--- title: Brie Larson Calls for More Diversity in Film Criticism description: Oscar winner Brie Larson made an impassioned call for more diversity in the industry, including film criticism. canonical: https://time.com/5312618/brie-larson-women-in-film/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-14T17:33:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:25.077Z og:title: Brie Larson Calls for Diversity in Movie Reviews in Speech og:description: "Reviews matter." og:url: https://time.com/5312618/brie-larson-women-in-film/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt625707bf17ab6f9e/6989331dbc6cfc38173e638f/brie-larson-wants-diversity-in-film-critics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Women In Film 2018 Crystal + Lucy Awards Presented By Max Mara And Lancôme - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brie Larson Calls for Diversity in Movie Reviews in Speech twitter:description: "Reviews matter." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt625707bf17ab6f9e/6989331dbc6cfc38173e638f/brie-larson-wants-diversity-in-film-critics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Reviews Matter.' 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(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JUNE 13: Brie Larson attends the Women In Film 2018 Crystal + Lucy Awards presented by Max Mara, Lancôme and Lexus at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 13, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 14, 2018 5:33 PM UTC [Brie Larson](http://time.com/4239723/oscars-2016-brie-larson-best-actress/) made a call for [inclusivity in the film industry](http://time.com/4543087/movies-awards-season-diversity-inclusion/), particularly when it comes to film criticism. The Oscar award-winning actress advocated for more diversity during a speech given at Wednesday night’s Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in Los Angeles by citing data from [USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative](https://apnews.com/3636fdc9aa484e9fafa51cb481f0fe2e). According to the study, in 2017, only 2.5% of top critics were women of color, while 80% of film critics who reviewed the year’s top box-office movies were male. To highlight her point, Larson referenced _A Wrinkle in Time_‘s critical reception. “I don’t need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn’t work about [_A Wrinkle in Time_](http://time.com/wrinkle-in-time/),” Larson said. “It wasn’t made for him! I want to know what it meant to women of color, biracial women, to teen women of color.” Larson elaborated on this point, saying that it wasn’t about excluding white men, but including those who have historically been marginalized. “Am I saying I hate white dudes? No, I am not. What I am saying is if you make a movie that is a love letter to women of color, there is an insanely low chance a woman of color will have a chance to see your movie, and review your movie.” Larson, [a vocal advocate of the Time’s Up initiative](https://twitter.com/brielarson/status/947862815288602624?lang=en) to end marginalization and inequality in the workplace, followed up by stressing the power that a good review can have on not only someone’s career, but the kind of art that an be made. “It really sucks that reviews matter – but reviews matter,” she said. “Good reviews out of festivals give small, independent films a fighting chance to be bought and seen. Good reviews help films gross money, good reviews slingshot films into awards contenders. A good review can change your life. It changed mine.” > [](https://twitter.com/therebeccasun/status/1007131380881416192) Larson’s call for inclusivity earned her a co-sign from _Wrinkle in Time_ director Ava DuVernay. > [](https://twitter.com/ava/status/1007257338896453632) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5312618/brie-larson-women-in-film/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5312618/brie-larson-women-in-film/"},"headline":"'Reviews Matter.' 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