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Review of The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

A marvelous film right up until its inappropriate ending leaves you feeling betrayed…

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Review of Lord of the Flies (1990)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

The symbolism is right up front and unmissable, and the story part -- the events that in theory should cause our throats to tighten and our…

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Review of Nuts (1987)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Nuts is essentially just a futile exercise in courtroom cliches, surrounding a good performance that doesn't fit…

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Review of What's Love Got to Do with It? (2002)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

It's a story of pain and courage, uncommonly honest and unflinching, and the next time I hear Tina Turner singing I will listen to the song…

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Review of Walkabout (1971)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Walkabout is a superb work of storytelling and its material is effortlessly fascinating…

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Review of Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

The movie doesn't labor its jokes or insist on its virtuoso special effects, but devotes its energies to seeming unforced and delightful…

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Review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

The movie is funny, but it's more than funny, it's exhilarating…

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Review of From the Hip (1987)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Reviewing The Naked Gun... is like reporting on a monologue by Rodney Dangerfield - you can get the words but not the music…

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Review of Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Bodies, Rest and Motion is one of those movies that not only comes accompanied by supporting materials, but seems fairly pointless unless you…

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Review of The Net (1995)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

This stuff is so concocted I had no business caring about it. But I did, because of Bullock…

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Review of Labyrinth (2003)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Great energy and creativity went into the construction, production and direction of this movie, but it doesn't have a story that does justice…

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Review of Léon: The Professional (1994)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Always at the back of my mind was the troubled thought that there was something wrong about placing a 12-year-old character in the middle of…

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Review of The Swindle (1997)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

After months and months of comedies that did not make me laugh, here at last is one that did…

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Review of Deterrence (2000)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

I got caught up in the global chess game, in the bluffing and the dares, the dangerous strategy of using nuclear blackmail against a fanatic…

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Review of Rain Man (1988)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Rain Man is so fascinating because it refuses to supply those questions with sentimental but unrealistic answers…

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Review of Ironweed (1987)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Actors are said to like to play drunks, because it gives them an excuse for overacting…

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Review of Dance with Me (1998)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

The movie sees Ruby, the Williams character, clearly and with surprising truthfulness; she has a depth associated with more serious movies…

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Review of A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

I didn't laugh much during A Very Brady Sequel, but I did smile a lot…

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Review of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

This is another one of those dreary retreads about a bunch of kids with no faith in themselves, and about how an inspiring teacher coaches…

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Review of Striptease (1977)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Certainly the director, Andrew Bergman, is capable of making a satirical laugh fest…

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