This is the movie that Ebert said in his print review the following: "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it." Ebert's review of the movie is more famous than the movie itself.

@zipgow

8 жыл бұрын

I like how Ebert's review is so famous it inspired a book title, and Siskel seems to hate it more during this segment.

@sha11235

7 жыл бұрын

The other book titles about bad films also came from his reviews of bad films.

@linkbiff1054

6 жыл бұрын

And a trillion times more entertaining.

@SNARC15

6 жыл бұрын

Hearing him say that in verbatim during their worst of the year show is an instant classic.

@grkpektis

5 жыл бұрын

this movie was honestly the first movie I saw as a kid that made me realize movies could be shit, back then I thought movies were either boring or great nothing in between so this movie really confused me.

when roger begins the review, you can see the hatred in his eyes before he turns around

@j.d.t.5761

5 жыл бұрын

I know, right.

@olaoluwaafolayan6554

5 жыл бұрын

Pause at 0:14 and you'll be able get a good look at the sheer *contempt* in his eyes before he even begins unpacking the movie review lol

@williamhowe1

4 жыл бұрын

@@olaoluwaafolayan6554 I don't think deserves a vendor that. It needs to be buried on a deserted island and forgotten.

@grkpektis

4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I thought movies were either boring or great nothing in between, then I saw North. It was the first time I realized oh movies can be horrible

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

@@grkpektis Same experience. I remember distinctly thinking, "who the fuck thinks this is funny or good?"

The only reason this film is remembered is due to this review. That's the power of Siskel and Ebert.

@grkpektis

3 жыл бұрын

North was the first movie i ever saw as a kid that i fucking hated. Before that movie i thought every movie was either boring or amazing nothing in between until I saw North

@clawmachinez26

2 жыл бұрын

That and the Nostalgia Critic

@ArthurCSchaperMR

Жыл бұрын

I loved this review. I loved it. Loved loved loved loved loved it. Loved every incisive, damning, mocking, hilarious moment of it. 🤣🤣🤣

@matrix91234

Жыл бұрын

I mean its legit insulting on every level. Its the type of movie thats so bad you need to see it to believe it

@wet-read

Жыл бұрын

@@matrix91234 I feel the same way about Clifford, with Martin Short and Charles Grodin (Ebert's review of it is spot on and hilarious). It is objectively both a terrible film and an extremely bizarre one from top to bottom, but I happen to love it and count it as a (very) guilty pleasure.

Ebert's reaction after North's screeching is priceless.

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

He can't take it. Neither could the audience.

This is the best movie I’ve ever seen. An underrated masterpiece. I’m talking about Roger Ebert's review of North.

@Styxswimmer

8 ай бұрын

You got me for a second. I agree. This review is way more entertaining than any moment in the movie

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854

6 ай бұрын

🤣kzread.infoUgkx0jNgvIvzwS_XL6Ccs3KgV-XwrbjHIBGh?si=-lqu24rbBsahx4NZ 😂

I love when Gene and Roger both shred a film.

@reneedennis2011

4 жыл бұрын

So do I!

@Xayjohns

4 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful lol

@davidnetterwald1846

2 жыл бұрын

As much as I enjoyed when they gushed about films that they loved I found it way more entertaining to hear them flat out destroy a film they hated. Siskel and Ebert would make a film roasting into must see television and when I first watched the review for North and heard Siskel and Ebert’s outward disdain and disgust towards it I said to myself if it’s that bad of a film then I want no part of it.

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

I genuinely think if Rob Reiner had not directed this and it had a great cast I think they still would have disliked it but not to this extent. Siskel even said whenever huge talent was involved in a bad film it was always more fun and easier to destroy. And that makes sense because Reiner was too talented not to know this movie wouldn’t work.

RIP Roger Ebert, the finest film critic ever to live, and a true legend.

"You feel unclean as you're sitting there" - Siskel at his finest.

@philipzamora4259

3 ай бұрын

This exact quote applies to my experience watching Poor Things.

Ebert's look of disgust at 0:14 is classic. Their review of this is FAR more entertaining than the actual film itself.

@natejamesr1081

Жыл бұрын

He had that same look for his review of Mad Dog Time. Wish someone would upload that episode!

@southy98

Жыл бұрын

“What the fuck am I looking at?”

@grf15

Жыл бұрын

True, but I think Ebert's written review is even better.

LMFAO Ebert's face at 0:14 is epic.

@MrJesusfreakerik

8 жыл бұрын

Lol it's the face of disgust

@baranguirus

6 жыл бұрын

He's like "Oh my god, what have I gotten myself into..."

@user-eo5sn9yt1u

2 жыл бұрын

To me, it’s the face of despair.

"You're too nice, Mr. Ebert!" -- Nostalgia Critic

The movie gets released on DVD and the quote on the bottom says: "It's junk, first class junk."-Siskel and Ebert

@Thrifty032781

3 жыл бұрын

I think actually that Rob Reiner is so embarrassed by the movie that he refuses to let it be released on DVD. It is available on streaming services though.

@Bauglir100

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thrifty032781 It is on DVD. You can find it on Amazon.

@michaelm9810

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thrifty032781 Reiner has actually defended the film and said he loved making it and thought it had a lot of great jokes.

"There's only one barren area on all of our islands. Unfortunately, its Mrs. Ho." Wow. Its not everyday you hear the worst thing you've ever heard in your life.

@tomryugo5742

6 жыл бұрын

That's probably not even the most tasteless line in the movie. In fact, there were so many tasteless, unfunny lines in the movie that there had to be a dozen that were worse.

@AJARyan-yn2uv

5 жыл бұрын

Not even Trump would say something that bad.

@Maniac1607

5 жыл бұрын

I was actually more taken aback by Reba singing a cheerful song about how her kid was trampled to death.

@crescentfreshbret

5 жыл бұрын

acrovader Because everyone who’s against Trump not only supports Jussie Smollett but LOVES him 🙄 I hate Trump and think what Jussie Smollett did was despicable. You stereotype people as badly as this movie.

@caravaggio1534

5 жыл бұрын

@@acrovader Pulitzer Prize worthy right here. Hopefully, Trump will be impressed with your joke and invite you to the White House.

i this is my favorite review of these AMAZING critics R.I.P Gene 1946-1999 R.I.P Roger 1942-2013 will miss you guys 2 thumbs up

@Super165i

8 жыл бұрын

+Tsiki Condor I'm going to watch more of their reviews

@TsukiCondor

8 жыл бұрын

You shoude

@citygirl5705

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't always agree with their reviews but I loved listening to them. Never missed a show.

@TsukiCondor

7 жыл бұрын

amanda davis Its completely fine if you dont agree with them,They give it like a Collage professor way

@CelestialWoodway

5 жыл бұрын

I always wonder what these guys would think of a new movie when I watch one.

2:38 Siskel nearly stammers trying to find the words for this, then comes up with the perfect one.

The writer of the movie is actually a very funny guy and he keeps Ebert’s review of North in the glove box of his car.

@ericfelds6291

9 ай бұрын

yeah he was a good sport and I believe he even had a laugh about it with ebert

Gene's groan at 3:00 is priceless!

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

Жыл бұрын

To him, the idea of kids seeing this movie is a blight upon humanity.

Wow, I've never seen Ebert hate a movie this much before, I mean I'm used to Siskel not liking films, but holy crap

@Super165i

8 жыл бұрын

+ct0760 "North" (1994) must have made Siskel feel really unclean.

@shack8110

8 жыл бұрын

+ct0760 this is just trash.

@joyunicycle

8 жыл бұрын

I've never heard him put so much emphasis on the word "hate" in such a way, heck I don't recall him ever using that word to describe movies.

@Super165i

8 жыл бұрын

Me neither.

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

Siskel and Ebert always tore apart bad movies with big talent in them. In this case you had a great ensemble cast and Rob Reiner’s directorial career was on fire for about 10 years plus as mentioned Elijah Wood was proving to be a very good actor. Had this not been as big I’m sure they would have disliked it but not to this degree. They were just extremely upset because everyone involved in this project the cast and Reiner was f capable of doing so much better so they were too smart and talented to know this wasn’t a good project. I don’t hate the movie and wouldn’t even put it in my top worst of all time list but it’s definitely a disappointment when you consider all of the talent in front of and behind the camera and the saddest thing is Rob Reiner went from being an A+ director to now a D grade director whose maybe had two good films since.

If you haven't read Ebert's review of this--you're in for a treat. Look it up.

@oscarphile

6 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest bad movie reviews ever written. So iconic that one line became the title of one his books six years later: "I Hated Hated Hated This Movie", which makes for a surprisingly amusing afternoon of reading. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-1994

@jbvader721

3 жыл бұрын

Even then, Ebert was too nice to this..." film".

This right here is proof of Elijah Wood's skill. For him to be in this god awful piece of cow manure and go on to be as successful as he is now. I don't know how anyone's acting, producing, writing, or directing career could possibly survive this atrocity. But my god, he did it. Kudos to him.

Kanye West's child is going to make this into a true story.

I remember being 13 when this movie came out. I saw the commercials but didn't see the movie until several years later. But I was in the target demographic when it came out, and I remember even back then thinking about how cruel it was to throw away your parents and go looking for new ones. Also, I knew without seeing the movie that it would have the predictable ending of him going back to his original parents.

@dr.juerdotitsgo5119

Жыл бұрын

Back as kid I used to love incredibly stupid movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and Howard the Duck, but I remember turning the VHS off in less than 10 minutes with this one. Apparently the target audience for North is no-one.

Ebert's written review of this film is probably his most famous. ("I hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie.") Anyway, Gene and Roger seem genuinely tormented by this.

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

It’s not a good movie but I personally don’t feel it was as bad as they said. It’s just a very wrong headed movie that tries way too hard to be funny.

North: the movie so bad it broke Siskel & Ebert.

@sokee1354

5 жыл бұрын

the problem with their review is that they conveniently forgot to mention he was dreaming the whole time..anything is possible in a dream and these soft idiots just got offended by something that wasn't even real to begin with omg

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

@@sokee1354 but... how does that make any of it good tho??? Lol

@dvt1393

3 жыл бұрын

@@sokee1354 I was going to type out a long, detailed comment about why it doesn't matter if it's all in the kid's head, because that doesn't make the actually content of the movie funny or entertaining. But, it's not worth it. The movie is trash. Period.

@sokee1354

3 жыл бұрын

@@dvt1393 we'll just agree to disagree. It's obviously not one of the greatest movies of all time, but I think it's a riot from beginning to end nonetheless

I love Roger Ebert's glare at the screen at the beginning.

North went south. 'nuff said.

@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly

5 жыл бұрын

John Greene bravo good sir bravo

@niallreid7664

5 жыл бұрын

Badum tish

@user-eo5sn9yt1u

Жыл бұрын

Jokes funnier than the movie itself

true story: I remember watching this in school the class begged for this to be turned off so we could do school work instead that's how horrable this was this review is priceless

@sailoritaly

3 жыл бұрын

Why on earth were they playing this at your school?

@langdonalger9219

3 жыл бұрын

@@sailoritaly punishment I guess.

@bigbabysld

3 жыл бұрын

@@sailoritaly they were in detention

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

@@sailoritaly Had to have been a teacher who somehow didn't know any better. "Its just a kids movie! What could go wrong?"

@dvt1393

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheseBitchesWantNikes Or a teacher that really hated their students. 😂

"North" isn't as bad as they're making it out to be. It's worse. *This* is the man who brought us "Spinal Tap," "Stand By Me" and "A Few Good Men"? No, I hear you say. This is the man who brought us "The Story of Us," "Rumor Has It" and "The Bucket List."

@ivancorredera4241

9 жыл бұрын

No. Sadly it's directed by Rob Reiner the director of the princess bride and misery.

@gspendlove

9 жыл бұрын

***** It's funny. Look at his filmography on IMDb; you'll see that his directing career never recovered after "North." He hasn't directed a winner in going on 25 years (with the possible exception of "The American President," but that had a powerhouse cast and an Aaron Sorkin script going for it, too).

@gageperuti5519

6 жыл бұрын

gspendlove Didn't he also make The Princess Bride? Inconceivable! Sorry, had to say it.

@SapphireSword-pd1ix

6 жыл бұрын

He also directed the movie 'The Last Laugh' last year so I guess his career is better now. Hopefully.

@DMac4214

6 жыл бұрын

ikr

Gotta love Siskel & Ebert when they review films like this. God rest both theirs souls.

*Fun Fact:* Mrs. Ho was played by none other than Lauren Tom. Yes, the same Lauren Tom who's done voice-over work for countless animated TV shows such as _King of the Hill_ (Connie Souphanousinphone), _Futurama_ (Amy Wong), _Codename: Kids Next Door_ (Numbuh 3) and _Teen Titans_ (Jinx and Gizmo)...

@user-eo5sn9yt1u

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know she went on to better things

It's hard to believe that both these guys are dead. Legends.

@oscarxp25

10 жыл бұрын

I know, bro..right...I am glad I got to see these guys together when they were alive and well I loved this show so much. If you like Ebert see "Life Itself"

@1f5sda

6 жыл бұрын

I saw "Life Itself" and it was awesome!

@niallreid7664

5 жыл бұрын

It's insane isn't it?

@kamdan2011

4 жыл бұрын

They took film criticism down with them as it’s now viewed as shouting matches instead of sharing insightfulness.

I love that Ebert calls it "one of the most hateful films of recent years". This review is a classic.

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

The review is classic for sure but I wouldn’t put North on my most hated movies list. A few parts did make me cringe like the Hawaii and Alaska segments but otherwise it’s actually an interesting movie to watch to analyze its overall failure.

0:14 I've never seen such an expression of aggravation and disappointment in my entire life. This is before he's even looking towards the camera too

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

I love it too. You can see he's really holding in an angry outburst.

0:14 That tells you all you need to know how much Ebert despised this movie. One of their best reviews ever.

I loved, loved, loved, loved, loved, loved this review! Loved every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting expression from Roger and Gene. Loved the sensibility toward ethnic groups. Loved the implied insults toward Rob Reiner. Yes, this review is a lot more legendary than the film itself. I miss those two.

This is the one reason why North is a little famous.

0:14 captures how he feels about the movie perfectly without words.

I come back to this great clip every once in a while to laugh. I miss these guys.

This film just looks horrendous

@BTTFMovie

9 жыл бұрын

Trust me, it's worse.

@Super165i

8 жыл бұрын

+forman208 As The Nostalgia Critic said at the end of his review of "North" (1994): I hope you enjoyed this journey of racist insensitivity. Allow us to replace the credits with the words "We're Sorry" a hundred times! This movie is...amazing! It actually goes beyond belief! In today's PC world for a film like this to get made, let alone for kids, it's scary as shit! How could anyone greenlight this? How could anyone sign on for it? How could they get all these big name stars for such an ugly piece of cinematic prostitution?! Maybe Rob Reiner thought he had too many good films and needed a bad film to even it out. Personally, I now see why Siskel and Ebert hated this film so much. And I really agree with Roger Ebert when he ended his review by saying: I hated this movie! Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie! Hated it! Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it!

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, trust me: it's worse than you could ever imagine. I can't even stomach the Nostalgia Critic's review for it. It's that loathesome.

“This is just trash, Roger”

“This is just trash, Roger.” I love that, haha.

I admit to a chuckle when Reba started singing.

I felt the same shock and surprise as Nostalgia Critic at this review when this came out. I saw the ads and trailers and thought "Well, this looks like an innocent, whimsical kids movie. And Rob Reiner directed this! How bad can it be?" Then I looked at S & E's zero stars reviews and thought "It's THAT bad? How is that possible???". After looking at the clips, I finally started to understand. Now that I've seen this, I completely understand their reviews, while still failing to understand what Reiner was trying to do.

In the words of the Nostalgia Critic... "YOU'RE TOO FUCKING NICE!"

Ebert's face at 0:14 says it all.

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

I never noticed that before but he looks like he's about to fuckin' explode. Movie is str8 torture.

I like to think that since the movie take place in north mind we are going through the mind of someone with deep narcissim (he's constantly shower himself with praise) and his completly ignorant which lead to this twisted vision of the world

@plumaDshinigami

10 жыл бұрын

Wish the movie told us that and that we're supposed to hate him from the start because just watching these scenes made me cringe, I'm serious, I just felt something tense and die in me the moment the judge opened his mouth.

@Thomasmemoryscentral

Жыл бұрын

@@plumaDshinigami The ending stinks further. Supposingly its suppose to be a fantasy but the film never tells us that. If you dare to watch the film, you shall be shocked at the end

@Thomasmemoryscentral

Жыл бұрын

@@plumaDshinigami Elijah Wood is too clean looking to come off as a narcissist. Heck his role with an evil Culkin in The Good Son in 1993 a year before North still presents him as a good guy who you'd never be convinced could turn evil.

"Any subject can be done well" I'll take that to heart.

Dam homeboy was saying cringe back before we all even knew about over using it today 🤣

You feel the disgust building up in Ebert's voice while he's going through the review

" you couldn't write worse jokes if I told you to write worse jokes." Amy Schumer: is that a fact?

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

Well, to be fair, she didn't write them.

This is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men...and then North. Has any director ever fallen off the cliff more spectacularly?

My favorite quote. Thank you Roger Ebert, and thank you for posting it.

Thanks for posting this. Nothing amuses me more than memories of Siskel and Ebert trashing a Hollywood dreck like "North." I remember one of them during a "Worst of" show saying how they won't get two hours of their lives back watching these films. Thanks for the memories, guys, we'll miss you.

NOW I GOTTA SEE THIS MOVIE

I felt Unclean as I was watching it. Lol. Classic line

@TheseBitchesWantNikes

3 жыл бұрын

Think about that statement. Like, how bad does a MOVIE have to be to make you feel unclean? That's how bad North is.

Sign that a comedy stinks: a character appears in an Easter Bunny suit.

0:14 I love how Ebert has a look of disgust on his face even before talking about the movie

@xXXBongToker420xXx

Жыл бұрын

what a fucking demon

I can’t believe this was Scarlett Johansson’s first ever movie.

@jbvader721

2 жыл бұрын

Watches a triple feature of "Under the Skin", "Marriage Story" and "Lost in Translation" to cleanse myself.

@spencer10182

28 күн бұрын

@@jbvader721I love Marriage Story. Haven’t seen Lost in Translation in forever and haven’t seen that other film need to check it out. Of course now Johansson as an adult said she loved working on the film but to be directed by Rob Reiner as bad as the movie was and have John Ritter and Faith Ford from Murphy Brown and even Elijah Wood play a potential adopted brother I can see why she loved it at that young age.

Here is Roger's absolutely legendary review of this movie.

If they think North is first class junk, they should see Movie 43, that's also first class junk.

@YoungNDirty420

8 жыл бұрын

+jameygamer I loved Movie 43

@zipgow

8 жыл бұрын

Haha. I don't tell people how loathsome that movie is just so they won't watch it out of curiosity.

@zacharysiple783

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Roeper wrote a review of it on Ebert's site, he said that it was "The Citizen Kane of Awful." I thought: "Wow. That is AWFUL!"

It's absolutely amazing how an incredible film director along with a cast of amazing actors and actresses can produce a film so hated that it's almost amazing. And also how Elijah Wood and Scarlett Johansson both managed to survive the fire that burns in this film.

at the end 3:09 siskel just flippantly waves his hand and says "this is just trash, Roger".

0:12 When Gandalf is dragged down by the Balrog

I understand that the movie's stereotypes are supposed to be the product of a child's mind, who sees everything in a simplistic light, but here's the thing... The movie plays up the fact that North is a prodigy, and therefore he is not a normal child. This means that he should theoretically know better than to see people as exaggerated/simplistic stereotypes.

@user-eo5sn9yt1u

2 жыл бұрын

That’s one of the many problems that this movie has.

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

North was just an awful character in general. I know it’s not Elijah Wood’s fault by any means. I mean he put in the best effort he could even at such a young age and his ambition even in a stinker like this is admirable. But the character was such a pompous jerk and so poorly written that it doesn’t surprise me that is what he was dreaming the whole time. Not that I am saying it’s a good excuse for offensive stereotypes because it isn’t.

"It's deplorable." 😄

I remember seeing this movie for a friends birthday party when I was 11. I can remember sitting in the theater thinking "this is stupid" I wasn't until I saw this review on TV the next weekend that I actually understood why I thought it was so stupid. I agreed with Roger then and I still do now even after almost 20 years.

Thanks for all the great reviews Roger. RIP man.

This film is also infamous for another reason: it was the film debut of Brynn Hartman, who would later kill her husband, Phil.

@pronkb000

6 жыл бұрын

On a happier note: also a very, very young Scarlett Johansson.

@sha11235

6 жыл бұрын

This was her first film. I doubt if she talks about it.

@austindevine248

5 жыл бұрын

This movie has Brynn Hartman that’s sad and not in the good way

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

@@sha11235 She has mentioned it a few times in interviews and said she loved being directed by Rob Reiner and found it to be a magical experience. But she was only 8 years old so of course she didn’t know any better. I doubt she has seen the movie since she was young and if she has she probably only enjoys it for nostalgia and not the quality of the film itself.

I miss Roger Ebert. He wrote funny reviews with sentences that are actual humor. I liked how he treated films with a balanced manner.

@IbrahimHoldsForth

Жыл бұрын

i was sad for weeks after he passed away in 2013. miss his voice so bad

When I was young I saw this movie and thought, "who the fuck thinks this is funny or good in any way?" I could feel how hateful and awful it was even at an age where I automatically liked everything because I didn't know any better.

A year later there was a funny/sweet epilogue to this when Gene & Roger gave hugely positive reviews of Rob Reiner's next film, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (BTW, if you have not seen that film I can swear to you that they were right, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT is a flat-out great movie) and Roger said in his TV review how much he'd hated NORTH and then said with a smile something like "With this movie, I get to say...I loved it."

I love how Ebert looks like he hates even to have to talk about it!

Thank you Brad for leading me here. RIP Ebert.

LOL, yes I picked up on that too..... God I miss these guys and in all honesty we still need them now as much as ever.

LOL LOL this might be the best review of a movie ever.

If it makes anyone feel better, this movie came out the same weekend as the lion king so not many people saw it. Although I honestly pity anyone who missed seeing the lion king for the first time in theaters for this.

@rhyancoleman6462

Жыл бұрын

Thank God for The Lion King!!!!

"It's junk. First class junk"

"I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it." -- The late Roger Ebert

This whole movie is the definition of "This sounded like a good idea in my head". I feel kind of bad for Rob Reiner; he wanted this to be his own Wizard of Oz.

@johnshea7871

2 жыл бұрын

This doesnt excuse on how offensive this movie is

RIP Roger Ebert. 19 years later this was still one of your best reviews!

I have found my self quoting them from this for so many other things!! Wish I could of seen the director and casts face when this review went out!!

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

Well Alan Zwibel the writer was humiliated. Look up his article Roger and Me it’s pretty funny and explains his reaction to Ebert’s review. Meanwhile Reiner defended the movie and said it had some of his best jokes in it which I think is crap considering every other movie the guy made before was good and he said he thought Ebert was expecting a more important type of movie from him. Not more important Rob, something decent which you proved you were more than capable of making.

The Nostalgia Critic's review of this movie brought me here. This movie looks appalling.

@benwasserman8223

9 жыл бұрын

Wait til you watch it

@benwasserman8223

8 жыл бұрын

badgerman Pretty much so.

@nickcopeland6915

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. GMAN's Channel I saw the film. I felt my stomach turning as I watched. It's the worst film I've ever seen.

@benwasserman8223

8 жыл бұрын

Nick Copeland Agreed. I mean, Rob Reiner has probably made too many great films for me to completely hate him, but man this film is just..... it reaches beyond the lowest common denominator in execution

@nickcopeland6915

8 жыл бұрын

Ben Wasserman Yeah. Thankfully, everyone involved recovered. Reiner's next film was a huge hit and the actors and actresses had more successful careers. Like Ebert said, this film was a very unfortunate aberration in their careers.

Thumbs up for Siskel and Ebert's reviews! Thumbs down that both critics are now gone!

What is North's mother saying at the beginning of this clip? She says "see this rash, you see it? _______ there's no ointment for that!" What is she saying in that blank spot? I've watched this video dozens of times but I can never make it out.

TWO thumbs up for Roger Ebert (and Gene Siskel!) Forever together in that Movie Balcony of Our Minds... RIP

If Ebert when to heaven, god will be playing Citizen Kane 24/7 for him. If he went to hell, the devil will be playing North 24/7 for him.

@zacharysiple629

2 жыл бұрын

His least favorite movie was I Spit On Your Grave.

I just realized that this came out the same time Seinfeld was on the air. Jason Alexander and Julia Louis Dreyfus were on Seinfeld and in this movie

There will never be another pair like Siskel and Ebert.

@thetvuser666 I laughed very loudly at 5:45 AM. Thank you for a beautiful start to my day.

Hey wait a minute, if the whole thing was a dream then why did we see all those court scenes.

The main problem that I have with just about every critical review of this movie is this: the fact that the whole movie is happening in a little frustrated kid's mind! And, when you take that simple fact into consideration, the movie makes more sense and for me it works on that level.

@IamConnorMacLeod

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it makes a lot of sense for a boy to think of jokes like the burren area being Mrs. Ho's uterus. Or the whole Texan scene. or the entire movie. .... Nope. No excuse. That's like saying only kids would like this movie (which they didn't, and likely never will).

The person who wrote the screenplay followed Ebert into a restroom at a Chicago restaurant and then told him how much he hated his sweater. And then they had a good laugh about it.

Rest in Peace Roger, I know you and Gene have a lot of catching up to do.

Love the look of disgust in Roger's face when it cuts back from the clip.

Don't forget: Before he did North he did The Good Son.

I bet the stars of TV shows such as “Cheers”, its spinoff “Frasier”, “Wings”, “Coach”, “Mad About You”, “Friends”, “Miami Vice”, “Full House”, among loads of others were really happy they were not in this movie!

Thank god you had the final word on this one, Rog. RIP

I still processing that this film had the balls to somehow get Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis in it.

@Thomasmemoryscentral

Жыл бұрын

Willis got to be in The Sixth Sense and Elijah Wood went on to begin the early 2000s with Peter Jackson's 2000's Lord Of The Rings trilogy. They survived. Julia Dreyfus and Jason Alexander got their Seinfeld fame meaning North is just a short humiliating blip in their careers

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

I feel like Elijah probably got pushed into it by his parents or agent and then Willis probably got talked into it by his then wife Demi Moore who encouraged him to take part because Rob Reiner was directing and he had just directed her in A Few Good Men. I can see her telling him if Rob Reiner is doing it you have to. Well unfortunately Demi got Rob Reiner at his best when they made A Few Good Men while Willis got the worst with North. Regarding the other stars who participated Rob Reiner was one of the best directors of this era. He had never made a single bad film until North. Everything before was good if not flat out classic. So I can imagine actors signing on to work with him alone because of his track record. It would be like getting to be directed by Steven Spielberg in 1941 or Francis Ford Coppola in Jack. The movie sucks but working with a legendary director is a opportunity too good to pass up. I’m sure that is what most of the cast who signed up for North was thinking.

"Two Walloping Thumbs Down for North. The distasteful story of a little boy who goes shopping for new parents. Gene and I had a little contest to see which one of us hated this movie the most." "It was a tie."

The look of pure, seething hatred on Ebert's face we see in that split second he's looking at the screen is priceless.