What was the first-ever movie reviewed using a star rating?
The beginning of a grand tradition.
Roger Ebert Archives: 04/2025
The remake Roger Ebert hated even more than the original: “Not a brand that guarantees quality”
“It is an assault on all the senses.”
The “incomprehensible” movie Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “Almost awesome in its badness”
“Almost” being the key word.
The Clint Eastwood movie Roger Ebert hated the most: “How do travesties like this get made?”
Right at the bottom of the barrel.
The Sylvester Stallone movie Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “Moronic beyond comprehension”
No arguments to be made here.
The violent crime thriller Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “A scummy little sewer of a movie”
A pattern was emerging.
The cult classic horror Roger Ebert refused to give a star rating: “This movie is diseased and corrupt”
Christopher Nolan loves it, though.
The Samuel L Jackson movie Roger Ebert hated: “You invest your trust and are betrayed”
Ebert was irate after sitting through this “Jerk-Around Movie.”
The sequel Roger Ebert refused to give a star rating: “Artistically inept and morally repugnant”
He wasn’t a fan, which is putting it lightly.