The phrase "criticism appears" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: "Despite the initial positive reception, criticism appears in the later reviews of the film."
That criticism appears to be seeping in.
The criticism appears to have had its effect.
Religious criticism appears to be a red line for almost all Saudis.
His sensitivity to criticism appears to be extreme, his way of responding at once brutal and maladroit.
The tone of the statement may be too aggressive, but at least some of the criticism appears warranted.
His criticism appears regularly in The New York Review of Books, this country's leading journal of mandarin literary opinion.
His collected dramatic criticism appeared as A View of the English Stage in 1818.
Mr. Farber's film criticism appeared in a bewildering variety of publications.
And a new genre of art criticism appeared — the site visit.
His criticism appeared in The Nation, The New York Daily News, The New York Sun and elsewhere.
Most of the issues debated in 20th-century criticism appear to be strictly empirical, even technical, in nature.
