答案:E
解析:
It makes sense to suggest that viewers who felt that a film was "artfully directed" would have "lauded," or praised, it, and that viewers who found that film "inaccessible," or difficult to understand, would have "criticized," or found fault with, it. Furthermore, the sentence indicates that Lazarro's film "polarized viewers," or caused viewers to have opposing reactions to the film, and lauding is the opposite of criticizing.