Roger Ebert's critique of this film stated that the plot to sell the jury to the highest-bidding party was the most ingenious device in the story because it avoided pitting the " evil " and the " good " protagonists directly against each other in a stereotypical manner, but it plunged both of them into a moral abyss.

Ebert's future co-host on Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper, would later go on to list North as one of the 40 worst movies he's ever seen, saying that, " Of all the films on this list, North may be the most difficult to watch from start to finish.

Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert's co-host on the television show Ebert & Roeper, called it " One of the most stylish and eccentric films about childhood dreams and heartbreaks that I've ever seen.

The film made it on the 2005 list of Roger Ebert's most hated films.

It also made Roger Ebert's most hated films list.

In recent years, due to Roger Ebert's loss of his speaking voice, his wife Chaz has taken on many of the hosting duties.

" A more recent review by William Mager on BBC. co. uk's review section echoed Canby and Ebert's comments.

Stern and the two lesbians stayed on the show during Siskel and Ebert's segment, who were also guests on the show that night, where he began to suck one of their toes, to raucous applause and behavior from the crowd.

Although Ebert disliked the film and gave it a thumbs-down on his television show, Ebert's partner Gene Siskel enjoyed the film as pleasant fare and gave it a thumbs-up.

Ultimately, Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper was hired and the show was renamed Ebert & Roeper at the Movies.

They naturally worried that Ebert's resulting disfigurement would produce a decline in viewership, and lower ratings for the show.

As Ebert's absence from the show continued, a handful of critics came to be frequent guests.

" Later, during Siskel and Ebert's annual " If We Picked the Winners " program, Gene Siskel gave away the surprise twist of the film while giving his review, which infuriated Ebert.

Ebert has occasionally accused some films of having an unwholesome political agenda, and the word " fascist " accompanied more than one of Ebert's reviews of the law-and-order films of the 1970s such as Dirty Harry.

Each year since 1999, except in 2008, Ebert has published Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook, a collection of all of his movie reviews from the previous two and a half years ( for example, the 2011 edition, ISBN 978-0-7407-9769-9, covers January 2008 – July 2010 ), as well as essays and other writings.

Critics Siskel and Ebert each rated the film among the top three of the 1986 film year ; Ebert's 1986 review of the film called it " the best movie Allen has ever made.

Assuring Ebert of the support of the Army, the General was given Ebert's promise to reinstate the military hierarchy and, with the help of the army, to take action against the Councils.

During his review of the film on Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, Gene Siskel changed his vote for the first and only time, giving the film a " thumbs down " after hearing Roger Ebert's criticisms.

" The film was placed on both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's 10 best films of 1993 lists, with Ebert praising " the way the filmmakers tell Caine's story without making him seem either the hero or victim ".

It was widely known for the " thumbs up / thumbs down " review summaries given during Siskel's and Ebert's tenures ( although these are a trademark held by Ebert and by Siskel's widow, not the producers ).

20th Century Fox rejected two screenplay drafts, and the final version, written by director Russ Meyer and novice screenwriter Roger Ebert in six weeks, was not only a spoof of the original film, but, in Ebert's words " a satire of Hollywood conventions, genres, situations, dialogue, characters and success formulas, heavily overlaid with such shocking violence that some critics didn't know whether the movie ' knew ' it was a comedy.

Ebert's co-host on the television program Ebert & Roeper, Chicago Tribune critic Richard Roeper, said that the documentary was " a brilliantly executed, brutally entertaining dissection of what one observer called the greatest corporate fraud in American history.

" Corliss later appeared in Ebert's book Awake in the Dark in discussions and debates with Ebert about film criticism where " all thumbs " was reprinted.

" Ebert's television reviewing partner Gene Siskel also loved the film, with Ebert placing it at the # 4 and Siskel at # 6 on their 1991 top ten lists.

Michael Phillips later became Ebert's replacement for the remainder of Roeper's time on At the Movies, until mid-2008, when Roeper did not extend his contract with ABC.

The film is also featured on movie critic Leonard Maltin's list of the " 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century ", as well as Roger Ebert's " Great Movies " list.

It is also one of the earliest films to appear on Roger Ebert's list of Great Movies.

* Is featured on Roger Ebert's " Great Movies " list, though Ebert's original review of the film granted it only three out of four stars.

* Roger Ebert's Great Movies reflection on The Rules of the Game

* Film critic Roger Ebert's " Great Movies " essay about Exotica

* Roger Ebert's Great Movies entry for the film.

It has 94 % positive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and is featured in Roger Ebert's Great Movies collection.

For an example of this point of view, see Roger Ebert's " Great Movies " essay on the film.

* Roger Ebert's " Great Movies – House of Games "

* Gates of Heaven ( 1978 ) has long been on Roger Ebert's list of the ten greatest films ever made.

The Three Colors Trilogy ( Blue, White, and Red ), and Pulp Fiction originally ranked second and third on Ebert's 1994 list ; both were included on his " Best Films of the 1990s " list, but their order had reversed.

Michael Bay responded to Ebert's criticism of his film: " He commented on TV that bombs don't fall like that.

Roger Ebert's review for the Chicago Sun-Times was :" Any attempt to defend this movie on rational grounds is futile.

Scheidemann's proclamation ended the German monarchy, and an entirely Socialist provisive government based on workers ' councils took power under Ebert's leadership.

Some historians have defended Ebert's actions as unfortunate but inevitable if the creation of a socialist state on the model that had been promoted by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and the communist Spartacus Group was to be prevented.

This film appeared on Siskel and Ebert's best of 1986 lists.

" Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer.

Gallo subsequently stated that he had been misquoted, that the hex had actually been placed on Ebert's prostate, and that the whole thing had been meant as a joke which was misinterpreted by a reviewer, also admitting that he found Ebert's colonoscopy comment to be an amusing comeback.

Although hers was the only positive one on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert's was the highest rated on Metacritic.

This film appeared on both Siskel and Ebert's best of 1984.