Critical Review Quotes

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.

Criticism is as often a trade as a science, requiring, as it does, more health than wit, more labour than capacity, more practice than genius.

'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming.

Our staff not only received the reports from these agencies, they examined them. They questioned them.

I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.

A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war is over and shoots the wounded.

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected.

Scene by scene, you can't help being impressed by 'Mean Girls;' it's like a group of sketches linked by a theme, with some playing much better than others.

Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science.

With the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth... the critic

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

We compare everything with what is being done in the West. Even the film reviews are written like that. It is sad because we are trying to belittle ourselves.

Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.

If someone had written a review saying, ''Oh, Hello' is stupid,' we would have said, 'Yeah, it is. You're absolutely right.' That people liked it was extremely cool.

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.

The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.

'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because Gruen is not quite prepared for the philosophical implications of her subject, it is not as deeply involving emotionally or as interesting thematically as it could be.

Critics for established venues are vetted by editors; they usually demonstrate a certain objectivity; and they come with known backgrounds and specialized knowledge.

'Singham' was one-and-a-half stars all over, and it was one of the biggest hits of my career. It gave me so much respect. People think if it's not critically acclaimed, you won't get respect. But that's not true. Even if you get one star, your film will do well if the audience wants to see it.