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We don't pretend to disagree.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Disagree
Pretend
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I already shot my wad on the Protestants!
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Protestants
Shots
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John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Actors
Goodman
Guy
Wonderful
Big Guy
John
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We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Dump
Picture
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A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.
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Film
Hitting
Target
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There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Errors
Personal Opinions
Shade
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In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Movie
Running
Facts
Used
Worst
In Fact
Pick
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I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Patches
Turns
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Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Actors
Film
Interesting
Lunch
Actor
Same
Documentary
Having
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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 / Film Critic
Black
Black Sheep
Months
Chris
Few
First One
Walked
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Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Sexy
Thinking
Two
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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 / Film Critic
Cough
Patch
Punch
Title
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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 / Film Critic
Movie
Able
Capture
Heroism
Mankind
Schindler
Spielberg
Surprised
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For my 50th birthday, I got ahold of a new print of 'Saturday Night Fever.' I see it much more as a tough coming-of-age movie than as a disco story.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Birthday
Disco
Fever
Print
Saturday
Saturday Night
Tough
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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 / Film Critic
Movie
Angry
Audience
Giving
Good Story
Manipulate
Manipulation
Trying
American Movies
Cynically
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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 / Film Critic
Brother
Chicago
Roger
Taken
Thinking
Me Who Only
Brothers
Possibly
Swing
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They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Fast Food
Flow
Mcdonalds
Names
Recognition
Ties
Ad
Mcdonald
Outlet
Tie
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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 / Film Critic
Character
Couple
Filled
Real
Real Life
Picture
Rarely
Result
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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 / Film Critic
Believe
Credentials
Critics
Essentials
Roger
Thinking
Absolute
Essential
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Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than the minimum wage. If you don't understand the film, don't leave. If you understand it all too well and hate it, get out of your seat and walk up the aisle. You will feel empowered.
Gene Siskel / Film Critic
Aisle
Empowered
Minimum
Minimum Wage
Seat
Far Less
Ticket
Valuing
Wage
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As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known for the binary thumbs up and thumbs down, I try to be able to give the mixed review. But most pictures fall into that middle ground, so I wrestle over which way my thumb is going to turn. It's not flip.
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Fall
Thinking
Thumbs Down
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