A collection of some of the Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic's
most scathing reviews, from Alex & Emma to the remake of Yours, Mine,
and Ours. From Roger's review of Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (0
stars): "The movie created a spot of controversy in February 2005.
According to a story by Larry Carroll of MTV News, Rob Schneider took
offense when Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times listed this
year's Best Picture nominees and wrote that they were 'ignored,
unloved, and turned down flat by most of the same studios
that . . . bankroll hundreds of sequels, including a follow-up to
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, a film that was sadly overlooked at Oscar
time because apparently nobody had the foresight to invent a category
for Best Running Penis Joke Delivered by a Third-Rate Comic.'
Schneider retaliated by attacking Goldstein in full-page ads in
Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. In an open letter to
Goldstein, Schneider wrote: "Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some
research to find out what awards you have won. I went online and found
that you have won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards
of any kind . . . . Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because
they haven't invented a category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous
Reporter Who's Never Been Acknowledged by His Peers . . . ."
Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting
Actor but lost to Jar-Jar Binks. But Schneider is correct, and Patrick
Goldstein has not yet won a Pulitzer Prize. Therefore, Goldstein is
not qualified to complain that Columbia financed Deuce Bigalow:
European Gigolo while passing on the opportunity to participate in
Million Dollar Baby, Ray, The Aviator, Sideways, and Finding
Neverland. As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and
so I am qualified. Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer
Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks." Roger Ebert's I
Hated Hated Hated This Movie, which gathered some of his most scathing
reviews, was a bestseller. This collection continues the tradition,
reviewing not only movies that were at the bottom of the barrel, but
also movies that he found underneath the barrel.
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ISBN
9780740792151
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2016
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Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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