He noted that many New York critics had been kind about his performance, but not NFYCC chairman and host of the ceremony, David Edelstein.
The actor-director, who has always polarised critics, has a good chance of landing an Academy Award for Manchester by the Sea next month.
“I like to read reviews,” Affleck prefaced the speech, particularly when they’re “informed without being esoteric, critical without being snarky or personal.”
“Affleck, though likable, doesn’t have a lot of variety and resorts to chewing gum to give his character through-lines.”