Lifeless, uninspired, and crammed with enough hints of intellectual consistency to give the socially conscious critical establishment shivers of excitement. (rottentomatoes.com)
But what this story reminded me of is all the strong female Oscar worthy performances that don't ever make it onto the Oscar radar screen because they don't have wide enough distribution or get killed by the mostly male critical establishment. (incontention.com)
Until recent years, both Curry and Spencer, along with other traditional artists of their time, were dismissed by the art critical establishment precisely because they failed to embrace the new. (chron.com)