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Roger Ebert

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

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Unfaithful The Rewatchables
Unfaithful

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:35:04Read transcript
  • Before the categories, the film is said to have had a $50 million budget and made $119 million worldwide. — Bill Simmons
  • Roger Ebert gave it three stars, quoted as praising the film for contemplating two reasonably sane adults in an almost insoluble dilemma instead of pumping up the plot with recycled manufactured thrills. — Bill Simmons
The Last of the Mohicans The Rewatchables
The Last of the Mohicans

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:24:29Read transcript
  • Roger Ebert gave the movie three stars. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert's review is quoted: not as authentic and uncompromised as it claims, more of a 'metinade' (as transcribed; likely matinee) fantasy than it wants to admit, but probably more entertaining as a result. — Bill Simmons
  • The rating is repeated as three stars; the host thought Ebert would have gone three and a half and jokes that he disliked his seat that day. — Bill Simmons
The Sandlot The Rewatchables
The Sandlot

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:19:36Read transcript
  • Roger Ebert gave the film three stars and compared it to a summertime version of A Christmas Story. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert recounted a Benny the Jet play and wrote that the movie had seduced him with its memories of what really matters when you are 12. — Bill Simmons
  • The review is praised for lines about lust balanced by terrors, sharper memories, brighter colors, and a life changed forever in a sunny afternoon.
Boomerang The Rewatchables
Boomerang

Roger Ebert's review

3 stars (scale not stated)
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Approx. transcript time · 00:36:52Read transcript
  • The episode states “Roger Ebert, our guy, three stars.” — Bill Simmons
  • The quoted review calls the film evidence that Eddie Murphy was back on track. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert is quoted praising a kinder, gentler and funnier Murphy who can build a character while landing small and large laughs. — Bill Simmons
  • One participant agrees with the review and calls Murphy at the peak of his powers. — Wesley Morris
Groundhog Day The Rewatchables
Groundhog Day

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:22:00Read transcript
  • The Roger Ebert segment states he gave the film three stars initially, then circled back 12 years later and upgraded it to four stars. — Bill Simmons
  • The quoted later review says tomorrow will come whether or not it is always February 2nd, that we can learn to be better people, and that the point is not that Phil has come to love Rita but that he has learned to see the angel. — Bill Simmons
  • The do-over is called forgivable because rewatching is the premise of the movie and the film seems deeper with each viewing; many first treated it as a silly Bill Murray romantic comedy. — Sean Fennessey
  • Comedies are said to be unfairly dismissed as unserious; early reactions saw Bill Murray being funny rather than the writing and directing. — Sean Fennessey
  • William Goldman is cited as complaining that comedies get the shaft, arguing There's Something About Mary deserved a best film nomination. — Bill Simmons
  • Seeing it in a Massachusetts theater, one host thought it really good but did not expect it to be discussed 27 years later; comedies reveal their rhythm over repeat viewings while dramas hit hardest the first time. — Bill Simmons
Escape From New York The Rewatchables
Escape From New York

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:17:50Read transcript
  • The stated score is two and a half stars. — Bill Simmons
  • The quoted review calls it a merely good thriller that rehashes familiar science-fiction ingredients for cynical times. — Bill Simmons
  • The panel gives the review an L and questions comparing the movie to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Ronin The Rewatchables
Ronin

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:27:00Read transcript
  • Roger Ebert gave the film three stars; the hosts joke that he has loved their recent picks since Tommy Boy. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert's quoted review calls it an entertaining exercise by Frankenheimer with a fine cast, a movie not really about anything that nonetheless comes pretty close to amounting to something. — Bill Simmons
Love & Basketball The Rewatchables
Love & Basketball

Roger Ebert's review

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Approx. transcript time · 00:37:01Read transcript
  • Roger Ebert, said to have had an up-and-down 2020 on the show, gave the film three out of four stars. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert is quoted: the film is not as taut as it could have been, but he preferred its emotional perception to the pumped-up sports cliches he expected; it is about the pressures of being a star athlete, not game highlights. — Bill Simmons
  • Reviews overall are described as surprisingly lukewarm in spots, with some critics getting it and others not. — Bill Simmons
Total Recall The Rewatchables
Total Recall

Roger Ebert's review

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:23:01Read transcript
  • Roger Ebert is said to be coming off a loss on the Tommy Boy episode, where he gave that film one out of four stars and put it on his most-hated list. — Bill Simmons
  • For Total Recall, Ebert gave three and a half stars, called a good comeback. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert is quoted as calling it one of the most complex and visually interesting science fiction movies in a long time, showing Schwarzenegger's talent through more confusion and vulnerability; the host fully agrees. — Bill Simmons
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