Ali Teske is a writer for Collider focusing on movies and television. She also writes for The Daily Reporter and Wisconsin Law Journal.
The Big Picture Passionate in his opinionated reviews, Roger Ebert continues to wield the power of dividing movie lovers with his choices for the best and worst movies of all time. With four decades worth of movie reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times and his famous co-hosted program with acclaimed critic Gene Siskel, Ebert's love for cinema and distaste for bad movies ricocheted through the cinephile and box-office community.
Besides its infamously rotten reception from critics and audiences alike, this film also raised censorship eyebrows for its addition of the sexual relationship between Bill and Rose , some scenes including full-frontal nudity from Willis.
8 'Toy Soldiers' Directed by Daniel Petrie Jr. A "nothing new here" type of movie for Ebert, Toy Soldiers is "utterly predictable" and a one-star thriller. It's a rebellious coming-of-age thriller about a group of prep school troublemakers who channel their unruly energy into saving their school from Columbian terrorists who take the students hostage to trade for their drug baron's release.
Incredibly disappointed by Sluzier's slashing redo of his original film, Ebert's one-star review is provocative in asking how filmmakers approach American audiences versus European audiences and whether is one more intelligent and/or worthy than the other. He doesn't answer the question, rather leaving it up for discussion among his readers and fellow cinephiles.
While obviously poking fun at the staccato, disconnected pacing of the film, Ebert's review is poignant as it mirrors the viewing experience for his readers. A meta reading experience, his half-star review says a lot while saying nothing, revealing zero absolute truths about Ebert's usually fiery opinion while simultaneously expressing his dissatisfaction with the thriller that was capable of more if given more.
3 'The Life of David Gale' Directed by Alan Parker A polarizing thriller that fumbles in hammering home its primary ethical objective, The Life of David Gale was a zero-star thumbs down for Ebert and like critics, but a divisive win with viewers. The movie is told in real-time and flashbacks as the titular character, David Gale , a fierce opponent of capital punishment, is given the death penalty after being convicted of the rape and murder of his fellow activist Constance Hallaway .
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