Roger Ebert's review
In the discussion (7)
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- Ebert is described as hating the film with unusual intensity and questioning what Macaulay Culkin’s parents were thinking. — Bill Simmons
- The panel argues that Ebert often let moral revulsion toward slashers, juvenile comedy, and mean-spirited films outweigh craft. — Sean Fennessey
- The episode states that Ebert awarded one-half star, described as unprecedented across roughly 440 covered movies. — Bill Simmons
- Siskel is kept distinct: his objections focus on plot logic around Mr. Highway and the absent investigation. — Sean Fennessey
- Ebert asks who would want to see the film and calls it creepy and unpleasant because very young children enact horrible behavior. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert proposes the alternate title Henry: Portrait of a Future Serial Killer. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert calls the cliff climax unconvincing, contrived, meretricious, and manipulative; the panel rejects the severity of that judgment. — Bill Simmons