Gene Siskel

Cited on the shows, as a critic is, not present.

Wikidata Q969105: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end.

Draws on

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What the speakers said they did

Other (14) everyone in other

critic who reviewed Raiders, Raiders of the Lost Ark (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis)
critic who hated the film, Friday the 13th (The Rewatchables, ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic who gave two thumbs up, The Truman Show (The Rewatchables, ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan)
critic who reviewed it on At the Movies, Internal Affairs (The Rewatchables, ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic, top 5 or 6 of the year, Die Hard 2 (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, loved it, favorite of 1997, The Ice Storm (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic and owner of the white suit, Saturday Night Fever (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)
critic, disliked Dreyfuss's anger, What About Bob? (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
critic, got it, Fletch (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, disliked it, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, Reservoir Dogs (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic (thumbs down), Tombstone (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, Shy People (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
critic (his final best-of movie), Babe: Pig in the City (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (3)

unmapped (critic split): Gene Siskel → Roger Ebert. Siskel understood Chase's detached persona was the point of Fletch; Ebert gave 2.5 stars and wanted a character to invest in.
“Siskel nailed it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
unmapped (critical disagreement): Roger Ebert → Gene Siskel. Siskel disliked Ferris over Chicago accuracy, while Ebert gave it three stars and later Roeper made it his favorite.
“Gene Siskel did not like the movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:50 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (critic champion): Gene Siskel → Babe: Pig in the City. Siskel's final best-of list had this film on top (transcript is garbled: 'Bay Pick in the city').
“Siskel's final best of movie, yeah.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 2:17:05 · Griffin Newman (0.25 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

verdict (verdict): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Gene Siskel. Siskel and Ebert were giddy over Raiders and asked if it was a bad year or a truly great movie.
“they are just giddy with excitement over this movie”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:04:25 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.70 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Gene Siskel → The Ice Storm. Siskel named it his favorite movie of 1997.
“It was Cisco's favorite movie of 97.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Gene Siskel → Saturday Night Fever. Siskel loved it more than Ebert, saw it more than any other movie and bought the suit.
“This is his favorite movie of all time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:28:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Gene Siskel. Siskel and Ebert later had a big turnaround on Tarantino after being critical.
“He and Cisco famously had a big turnaround on Tarantino, where they were a little bit critical.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Gene Siskel → Tombstone. Siskel gave it a thumbs down.
“By the way, Cisco Cisco thumbs downed it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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