Dave Kehr of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, saying: "Anderson's screenplay provides a steady series of inventive action situations, and the director, Alexander Witt, makes the most of them.
The film received positive reviews, with critics praising the screenplay, the performances, and the dialogues.
Critical reception was mixed, with the acting and the action scenes receiving positive notice, and criticism directed at the screenplay, overuse of characters and style.
"It could have a positive effect, but it all depends on the screenplay," she said.
Fashion garnered generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its direction, screenplay, cinematography, music and performances.
As she shopped the finished screenplay around, she would invariably get a positive reaction on the first call.
Reviews were universally positive, praising both the animation's technical innovation and the screenplay's wit and sophistication, and it is now widely considered by many critics to be one of the best animated films ever made.
Ebert, then a nascent film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, was hired to write the screenplay after giving the director one of his few positive reviews.
The Fault in Our Stars received positive reviews from critics, with Woodley's performance and Neustadter and Weber's screenplay receiving praise.
This was a time when few positive images of black families existed on the screen, so he structured his screenplay in a way that really supported that idea".
