Roger Ebert
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Sep 22, 2026
Bill SimmonsHOST
Never saw that at any point in his career that, that, that, that arc could happen, so sometimes people can surprise you.
Bill SimmonsHOST
This surprised me, Ebert, three stars.
Van LathanPANELIST
Liked it.
Bill SimmonsHOST
He wrote, "Law Abiding Citizen is one of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect.
Van LathanPANELIST
Oh, I can't make fun of you now?
Craig HorlbeckUNKNOWN
You can't make fun of me now?
Bill SimmonsHOST
My Roger Ebert character that I created.
Craig HorlbeckUNKNOWN
Uh, there's very few movies, or, like, I, like, to Roger Ebert's point about in the moment, the second I finished this movie, I did just go into the bedroom and I was like, "Liz, I gotta tell you about this movie for, like, 16 minutes."
LiamHOST
Hmm.
IanHOST
So let's think about what Roger Ebert himself had to say from the Chicago Sun-Times.
IanHOST
Eeps.
IanHOST
Who says...
FrankHOST
It would be amazing.
SeanHOST
Yes, but I did, so I read Roger Ebert's review.
SeanHOST
This is a rare case where Frank disagrees with the man.
SeanHOST
He gave it one star.
AdelaideHOST
Any film that's distributed by a studio, it has a bit of legitimacy, but they just didn't get it.
AdelaideHOST
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times wrote, quote, the violence in most American movies is of a curiously bloodless quality.
AdelaideHOST
People are shot and they die, but they do not suffer.
AdelaideHOST
In Bonnie and Clyde, however, real people die.
AdelaideHOST
I think people think that showing violence on screen is endorsing violence, and sometimes that's true.
AdelaideHOST
But sometimes to show violence on screen is actually going to deter people from glamorizing it, because when you actually see it, you realize how horrifying it actually is.
AdelaideHOST
Roger Ebert also said, it is, quote, a landmark.
AdelaideHOST
Years from now, it is quite possible that Bonnie and Clyde will be seen as the definitive film from the 1960s.
Michael A. CohenHOST
So before we get too deep into the film, let's take a second to talk about Jack Nicholson.
Michael A. CohenHOST
Now, I wanted to mention that in a review of this film done by Roger Ebert, his second review, his first review, he gave three and a half stars.
Michael A. CohenHOST
Second review, he gave it four stars.
Michael A. CohenHOST
And he said, this might be Nicholson's best performance as an actor.
Michelle RubensteinHOST
I mean, I don't have another movie to throw into that pile, so right now, but wow.
Seth VargasHOST
Okay, what did Roger Ebert say?
Roger EbertSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ebert, Ebert, I wonder what you thought about this.
Seth VargasHOST
Well, Ebert gave this a two out of four, and if you read his review, he was not tickled.
Michelle RubensteinHOST
Oh, that's great.
Michelle RubensteinHOST
So I'm just
Seth VargasHOST
imagining Roger Ebert.
Seth VargasHOST
He says, my obligation is to tell you which of the three endings to see.
MikeHOST
But...
MikeHOST
Oh, yeah, so Siskel and Ebert, yeah.
MikeHOST
Yeah.
MikeHOST
But, like, so Siskel and Ebert were not...
MikeHOST
It was not one of those things where you would watch it and you would go seek out movies or anything that they talked about?
Emerson DibleyGUEST
No.
Emerson DibleyGUEST
That was our first one.
Emerson DibleyGUEST
First one.
Stuart MulrainHOST
Grossed $18,566,872 worldwide on an estimated budget of $9 million according to IMDb.
Stuart MulrainHOST
There are no Roger Ebert or Barry Norman reviews.
Stuart MulrainHOST
I think because this film had a weird release pattern.
Stuart MulrainHOST
It just didn't generally get in front of critics for reviews.
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Stuart MulrainHOST
The film...
Stuart MulrainHOST
When I reviewed it on Letterboxd, I put that it's arguably a two-star film, but I give it three stars because it has that nostalgia factor that hooked me right in the right field.
Stuart MulrainHOST
I could see if Roger Ebert and Barry Norman had reviewed it, it would have been negative reviews, I think, because...
Stuart MulrainHOST
If you handed this script in now, they'd be like, okay, cool, but where's your beat here and here? It's missing those beats.
Michelle RubensteinHOST
I mean, I don't have another movie to throw into that pile, so right now, but wow.
Seth VargasHOST
Okay, what did Roger Ebert say?
speaker_10UNKNOWN
Ebert, Ebert, I wonder what you thought about this.
Seth VargasHOST
Well, Ebert gave this a two out of four, and if you read his review, he was not tickled.
Michelle RubensteinHOST
Oh, that's great.
Michelle RubensteinHOST
So I'm just imagining
Seth VargasHOST
Roger Ebert.
Seth VargasHOST
He says, my obligation is to tell you which of the three endings to see.
Margaret MackNARRATOR
The film critic Matt Zoeller Seitz has called the first Rocky as perfect a film as has ever been made.
Margaret MackNARRATOR
Writing for RogerEbert.com in 2024 that the original 1976 Rocky has become part of the pop culture unconscious, holding its spot as tightly as Casablanca and It's a Wonderful Life.
Margaret MackNARRATOR
Rocky's career in the ring ended with a final outing in Rocky Balboa 2006, but the universe Stallone created continues to expand.
Margaret MackNARRATOR
The spinoff Creed series, following the exploits of Apollo's son, Adonis, is now a franchise of its own right, with a fourth installment in development.
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