John Simon said:

Worst of all is Carrie Fisher, whose Leia is a cosmic Shirley Temple but without the slightest acting ability or vestige prettiness."

I disagree with that statement. Fisher carried her own in the films. No small feat considering that Leia isn't the deepest of characters to start with.

Regarding her vestige prettiness; She was gorgeous in the late 70s (prettiness as adjective) and in Empire they softened the character somewhat, which also added to her prettiness (adverb). He needs to look up the definition of vestige and save it for discussions where it would apply.

[/posting before morning coffee]