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- Ebert describes the film as a superior thriller in a genre with many failures. — Bill Simmons
- Roger Ebert awarded four stars. — Chris Ryan
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- Roger Ebert’s score is stated as three stars; three-and-a-half is preferred in disagreement. His review praises inventive cartoon violence and laughs while finding the plot perfunctory. — Bill Simmons
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- Roger Ebert gave the film one and a half stars and strongly criticized the romance. — Bill Simmons
- The quoted review reverses who asks and answers the disfigurement question, a mistake explicitly corrected in the discussion. — Mallory Rubin
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- Roger Ebert gave one and a half stars and objected to Sonny teaching a child antisocial behavior. — Bill Simmons
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- Roger Ebert awarded four stars, praising the film’s sunny humor, intelligence and emotional uplift. — Bill Simmons
- The review laments the film’s limited theaters compared with Bloodline and calls rare films of this quality cinematic miracles. — Bill Simmons
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- The podcast states Roger Ebert’s rating as two and a half stars. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert describes the film as an arcade game for the big screen and says Richard Dawson found the role he was born to play. — Bill Simmons
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- The live audience applauds Ebert’s legacy after the four-star summary. — Bill Simmons
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- The hosts report Ebert awarded four stars — Bill Simmons
- They discuss his praise of the film as accomplished entertainment — Bill Simmons
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- Ebert three out of four stars, praises cheerful hardworking sometimes-funny and not mean; sweet self-deprecating characters all face comeuppance, critical batting-average banter. — Bill Simmons
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- Roger Ebert had died before this film; Matt Zoller Seitz’s review on RogerEbert.com gave three and a half out of four. — Bill Simmons
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- Roger Ebert awarded three stars; no rating scale is spoken. — Mallory Rubin
- Ebert praised the premise’s ability to provoke discussion about fidelity despite calling its construction artificial and manipulative. — Bill Simmons
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- The film is reported to have cost twenty-five million dollars and earned 22.4 million. — Bill Simmons
- Roger Ebert is reported to have given the film three and a half stars. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert's review is summarized as calling the film a father-son heartbreaker rather than a greedy docudrama. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert is reported to have called it Spike Lee's best film since Malcolm X. — Bill Simmons
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