 According to the critic Léon Moussinac, "There are many inventions, but they count too much for themselves and not enough for the film".Many film historians and critics have ridiculed "L'Inhumaine" as a misguided attempt to celebrate film as art or to reconcile the popular and the élitist.On the other hand, it was precisely the originality and daring of L'Herbier's concept which won the enthusiasm of the film's admirers, such as the architect Adolf Loos