Roger Ebert's review
Roger Ebert’s review is discussed: 4 stars
In the discussion (2)
- The hosts report Ebert awarded four stars
- They discuss his praise of the film as accomplished entertainment
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The Rewatchables episode
aired February 6, 2024Casting What-Ifs
Nolte, Baldwin, Hackman, Voight and Richard Jordan
In the discussion (5)
- Walter Hill’s proposed Nick Nolte version
- Alec Baldwin described as an early choice
- Gene Hackman and Jon Voight considered for Gerard
- Richard Jordan’s illness and replacement
- Reshooting the party scene and Ford’s beard differences
Recasting Couch
Ewan McGregor, Jake Gyllenhaal and others
In the discussion (7)
- Ewan McGregor in a London version
- Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Reynolds proposed, with objections
- Scarlett Johansson proposed
- Timothée Chalamet as a young prodigy is joked about
- Jake Gyllenhaal receives support
- Chris Rock as a 1993 marshal sidekick
- Pre-Taken Liam Neeson as Nichols
What Would Tony Romo’s Director’s Commentary for This Movie Sound Like?
Tony Romo narrating the dam escape
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (3)
- Introduced as a new category
- Chris performs Romo-style narration of the tunnel and dam
- A Philadelphia example is a tangent, not a second Fugitive outcome
Half-Assed Internet Research
Ford’s injury, the real train crash and Chicago filming
In the discussion (6)
- Ford’s injured knee and incorporated limp
- Six screenwriters and 25 drafts reported
- A real train crash with a single practical attempt
- North Carolina railroad location
- Chicago locations and the actual 1993 parade
- Cold conditions during parade filming
Producer review
Craig Horlbeck calls it the number-one dad movie
In the discussion (2)
- Craig says he loves the movie and calls it the number-one dad movie — Craig Horlbeck
- He imagines appreciating it even more as a father — Craig Horlbeck
Picking Nits
Disguise, defense attorney and conspiracy logic
In the discussion (18)
- Craig questions Sykes’s security role and corporate fishing trips
- Chris questions Kimble’s minimal disguise
- Stolen clothes fitting Kimble is debated
- Mallory questions the fundraiser’s swimsuit show
- Kimble fails to request counsel promptly
- Craig questions water falling on the gun
- Nichols’s conference patter is missing
- Mallory challenges the defense’s handling of Helen’s call and circumstantial evidence
- Shaving a large beard with a disposable razor
- Craig questions Kimble’s janitor performance
- Gerard’s shooting choices in the courthouse
- Nichols’s incriminating photos
- A rollerblading nurse
- Instant train-audio identification
- Mallory corrects the earlier podcast’s too-handsome Jon Hamm objection
- Craig asks why Kimble does not take the evidence straight to Gerard
- Kimble helping patients is defended
- Cosmo’s implausibly minor head wound
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Escape plan, Kimble’s fame, the cat and alternate futures
In the discussion (12)
- Effectiveness of the fake seizure escape
- Craig asks how famous Kimble would become
- How much cash Nichols gives Kimble
- Mallory asks what happened to the Kimble family cat
- Gerard as an NFL coach
- Craig asks why the river cannot be dyed blue
- A shared Chicago movie universe
- Whether faster emergency dispatch could have saved Helen
- The logic of the incriminating call
- Kimble and the woman who offers him a ride
- A twist making Kimble guilty after all
- How quickly Sykes would be caught through social media
Best Double Feature
The Package / Under Siege / Presumed Innocent / Enemy of the State
In the discussion (4)
- The Package
- Under Siege
- Presumed Innocent is suggested
- Enemy of the State