Today, Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), Gene Shalit, Peter Travers (Rolling Stones) and Leonard Maltin are pretty famous (now and for the past few decades). Back in the day (60s, 70s), Pauline Kael was very famous, and there have been a bunch of European film critics who became famous after becoming directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, and others.
One is New York Times. Another is Kirkus Reviews.
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Film critics consider Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" to be the best movie of the decade.
The movie which is judged the most horrifying by most critics is The Exorcist (1973).
Everyone liked the film.
Titanic because its the highest grossing movie of all time.
Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D, released in 2005, was nigh-universally panned by movie critics. The Rotten Tomatoes score for the movie is twenty per cent, averaging out to 4.3 out of 10, with 33% of the audience wanting to see.
Critics criticize things. When you criticize something, you point out flaws, explain what you think of it, say how it could be improved, etc. Everybody criticizes everything to some extent, but there are some professional critics who get paid to do their job. Whenever you see the reviews of a restaurant, these are written by critics. When you see the "New York Times raves- fantastic!" in movie trailers, these things were said by critics.
Movie critics praised Aaliyah's performance in "Romeo Must Die," noting her presence, charisma, and natural acting ability on screen. Critics commended her for her impressive debut as an actress in the film.
J. R. R. Tolkien wrote "The Monsters and the Critics".
Film critics consider Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" to be the best movie of the decade.
The most popular movie critics were Rex Reed and Roger Ebert and also Gene Siskel. Their reviews often made or broke a movie depending on how much they loved a movie.
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Ratings used by cable stations often come from nationally known movie critics. Cable network executives will look at what the best-known syndicated columnists have said about a movie, and assign a number of stars based on the consensus of these famous critics. But in some cases, a cable channel might have its own in-house critic, who watches the movie and assigns it a rating. Generally, though, the stars seem to be taken from the opinions of newspaper, magazine, and internet movie reviewers.
They judge movies & publicize their opinions on them.
James Dean was often compared to Marlon Brando by some movie critics.
To some people, they choose their movies by film critics, but everyone has a genre of film they enjoy the most, which can influence their response to the movie. Most people would look at the movie trailer to decide if they want to watch the movie or not or read the story line written by official movie websites (ex. IMDB). So it really depends on the person.
The movie which is judged the most horrifying by most critics is The Exorcist (1973).
Everyone liked the film.