17 Movie Quotes about Criticism (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Dec 23, 2025

Memorable quotes about criticism, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 Try not to be so negative all the time. Why don't you offer some constructive criticism?

Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blue in The Blues Brothers (1980)

12 Look, I hate women who criticize men. Who do you think you are?

Quote from The Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)

13 Well, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik, because I know exactly what I'd find. Instead of a heart, a handbag. Instead of a soul, a suitcase. And instead of an intellect a cigarette lighter which doesn't work.

Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

14 Sir? Thank you for that constructive criticism. It's a privilege to take comedy notes from a man of your stature.

Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer in Good Morning, Vietnam

15 Not exactly what I'd call constructive criticism.

Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher in The Waterboy (1998)

16 We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read.

Patton Oswalt as Remy The Rat in Ratatouille

17 Oh, shush. Why do you have to judge every word I say?

Nigel Hawthorne as Fflewddur Fflam in The Black Cauldron