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Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

~Gene Siskel

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After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.

~Gene Siskel

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The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.

~Gene Siskel

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I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again. The title of this movie should have been 'Punch Adams!'

~Gene Siskel

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But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.

~Gene Siskel

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I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

~Gene Siskel

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In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.

~Gene Siskel

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John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.

~Gene Siskel

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That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.

~Gene Siskel

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The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.

~Gene Siskel

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: January 26th, 1946

Died: February 20th, 1999

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