Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Eugene Kal "Gene" Siskelwas an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of popular review shows on television from 1975 to 1999...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth26 January 1946
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
patches turns
I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again.
guy actors wonderful
John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.
fall thinking thumbs-down
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.
personal-opinions errors shade
There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact.
lunch interesting documentaries
Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?
giving trying manipulation
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.
believe thinking roger
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.
running facts made
In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.