Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a work.
The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . Bad Robot Productions ( more commonly known as Bad Robot ) is an American film and television production company owned by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk . Star Wars: The Force Awakens . The film received positive reviews , with its ensemble cast , direction , musical score , visual effects , and action sequences receiving particular praise , though it received some criticism for being derivative of the original trilogy .