Roger Ebert Quotes

"I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie."

"Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines."

"Watching ______, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977."

"Now that we know Quentin Tarantino can make a movie like _________ ____, it's time for him to move on and make a better one."

"Call me hardhearted, call me cynical, but please don't call me if they make ____ _____ 3"

"Why did they give an R rating to a movie perfect for teenagers?"

"It employs depression as a substitute for personality, and believes that if the characters are bitter and morose enough, we won't notice how dull they are."

"I missed the enormously popular movie that introduced these characters...and felt myself blessed at the time. But now I'm not so sure."

"Kids are not stupid. They are among the sharpest, cleverest, most eagle-eyed creatures on God's Earth, and very little escapes their notice."

"This movie doesn’t scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn’t the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn’t below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels."

"It's the kind of movie home video was invented for: Not worth the trip to the theater, but slam it into the VCR and you get your rental's worth."

"Films like _____ are why I love the movies."

"No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out."

"I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

"In the twilight of the 20th century, here is a comedy to reassure us that there is hope — that the world we see around us represents progress, not decay."