Siskel & Ebert (1991): Regarding Henry, 101 Dalmatians, Point Break, Boyz N The Hood & The Miracle

[@Comictalent]

Boyz N The Hood is still amazing, one of the ten best movies of the 90s. I'm glad Siskel & Ebert praised it - they were able to spread the word about a lot of smaller film and lesser known directors.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

The sad part is that back then, all these wannabe thugs were causing trouble at theaters and even a few actors in the film plunged deep into gang life. The message of this masterpiece was completely lost on them.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 - Wait; for real? What actors from the movie got into gangs?

[@NWAWskeptic]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529nope. Never happened. Racist myths not substantiated by one ounce of fact. I worked at a movie theater back in those days and there was no issues.

[@clarktownsend8991]

I loved how outraged they were that it wasn't nominated for Best Picture.

[@keithclifton392]

While not Mike Nichols's best film, Regarding Henry is a lot better than they give it credit for.

[@garypotter5569]

"Regarding Henry" was every bit as earnest and endearing as John Cusack's "Serendipity" -- universally regarded as a sappy, formulaic but FANTASTIC romantic film.

[@pluckyduck11y]

Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for Hurt Locker, but I still believe Point Break is her best. It's cinematic gold. I don't care if it's a bit silly. It's memorable and thrilling, and even sneakily touching. How can you not feel something at that ending?

[@williamdillard5060]

Great movie. Swayze and Reeves nailed it.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I agree too. Point Break had a spiritual beauty to it. I watched it with my little sister in 5th grade late on HBO one night and it was amazing. I still absolutely love it and never get sick of it. The remake is dogsh*t

[@sahej6939]

The only reason it’s not regarded as such is because of male jealousy! Keanu is just too perfect! Males can’t handle that! He’s an action star and sensitive , loving, and caring! Too much for the male ego- still haven’t caught up!

[@steveb7932]

no

[@The3rdGunman]

Kathryn Bigelow's best film is Strange Days

[@craigwilson3532]

Regarding Henry is underrated

[@Caltops78]

That’s one of my favorite movies. I think it went over siskel and Ebert’s head.

[@gwakon]

thanks for posting these, john.

[@Jbaxter85]

My pleasure 😉

[@williamdillard5060]

Point Break was a surprising good movie. Swayze and Reeves were great. Didn't care for the remake though.

[@pandaeyes42]

Point Break? EXCELLENT!!!

[@Jbaxter85]

👍😉🌟🌟🌟

[@erict.7647]

Thanks John! A few episodes I have never seen before!!

[@Jbaxter85]

Your welcome

[@itsmedrooms6071]

I can’t believe that they both panned Regarding Henry. Most of the time they get it right or at least partially right, but they couldn’t be more wrong about this one.

[@yaywhewclips242]

I saw that dud in the theatre, yukk

[@natalieps2387]

Yea all the big critics hated it. They thought it was too nice & nest & worked out into a nice perfect bow when in reality the situation would be much harder & tragic. It's like the wound to his head was not a big deal but the wound to his artery did all the damage bc he had a heart attack from that & lost oxygen to the brain. I'd think he would be mentally I'm much worse shape. He would have serious brain damage. He seems more like an amnesia patient & I guess the critics felt he got his strength in walking & talking back far too quickly as we see that the daughter is the same age as when he was hurt. Also I knew someone who had serious damage to the right frontal lobe which controls impulses & decision making & memory of everything before he had the buke accident. He remembered everything he learned in school like geography math & facts. Those things are in another part of the brain. I get the dr Said his brain was not damaged & I'm sure their are rare cases that a bullet to the head does not kill a person & they recover fine. Jj abrahams wrote the screenplay & after seeing how horrible the Disney star wars are I think hes untalented. I mean the two of the movies he wrote & directed were awful blatant rip offs of the original two the guys a hack. I did not see the 2nd & 3rd of the trilogy bc I was so dissapointed in the first one. U get the original 3 heroes back & the 3 dont share one scene. They had poor mark hamill work out like crazy fly to Ireland just for the big cliffhanger. It's like ok we have no clue how to make these so let's just have luke as the big cliffhanger. To me that was such a manipulative move to milk the audience for nostalgia. Fine u want nostalgia I would have loved to see Luke han & leia in one scene together bc they killed off han as Harrison always felt they should ( I believe harrison wanted out bc he was becoming a big movie star & didnt want to come back for the 3rd one. If he did not hit it big w/ indiana jones & started a new epic franchise he would not have been the one to break out to the a list. After star wars was a huge smash Harrison mage like 4 movies that bombed badly. But I digress) I just think abrahams has always stunk & I cant imagine his career recovered from star wars & him ruining star trek.

[@OikPoinFive]

@@yaywhewclips242 grrrrr! Girr

[@Tolstoy111]

It's still strongly disliked.

[@knownpleasures]

The movie sucked. What are you talking about?!?

[@austinshinn9506]

I love that I heard the review of The Miracle, paused halfway because I guessed the ending, was right, came back and heard them spoil it

[@brettming9015]

Look at all these classics released on the same day

[@allencampbell3350]

They think kids movies are frenetic in 1991, wait till they see the shit from the 21st century.

[@danbauer4839]

Sisley was wrong about Point Break!

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

..he usually was always wrong lol and way off

[@Jbaxter85]

U can't pleased everyone

[@libradawg9]

My only problem with the reviews they did for Boyz is that they likely attended a pre-screening. I say that bc Siskel said they took out a blue football and the gang took it. Anybody who's seen this knows it was a regular football. But later on in the movie when Ricky is watching Army recruiting commercials, he's holding onto a blue football.

[@reneedennis2011]

Good catch!

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Ebert could simply be mistaken. These guys see lots of movies. Sometimes I agree with them but not that often.

[@sha11235]

I don't recall Gene saying the type of football it was.

[@doloreswallin4381]

Point Break was fun.

[@Jbaxter85]

Point break & 101 Dalmatians are great, I strongly recommended BOYZ N THE HOOD the most 👍👌✌🙏🤙🤘😉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@reneperez7903]

Boyz N The Hood 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Point Break 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️ 101 Dalmatians 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@danlincoln8987]

God I love the movie regarding Henry, He fell in love with his wife all over again, And vice versa for her...

[@reneedennis2011]

R.I.P. Bill Nunn.

[@Jbaxter85]

Bill Nunn movies Sister act School DAZE Do the right thing Mo better blues New Jack City Last seduction Bulletproof Spider-Man TRILOGY The tic code Substitute 4 Firehouse dog True crime Lockdown My heart ❤ goes to his wife & 2 children. God rest his soul 🙏🙏🙏

[@reneedennis2011]

@@Jbaxter85 Thank you.

[@Jbaxter85]

@@reneedennis2011 Your welcome👍

[@Caltops78]

GET THIS MAN SOME RITZ Crackers!!!!!!!

[@duckhive]

They should remake Regarding Henry, honestly. It reminds me of OVERBOARD

[@AaronJohnson-mo8rf]

101 dalmations is a fun movie 👍👍 regarding henry is misunderstood , even for a romantic drama people who like this film enjoy the rom-drama performances from harrison ford and annette benning both seem to get along good, i think this film should be seen given it is underrated 👍 point break is a good action film keanu reeves and patrick swayze both have equally entertaining performances 👍

[@stonefree1911]

Wrong on Regarding Henry.

[@reneedennis2011]

I agree. It's a good movie.

[@reneedennis2011]

Regarding Henry and Boyz N That Good are good movies.

[@Jbaxter85]

What about 101 Dalmatians & Point break?

[@reneedennis2011]

@@Jbaxter85 I haven't seen them.

[@abdulhouser]

@@reneedennis2011 Point Break is good!!

[@reneedennis2011]

@@abdulhouser That what I've heard.

[@abdulhouser]

@@reneedennis2011 It's one of Patrick Swayze's best performances. The Fast and the Furious is a copy of that film.

[@RemoGutierrez1]

There's a great dynamic with how opposite Keanu and Swayze's characters are; their outlook on life. Johnny Utah begins to change in the movie, and adopts a Bohdi philosophy by the end

[@Caltops78]

I grew up liking all three of these movies are classics. Holy spoilers, though. They pretty much show all the scenes and tell you everything that happens and every one of these movies.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

I agree about Regarding Henry. It was clearly Oscar bait and not a proper story.

[@MGdVIII]

What did, happen to John Singleton?

[@Jbaxter85]

Died from a stroke @ age 51

[@jdbankshot]

how was cube's character an "addict", as described by siskel?

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Right. He sold crack but didn't seem to be riding the pipe himself. He did drink a lot of malt liquor but didn't seem like a full blown alcoholic

[@hahajaxsontv]

JJ Fucking Abrams wrote regarding henry. How is that possible.

[@craigwilson3532]

15:42 siskel is spot on

[@Romans8-9]

Siskel is such a nitpicker critiquing Point Break for the Reagan and Nixonisms, like the guy in the Nixon mask saying, " I am not a crook", while robbing a bank was actually funny. I can understand why a lot of people couldn´t stand him. Also Regarding Henry is not a bad movie at all.

[@The3rdGunman]

Today they'll remake an all female Boyz in the hood-Move the setting to Chicago or Detroit and have a happy ending with each girl becoming a boss babe. It will all be about how bad their father's were.

[@Oof-DahReviews-bf4hv]

Point Break, thumbs down? Gene, you slipped on that one. It was a good movie, not great, but good for sure.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Regarding Henry was written by future hack film director JJ Abrams so it's faults are not particularly surprising.

[@CaminoAir]

At the time Abrams screenplay had generated a lot of 'buzz' before the film's release. When I saw 'Regarding Henry' I couldn't believe how bog standard it was. TV movie of the week with a big budget, cast and crew.

[@jamesrogers2382]

Derivative screenplay by The unoriginal JJ Abrams. He is such a hack.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

@@CaminoAir I had the same response after watching this movie.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

@@CaminoAir I think the movie makes fun of brain injuries. Its sad and pathetic

[@refinedsugar]

Regarding Henry has good pieces, but you gotta buy in to the near death morality play in obvious form going on. Ford carried the film largely.

[@jamesrogers2382]

Regarding Henry sucked. Figures, JJ Abrams wrote it.

[@craigwilson3532]

No way Rogers. Regarding Henry is so good

[@todds.6028]

Point Break. Another example of why I loved Roger WAY more than Gene. Roger was much better at "just relax and enjoy the movie for what it is". Gene was nauseatingly nitpicky.

[@pts5217]

Siskel was so nitpicky about Point Break!

[@710blodgett74]

I wish criterion woulf release this again

[@citygirl5705]

If you want to know why Siskel generally sucked as a critic, just listen to his review of "Lethal Weapon 2," "Predator," or "Point Break."

[@ricardocantoral7672]

That's why I am shocked when he got it right like when gave good reviews to Die Hard and Blue Velvet.

[@Automaticstop1]

Its weird. They didn't like any movie I myself loved. I must not be good at movies.

[@leeheverly]

It’s funny how wrong gene Siskel was about point break, glad the movie is getting a proper 4K this year

[@doloreswallin4381]

I never liked a Mike Nichols film. The Graduate was better than most Mike Nichols films.

[@thomasbabilon9146]

My reviews: out of 5 1 " Regarding Henry " 3.5 out of 5 👍 2 " 101 Dalmatians " 3 out of 5 👍 3 " Point Break " 3 out of 5 👍 4 " Boyz n' the Hood " 2.5 out of 5 👎

[@VanishedPNW]

Thumbs down on Boyz n Tha Hood. You must be from like. Maine. Lol.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

My reviews...... Regarding Henry - 7 out of 10 ⭐ 101 Dalmatians - 6.5 out of 10 ⭐ Point Break - 8.5 out of 10 ⭐ Boyz N the Hood - 8.5 out of 10 ⭐ These were all good films but Point Break and Boyz N the Hood are incredible.

[@middleagenerd]

Singleton- what a sad trajectory. SO mediocre.