.

Ghostbusters became a huge success for Aykroyd as a co-creator, co-writer, and one of the lead actors ; the film's inspiration came from Aykroyd's fascination with parapsychology.

Additional actors included Seán G. Griffin as the Sultan ; Don Darryl Rivera as Iago ; and, playing Omar, Babkak, and Kassim – a trio of characters originally conceived by the film's creators but not used – Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Brian Gonzales, and Brandon O ' Neill.

In total the film's budget for sets and props was only $ 5, 000 over budget, while all actors, including Nissa and Skippy, were paid approximately double their initial salaries.

Though Mackendrick's direction of the actors and his staging of the scenes are at times extraordinary, in recent years critics have praised only the film's dialogue, " courtesy of Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets, a high-toned street vernacular that no real New Yorker has ever spoken but that every real New Yorker wishes he could ", A. O. Scott wrote

Donner said that he had a story he liked and Spielberg behind him, but in 2004 several of the actors from the original revealed that Warner Bros., the film's owner, had shown no interest in a sequel.

For his screen adaptation of the play The Member of the Wedding ( 1952 ), Zinnemann chose the 26-year-old Julie Harris as the film's 12-year-old protagonist, although she had created the role on Broadway just as the two other leading actors, Ethel Waters and Brandon deWilde, had.

The film's two lead actors, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, both received Academy and Golden Globe awards for their performances.

Roger Ebert gave the film three-out-of-four stars, praising both the lead and supporting actors and the film's gritty, kinetic energy.

In the Magic Lantern autobiography Bergman writes of the film's iconic penultimate shot: " The image of the Dance of Death beneath the dark cloud was achieved at hectic speed because most of the actors had finished for the day.

Apart from flashy special effects, the company also works on more subtle effects-such as widening streets, digitally adding more extras to a shot, and inserting the film's actors into preexisting footage-in films including Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Snow Falling on Cedars, Magnolia, and several Woody Allen films.

An article that appeared in The New York Times shortly after filming wrapped in September 1985 focused heavily on the film's large scale, emphasizing the size of the production and selling Labyrinth as a more " accessible " film than The Dark Crystal due to the casting of live actors in its key roles.

Because the film's actors received no mention, Griffith had to make discreet enquiries to learn she was Florence Lawrence and to arrange a meeting.

Pauline Kael had problems with the chemistry between the three lead actors: " Murray is the film's comic mechanism ...

Of the film's cast, two actors had previously appeared in vampire movies: Udo Kier played Count Dracula in Blood for Dracula ( 1974 ) as well appearing in Blade ( 1998 ) as Dragonetti and Cary Elwes played Arthur Holmwood in Bram Stoker's Dracula ( 1992 ).

The main four actors have roles here that display similar dynamics to their roles in A Fish Called Wanda: John Cleese's character is the morally upright straight-man, Jamie Lee Curtis's character starts out morally grey but ends up romantically linked to John Cleese's character, Kevin Kline is the dense antagonist of the film's plot, and Michael Palin's character provides an active supporting role to the main events.

Among the film's several celebrated animation sequences is an extended fight between three actors and seven living skeletons, a considerable advance on the single-skeleton fight scene in Sinbad.

Some of the actors were nervous about singing the lyrics to Mann's " Wise Up " in the film's climactic scene and so Anderson had Moore do it first and she set the pace and everyone else followed.

" He deemed it an eerie coincidence that Big Brother made its debut a year after the film's release, and he also compared the film to the 2003 program The Joe Schmo Show: " Unlike Truman, Matt Gould could see the cameras, but all of the other contestants were paid actors, playing the part of various reality-show stereotypes.

As a result of this film's commercial success, Kramer helped spur on Hollywood to reform its film marketing practices when it was observed that the film was doing excellent business everywhere in the US, including the southern states where it was assumed that films with African American lead actors would never be accepted.

The film's title was suggested by one of the actors Kirron Kher, and was taken from the song " Le Jayenge Le Jayenge " from the 1974 film Chor Machaye Shor.

" John Simon complained as well of cutting that left the film's best actors ( he mentions McEwan and Briers ) with little to do.