Siskel&Ebert (1991): Thelma & Louise, Hangin with Homeboys, Dice Rules & Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

0:00 intro
0:55 Thelma & Louise: Siskel 👎 & Ebert 👍
5:45 Hangin With The Homeboys: Siskel 👎 & Ebert 👍
9:00 Dice Rules: 👎👎
12:14 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - 👎👎
19:10 Double home video of the week
Geena Davis in Earth Girls Are Easy
Susan Sarandon in Atlantic City
20:03 Recap the reviews

[@williamnoonan7380]

Keep posting these videos. Can't get enough S&E. They used to air at 7:30 PM on Saturdays our Boston ABC affiliate when I was younger. If my friends wanted to hang out on Saturdays, I told them I'd see them at 8:00 PM. They thought I was weird. I didn't care. RIP to the legends.

[@Xayjohns]

You can also go to siskelebert.org for episodes too.

[@twstf8905]

We STILL think you're weird lol 🤣👍

[@reneedennis2011]

Thelma and Louise, and Hangin' With the Homeboys are good movies.

[@reneedennis2011]

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken is a good movie, too.

[@Jbaxter85]

I agree 💯%

[@BDX169]

Hell Yeah

[@Jbaxter85]

I do remember see hangin with the homeboys once & it was good but I enjoy Thelma & Louise the most, the ending, which I dislike, should've been different. THELMA & LOUISE - 👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hangin with the homeboys - 👍👍⭐⭐⭐

[@twstf8905]

Yeah, too bad the audio cuts out completely RIGHT in the middle of the Thelma and Louise review though, ain't it?! That being said, One of Ridley Scott's best non-Science Fiction movies, no question. 👍

[@josephcalderon906]

It's the opposite with those two films,i greatly enjoy hangin' with the homeboys, it's one of my favorite films.for i own it on DVD.

[@tomgcooktown5019]

Thelma & Louise is iconic. It has stood the test of time. The final scene was perfect. Riviting. There comes a time of no turning back. By choosing their own fate they became free...That is the reason for the freeze frame. A moment later they were dead...I never want to see that part. TgT

[@marcofalzone6469]

So the moral is, it's better to kill yourself than by someone else's hand? How nihilistic.

[@dfcintron]

The best Susan Sarandon performance ever. Imo

[@staticxboy3000]

Hangin with the Homeboys was the only film Writer/Director Joseph B Vasquez got to make. He died from AIDS in 1995

[@Madbandit77]

Actually, he directed three other films, Street Hitz, The Bronx War & Manhattan Merengue.

[@reneedennis2011]

Oh no 😢!

[@ryanbates362]

When life hands you aids.... make lemonaids

[@ganglabesh]

LOL@@ryanbates362

[@newwavepop]

i remember seeing Andrew Dice Clay in really small parts in goofy films all the way back to the early 80s, and to some small degree i liked him back then or that is i liked him in so much as he was some weird character actor i recognized in goofy teen comedies i liked. and i remember around this time in the early 90s when he for some reason really took off for awhile and i personally couldnt stand him and didnt get his success. and its kind of funny that right after talking about "Hanging With The Homeboys" and the Puerto Rican character that pretends he is Italian, they go right to Clay who is Jewish and made a whole career of Pretending to be some Italian Jerseyish stereotype.

[@lerm2866]

Dice was and is a wonderful character actor-see Blue Jasmine

[@marcofalzone6469]

Dice became a big star as a direct blowback to onslaught of late 80s early 90s growing PC and Afrocentric culture appropriation in the U.S.

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

I honestly enjoyed first seeing Dice in FORD FAIRLANE. It was a good movie, but it wasn't so successful. I heard of this--the first stand-up concert film of his that was in theatres. To get an NC-17 for language alone. I was intrigued. I saw the whole thing when it was up here on KZbin. I couldn't even finish watching it. I'm with Roger and Gene on this one.

[@simplenough]

@@marcofalzone6469 “Afrocentric culture appropriation” You’re just saying anything, huh?

[@philipcalderon3208]

“Thelma & Louise” (1991) Review: 1:30 Recap: 20:07

[@travisspazz1624]

Roger is so right about the final shot!

[@brent2073]

I wonder if anyone's ever did the stats of how many films Gene liked compared to Roger. It seems like Gene thumbs downs a whole lot more than Roger.

[@xdmaster7888]

They did a statistical analysis that showed S&E agreed on over 70% of the films they talked about. But I don't know how often they had "Roger Thumbs Up/Gene Thumbs Down" or the opposite. My gut tells me that you're right overall but that it wasn't a huge gap of approval between them.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@dudemanjack98]

18:47 Dice Rules is the exception it grossed $637,000 total not the opening weekend

[@IamConnorMacLeod]

Can you please upload their Mighty Aphrodite review?

[@brettming9015]

Geena Davis character does a complete 360. Both actresses were great.

[@langdonalger9219]

360 or 180?

[@jedijones]

@@langdonalger9219 360 is when they look like they are going to change but then end up staying the same? 😆

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN is better than Siskel and Ebert thought. They had a problem with the plot. However, this was based upon a TRUE story. This is something that was typical of Ebert. He sometimes criticized plot developments that were literally taken from a true story. He's right about this -- but only if it was pure fiction.

[@Mrx2848]

If a true story is told in a way that the audience doesn't buy it, is that not a knock on the storyteller? Ebert said something to that end in review of 'Wild America' - that he laughed when the 'based on a true story' disclaimer appeared at the end because the entire movie up to that point was unbelievable.

[@oobrocks]

So Bruce rejects huge pay days?

[@thomasbabilon9146]

My reviews: out of 5 1 " Thelma & Louise " 3 out of 5 👍

[@thekingofmovies193]

What about the other ones?

[@natalieps2387]

Thelma & louise was such a great movie. U see how one horrible incident unexpectedly on just a regular night out of blowing off steam snow balls & if they did a couple things differently the outcome would be so different. I was rooting for them til the end. As much as Harvey keitel sounds like a nice cop he still wants to nail them. He has no choice. If they had just went to the cops when louise shot & killed that rapist they at the most would have gotten a great plea deal esp bc I'm sure thar creep has quite a history plus he said he was married I'm sure the wife has a lot to say & since he is dead I believe a wife can testify against a husband. At the least they might not have been charged since it was justifiable homicide. Louise was acting in defense of another human being in imminent danger. She stopped a rape & possibly a really bad beating & a case for murder. Technically by pulling the gun louise stopped the danger & shot him when the guy kept mouthing off. The cops did not have to know that . They could have said she shot him while he was in the act & Thelma 's battered face would back that up & fingerprints of the guys hands all over her underwear etc. Plus keitel found out louise was raped in texas which would have helped her case that she under the law snapped & was temporarily insane. Running gave the cops no choice but to charge them with murder. Then it snowballed w/ pitt stealing all their money & thelma feeling so bad about her blunder committed armed robbery & so on. I also liked watching thelma go from a walked on housewife to a strong confident woman. Plus u gotta love the love & loyalty between these friends. U never felt one would roll over on the other. Love this film.

[@reneedennis2011]

Great analysis 👍🏾!

[@oobrocks]

T and L: way above average

[@christiansoldier77]

Ebert Is so wrong The ending is good . The whole point was for them to be free so ending it in a fade to white is good. If they end the movie with them splattered at the bottom of the Grand Canyon that obviously doesnt work

[@jimjones4838]

coz it was the 90's, they wouldve probably showed harvey kitel's face staring at them crashing at the bottom of the canyon,, than the after math of the damaged car, and no bodies shown

[@marcofalzone6469]

You mean the mind controlled feminist spell would be broken

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

No, you misunderstood. His complaint (and I agreed when I saw the film) is that it fades to white too quickly and rushes to the credits. They should have held the freeze-frame longer so it has a chance to sink in. It's too hurried. But I personally thought everything else worked.

[@jedijones]

He was not saying to show the crash. He said the freeze frame should've lasted longer before they started playing happy music and flashing back to earlier scenes in the movie for the credits. There was no time to contemplate the weight of what they had done.

[@Dane_Youssef]

Gene Siskel admits he laughed twice as DICE RULES. Huh. He always a flashy vanity jacket.

[@alexsandell8260]

"I really am not interesting." - Gene, 18 minutes in

[@alcd6333]

Comedians are very polarizing: you either love them or hate them. I agree with Siskel and Ebert about Clay: he's vulgar and foul-mouthed but completely unfunny. He's lost a lot of celebrity status now so we don't have to put up with him. I'm surprised he hasn't succumbed to cancer or heart disease: he smokes more than anyone I know.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Clay is not a bad comedian but his pseudo Italian, ultra macho misogynist image got pretty tired quickly.

[@hamupinhere]

I was under the impression that he quit smoking? I saw part of his Showtime special from a few years ago and, while the cigarette-gesticulating was still clearly essential to the act, the cigarette itself remained unlit.

[@andrewpowell1734]

Did Gene Siskel ever LIKE a movie.

[@thekingofmovies193]

Watch their top 10 of the year, and you'll find 10 movies that he not only liked but possibly would even jump in front of a bus to save. Lol

[@jimjones4838]

..umm clueless bruce willis lol.. hollywood is a buisness, course it's always about the money..duh ! ..and movie buffs wanna know how much a movie makes, or flops

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I am a movie buff and the last thing I ever cared about is box office gross.

[@Maniac1607]

"Dice Rules" was as funny as a hysterectomy.

[@Dane_Youssef]

That you’re awake for…

[@scruffyp9480]

I think they missed the irony with Dice.

[@nikosvault]

hard to get to the irony having to dig through all the hate.

[@citygirl5705]

@@nikosvault Awwwwww, did all the hate offend you? You must be a liberal.

[@robm4393]

All the idiots that rip Dice don't understand that it's a character hes playing. That's not the real guy.

[@nikoruvalcaba1998]

Siskel & Ebert are right about Andrew Dice Clay. He’s the worst comedian of all time! He’s doesn’t have a chance to become an actor or be the funniest person in the world (he talks/sounds like Elvis Presley on steroids) They didn’t like 1990’s The adventures of Ford Fairlane either

[@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729]

The opening of DIce Rules is painfully unfunny...but he was better in his Showtime series..and in the Woody Allen movie "Blue Jasmine"

[@jamesrogers2382]

Ebert later put Dice Rules in his top 10 films of the year. Just behind JFK and Boyz in the Hood at #3. Remarkable change of heart.

[@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729]

I think it was his or Siskels worst movie of the year...

[@nikoruvalcaba1998]

Siskel named it the second worst film of 1991

[@jamesrogers2382]

@@nikoruvalcaba1998 no, he ended up loving it. He also took up smoking after watching Dice’s act.

[@tylerjames6842]

thelma and louise certainly depicted women in a bad light. every situation they encountered, they made the exact stupid and wrong choice. without fail.

[@kemp10]

Maybe it's not a broad statement about all women. Maybe it's just about those 2 characters specifically, ya know? It's a heightened version of bad decisions that anyone young and desperate can make and how much it snowballs. I know seen through the lens of 2022 everything has to be a god damn political statement about all walks of life all the time, and if you step one toe out of line you and all your future descendents deserved to be shipped to North Korea. People use to be able to take chances without being beheaded and that was ok. Take care and come back now, ya hear

[@sahej6939]

good thing your not a woman, so who cares what you 🤔 think. lol how was Brad Pitt a big mistake?

[@user-rh2io7gm1l]

@@sahej6939 In the film, Thelma and Louise kill a man, rob a store, falsely imprison a cop, and blow up a trucker's vehicle -- AND NONE OF IT IS JUSTIFIED!

[@thekingofmovies193]

​@@user-rh2io7gm1lthey killed a rapist. That was justified. As for the rest, the trucker had it coming, the store bit was to redeem themselves financially after Brad Pitt robbed them, and as for the cop, that was to show Thelma developing into a strong female character and standing up for her friend. I think you forgot that this is a movie, a piece of escapist entertainment.

[@thekingofmovies193]

How are you gonna say that this movie put women in a bad light when it emphasises the love, loyalty, and unity of the two ladies' friendship, and how together they are unstoppable? And Meanwhile, all of the men in the movie (except for Harvey Keitel's character) are portrayed in a very bad light, between a drunk rapist, a misogynistic and obnoxious truck driver, a creep who wouldn't grow up (Jimmy), a disrespectful, loud-mouthed and control freak of a husband (Daryl), and a young man who at first seems loyal and innocent, but then turns out to be a Thief (sorry to anyone reading this, who hasn't seen the movie. Lol). But regardless, the relationship between Thelma and Louise is the heart of the movie. And (in my opinion), makes for a very nice portrayal of women.

[@jamesrogers2382]

Sandra Bernhardt? She’s awful.

[@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729]

grating..and kind of hideous to look at

[@simplenough]

Saying her over Eddie Murphy or Joan Rivers is preposterous

[@jimjones4838]

ebert was clueless with dice rules, and assumed things.. dice was the best!

[@solomonallen3524]

Thelma and louise will be rebooted or remade with a non binary person or Transgender person in the leads

[@ricardocantoral7672]

The original will be condemned for making the protagonists cis gendered.

[@2uitdoesntmatter]

And they won’t be white

[@sahej6939]

No, it won’t because your mom’s busy

[@solomonallen3524]

@@sahej6939 yes it will you down low coward/ Broke made sissy 🖕

[@ricardocantoral7672]

​@@sahej6939 Wow, what a sick burn. You're a sharp one, no seriously. You are.

[@Oldguitar57]

Lenny Bruce is not funny and Dices joke is that he’s the joke