Siskel & Ebert (1995): The Juror, Balto, White Squall, Nico Icon & French Twist

0:00 intro
0:53 The Juror: 👎👎
5:30 Balto: Siskel 👎 & Ebert 👍
8:31 White Squall: Siskel 👎 & Ebert 👍
11:42 In Current Release
11:56 Nico Icon: 👍👍
15:40 French Twist: 👎👎
Home Video pick of the week
18:25 Truman (1995)
19:51 The reviews

[@olaoluwaafolayan6554]

Siskel and Ebert were both pretty pissed in this episode lol

[@bigjohn08865]

Maybe They needed Metamucil

[@blackwidow8000]

"There's a recommendation...adequate." - Gene. LOL

[@DannyCosmos]

gene was pissed lmao

[@JHallenbeck]

Wow, Gene was pretty angry in this episode! He tore Roger a new one in every disagreement. It seems to me that something was going on behind the scenes before they went into record that day.

[@tarlcabot2519]

Holy hell, yeah. He's not even mad at Ebert at the beginning, I don't think. He's just angry in general.

[@Jbaxter85]

No joke, he dislike almost every movie he reviewed this episode except Nico icon.

[@patrickc3419]

I really liked Balto.

[@DannyCosmos]

damn gene was pissed

[@patrickc3419]

@@DannyCosmos Right??? He had some bad reviews for sure. He didn’t like Christmas Vacation, Blade Runner, Beverly Hills Cop, What About Bob?, Unforgiven, The Terminator, & barely liked Rocky!

[@RobZone300]

White Squall. Loved that movie

[@reneedennis2011]

R.I.P. Bob Hoskins.

[@bigjohn08865]

3:28 - Wouldn't She disqualify herself as a juror by visiting the judge? Answer: Yes but that age old excuse comes in: "But then there would be no movie."

[@bobthered313]

Well you know what? If that movie is awful, then better that, than a very bad film like that movie.

[@bigjohn08865]

@@bobthered313 True

[@aldenmartin623]

I love em

[@Sandlot1992]

I'm surprised Roger Ebert liked Balto but Gene Siskel didn't! (and despite this being the 3rd and final animated film by Amblimation!)

[@killbot_factory]

Siskel being legitimately pissed off at The Juror is awesome. Way to go, Gene!

[@reneedennis2011]

R.I.P. Michael Consindine.

[@DannyCosmos]

gene was pissed this episode lmao

[@jackmonroe5531]

Siskel on new release "French Twist": "It's stunning!"

[@TheMrfoxguy]

Man siskel was so contrarian

[@Jbaxter85]

Nico iron 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@5andup]

Love the film. 👍 1..The Juror - crazy plot and dour performances by Demi and Alec. The chemistry is bad too. 👎👎 2..French Twist - a slapstick comedy about a love triangle involving a heterosexual couple and a lesbian; the dialogue is too French for its own good that I remember (during a 1996 French Film Festival that I attended in college) the cultural affairs minister shared about the eccentric yet universal (???) appeal of the film. Not for all tastes 👎 3. White Squall - The film that made me become a "film commenter" when it was screened during a religious retreat (!!!). The priest asked if any of us have seen the film before, and since I was the only one that raised a hand he made me talk about it in its entirety. Predictable plot and heavy-handed drama abound, it was a terrible experience - both the film viewing and the lecture 👎

[@arikatheprincessofhearts2043]

Why would they hate Balto? Is it because it has cliches?

[@dimasgirl2749]

"It's a Shooting Gallery of Kids!" 🤣

[@uhdudewhy7980]

I think that's the first time I've seen S & E dump on a foreign movie. Nico was passionately in love with Jim Morrison. She was devastated when he died.

[@pronkb000]

I think generally they decided not to waste their air time on bad foreign movies--I remember they screened Mediterraneo, which won the 1991 Best Foreign Film Oscar, and after nothing had happened in the first hour they declared that it was a movie "utterly without merit," in Roger's words, had it turned off, and decided not to review it at all. But I guess the corruption involved in this movie being submitted over Les Mis compelled them to speak. But for the most part, I'm sure Sony or Disney or Buena Vista wanted them to stick to reviewing big-budget, mainstream fare, so if they had room to talk about a foreign film it may as well be one they'd recommend.

[@reneedennis2011]

This movie has a similar plot to Trial by Jury. It's lousy, but it's better than The Juror, which isn't saying much.

[@reneedennis2011]

R.I.P. James Rebhorn.

[@reneedennis2011]

R.I.P. Pat Hingle.

[@reneedennis2011]

I saw The Juror. It was silly.

[@keithdoherty3178]

Stupid is a better word

[@nicktaylor2657]

Imagine Nico became a heroin addict when Velvet Underground most famous song was "Heroin" 🤨

[@bigjohn08865]

I liked Balto. Gene needed to 💡⬆️

[@reneedennis2011]

I've seen Truman. It's a good movie.

[@teejaye6226]

Jesus...Siskel had NEVER let his simple minded rant about women in deanger go....he was wrong in the 80's...he was wrong in the 90's.

[@teejaye6226]

it's a E in danger u fuckin word nazi...Grow the fuck up!

[@keithdoherty3178]

What is wrong with that - I get tired of watching that crap too - Am I simple minded ?

[@TheMrfoxguy]

​@@keithdoherty3178 yep

[@jackmonroe5531]

There was a review for some flick with kids or women in peril and Siskel was praising it for that just that feature, it was weird, wish I could remember the title.