The modernist movement in literature was a 'reaction against' traditional literary conventions.
The announcement produced an angry/stunned 'reaction' from most of the people at the meeting.
There has been a 'mixed reaction' [=people have reacted in different ways] to the new policy.
(..) I mean, he was outside that world. They showed their boards a few places.. Each time they had done that, they tended ... ... to have a similar reaction. Faces turned white ... ... or some proposal for a physical camera invention ... ... that'd end with the camera exploding (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited
(..) ... found it confusing. I don't get that at all. Upon reading the script and seeing the conceptuals ... ... at the same time, the immediate reaction is: "There's no chance in hell this movie will be made." There's a whole slew of scenes I see being chopped out. It's just too unlike (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited