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Roger Ebert

Also referred to as Ebert, Raj, Rog, Robert Ebert

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Rollerball The Rewatchables
Rollerball

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:36:50Read transcript
  • Vincent Canby's review is described as dismissing the film as frivolous rather than satire. — Bill Simmons
  • Gene Siskel is reported to have awarded two stars and called the film vapid, pretentious, and arrogant. — Bill Simmons
  • Roger Ebert is reported to have awarded three and a half stars, although the panel could not find his review online. — Bill Simmons
  • James Caan is reported to have rated Rollerball eight out of ten while saying the character gave him little to do. — Bill Simmons
Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Rewatchables
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roger Ebert's review

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  • Roger Ebert is reported to have awarded four stars to both the original release and the 1980 revised cut. — Bill Simmons
  • The quoted revised review calls the new version better and asks why Spielberg did not make the original version this good. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert and Siskel are recalled as admiring the film while saying its middle section drags. — Sean Fennessey
  • The panel argues that this pacing complaint now feels minor beside the film's lasting meaning and visual achievement. — Chris Ryan
Before Sunrise The Rewatchables
Before Sunrise

Roger Ebert's review

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  • The podcast explicitly states that Roger Ebert gave Before Sunrise three stars. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert calls the story a nicer, sweeter, gentler version of a scenario that has happened millions of times. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert frames the film as a Generation X love affair whose leads stand outside their generation's insistence on boredom. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert describes Julie Delpy as beautiful, warm, and matter-of-fact. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert says Linklater is interested in ordinary time, people crossing paths, conversation, and uncertain philosophies.
  • Ebert’s age of 53 prompts discussion of whether an older critic would grasp this Gen X romance; it is said to work for older viewers now. — Sean Fennessey
Running Scared The Rewatchables
Running Scared

Roger Ebert's review

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  • The episode states “Roger Ebert, three stars” and says he liked the film. — Bill Simmons
  • The quoted review calls the premise another street-smart buddy-cop story and initially complains the genre is overpopulated. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert nevertheless says Running Scared transcends its dreary roots and becomes fun because of Hines and Crystal. — Bill Simmons
  • The Times critic transcribed as Vincent Camby is described as making a similar point more negatively and steering audiences toward television police shows. — Bill Simmons
The Silence of the Lambs The Rewatchables
The Silence of the Lambs

Roger Ebert's review

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  • Ebert is reported as giving three and a half stars, praising the palpable evil of Hopkins’s first appearance and the film’s suspense and restraint despite flaws. — Bill Simmons
  • Siskel is reported as disliking the film and preferring to see Clarice on another case. — Chris Ryan
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