Siskel and Ebert: Leave It To Beaver, Money Talks, Mimic, Masterminds, Gabbeh

[@adagiobreeze8493]

The 90s was such a great time to be a movie buff

[@gwenwachsman3739]

With absolutely low expectations, no doubt.

[@christianswanson3016]

These guys probably had no idea that Leave it to Beaver was 84 minutes long.

[@thedrizzle16]

Loved that they recognized Guillermo del Toro's potential early on.

[@jaroflies3700]

Oh man this brings back good memories. Used to watch these on WGN on Saturdays, was always worth the time. Thanks for uploading.

[@cliffordshafran9250]

Pretty hidden gem of a show with their huge disagreement over Leave it to Beaver and their hilarious trashing of Masterminds, using their famous line of two wasted hours.

[@TheLiveMusicGroup]

that's a famous line eh...

[@VVVHHHSSS]

My dad rented Leave it to Beaver from the video store when I was a kid. He was so excited to "relive his favorite show" and was excited to share it with us. Yeah, he wasn't too happy.

[@encycl07pedia-]

The movie looked like garbage even when I was a kid. I never saw it. I did watch the old show on TV Land. It's one of the few black and white shows I can stand.

[@suarezguy]

I didn't think the movie was *that* different.

[@davidnelson6874]

Leave It To Beaver was a great television because they portrayed everyday life so incredibly well. The emotions worked because the characters grew on you episode after episode. The cast developed incredible chemistry. The extended cast came in an out of the series episode after episode and were so integral to the series. How do you condense that down into a movie?

[@datsun210]

Out of curiosity I went to the website Roger plugs at 20:25 and I was sent to a Chinese Gambling site. Yikes!

[@Xayjohns]

Lol

[@Hellraiser0601]

Leave it to China 🇨🇳 😂

[@jedijones]

Did you win anything?

[@heidifedor]

OMG! I forgot there was a Leave it to Beaver movie.

[@danielstack4158]

I guess you left it in the past.

[@santos8468]

Shooter McGavin played Ward Cleaver?

[@uyeda]

Mira Sorvino was also in Michelle and Romy's High School Reunion. The same year she did Mimic.

[@hamupinhere]

Her star burned out pretty quickly. She started getting a rep around Hollywood as someone who "won't blow you for a role in your movie". That will not get you much mileage out there, apparently.

[@Xayjohns]

@@hamupinhere That's sad

[@reneedennis2011]

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion is funny.

[@uyeda]

@@reneedennis2011 Just to let you know that both of those film came out in 1997. I forgot to type that on my comment.

[@jedijones]

@@hamupinhere Sorvino has worked constantly as an actress. More indies and TV movies lately, but she works non-stop.

[@captainharris8980]

I never saw the Leave it to Beaver film. Interesting.

[@anthonyv1719]

"I didn't like the BEAVER!" words to live by.

[@russell1371]

I had no idea there was a Leave it to Beaver movie

[@woodenturkey]

Waiting for Guffman is comedy gold.

[@l.a.9406]

Never heard of Masterminds but Toy Soldiers with Sean Astin and Wil Wheaton was super fun. Same plot, way more muscle and cheese. 😎

[@CanadianMusicandTV]

Damn people, the Leave it to Beaver movie isn’t that bad. I enjoyed it as a kid and even today.

[@Jbaxter85]

Thumbs way up MIMIC, exciting & terrified 😳😬😰😨😱👍🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@linkbiff1054]

Gene was right on with Leave It To Beaver. Well the kid that played Beaver was good, but other than that I totally agree with Gene.

[@suarezguy]

I liked it, I thought it mixed pretty well sweetness and irony, maybe especially Christopher McDonald as Ward (pretty sweet/sincere, some irony).

[@linkbiff1054]

@@suarezguy Okay yeah, McDonald was good as Ward. So only 2 good aspects of what could have been a legitimately good film

[@suarezguy]

@@linkbiff1054 I also liked that it was contemporary and yet also '50s-y.

[@nicksoapdish157]

I gave "Leave it to Beaver" a C+ "Money Talks" a C And I've haven't seen of the other movies yet.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

I've never seen Shooter McGavin NOT playing a bad guy. I don't think he fits as Ward, and Gene clearly saw the miscasting. Absolutely shocked Roger gave it a thumbs up; the movie stinks.

[@nicktaylor2657]

Funny Charlie Sheen and Heather Locklear are engaged in Money Talks Years later they were in Spin City when Sheen replaced Michael J Fox

[@TheChrisHype]

For the last two decades, my brain somehow merged the movies Masterminds and Angus into a single movie. Honestly, I think the idea of the overweight, insecure kid outsmarting Patrick Stewart is much more entertaining.

[@kevinfinnerty8414]

“Charlie Sheen is boring” lol.

[@jacobjones4628]

Im with Siskel 100% on his Leave It To Beaver take.

[@billscannell93]

Ebert tends to be more forgiving. I don't know why they bother to do remakes, though. Whatever it is, the fans of the original will hate the new one. (I haven't been able to watch the new Lion King, for example, despite the great special effects, because I heard it was a scene-by-scene, line-by-line remake. How utterly pointless.)

[@jedijones]

It's not pointless. It's an adaptation into live-action. That's not a remake. When you're adapting something, it should remain faithful to the source material and not change things just for the sake of change.

[@MGBillionaire]

i had no idea there was a Leave it to Beaver movie ... this must've flopped hard.

[@JamminOnThe1]

Charlie Sheen got no love. But he didn’t really deserve any. He started his career off strong and then just got super lazy.

[@heathen2487]

I didn't like the kid playing beaver. I did like the TV show tho.

[@Sweetestsadist]

Ebert always reduces his reviews of family films, or movies he perceives as a family film on two criteria: 1) Is there a well behaved kid? 2) Is there something that can be exaggerated as being too scary for children? Unless "1" is a "yes" and "2" is "no", then it's a thumbs down.

[@ryanbates9668]

Jesus.. Masterminds isn't that bad.

[@tarlcabot2519]

That Leave it to Beaver movie is AWFUL, really surprised at Roger. We had a middle school trip to DC, and they rented one of those buses that has TVs in it and our teacher put in a VHS of that movie, and I swear to god jumping out of the bus would have been preferable to watching it.

[@reneperez7903]

Leave It To Beaver was a dumb movie i give it 1 star out of 4 thumbs 👎 Money Talks was very funny thanks to Chris Tucker thumbs 👍 3 stars out of 4 Mimic thumbs 👍 was an effective suspense film 3 stars out of 4 Masterminds was pretty goofy i give it 1 & a half out of 4.