Dreadfully dull, muddled and chaotic, with colorless and underdeveloped characters.

Reviewers felt part of the failings laid with the underdeveloped characters despite them being slightly different from usual anime stock characters.

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times felt McAdams "makes the most of her underdeveloped character" and "grows more appealing with every new role".

GINGER'S underdeveloped character is perhaps a casualty of the book's unusual method of narration, a detail that got lost amid the busy mechanics of montage.

But Stephanie Friedman and Sara Ganz were weak in a way that went beyond their underdeveloped characters.

While the series has amassed a large young-adult following, professional criticism of the book surrounded underdeveloped characters and the author's use of "crass" plot lines.

Unfortunately, Nightbreed probably will be remembered as much for its haphazard plotting and underdeveloped characters as its delightfully daring concept".

Kaz (Calvin Levels), the screenplay's most underdeveloped character, is a well-educated black man choking back his anger.

Toho Kingdom said the film is "far from terrible" and "an underrated movie" but felt it suffered from an "overly complicated story," "underdeveloped characters," and "forgettable" music.

It was "underdeveloped characters", according to the critic, that brought about its failure both in recital sessions and on stage.