Katharine Hepburn's Oscar-winning performance in The Lion in Winter (in a tie with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl) has been slammed by many of her admirers, including Pauline Kael, who concluded her review saying something like, "...It's self-exploitation, and it's horrible."
Although the movie itself won the Best Film award from the New York Film Critics, several critics temporarily (for less than an hour, as I recall reading) resigned over its selection. I'm a little indifferent about the movie, but not about Hepburn, so Ethan Mordden's appreciation of her in his book Medium Cool: The Movies of the 1960s is very welcome.
Although the movie itself won the Best Film award from the New York Film Critics, several critics temporarily (for less than an hour, as I recall reading) resigned over its selection. I'm a little indifferent about the movie, but not about Hepburn, so Ethan Mordden's appreciation of her in his book Medium Cool: The Movies of the 1960s is very welcome.