577 Quotes by Roger Ebert

Unlike modern films where superstars dominate every scene, the Hollywood films of the golden era have depth in writing and casting, so the story can resonate with more than one tone.

What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That’s it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you.

Some movies run off the rails. This one is like the train crash in The Fugitive.

A lot of first novels are written long before they’re actually put down on paper.

Many people believe the names of In ’n Out and Steak ’n Shake perfectly describe the contrast in bedroom techniques between the coast and the heartland.

It is a truism that Hollywood trailers advertise not the movie that has been made, but the movie that the studio wishes had been made.

Here’s how much I know about hockey. Mike Royko and I were in a tiny bar one winter night, and the radio kept reporting goals by the Blackhawks. I mentioned how frequently the team was scoring. ‘You’re listening to the highlights,’ Royko observed.

You look at them and wonder how, at any stage of the production, anyone could have thought there was a watchable movie here.

Dirty Love wasn’t written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn’t rise to the level of badness. It is hopelessly incompetent I am not certain that anyone involved has ever seen a movie, or knows what one is.