Gene Siskel

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Chicago Tribune
For 511 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Gene Siskel's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 A Clockwork Orange
Lowest review score: 0 UHF
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 339 out of 511
  2. Mixed: 68 out of 511
  3. Negative: 104 out of 511
511 movie reviews
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    • 18 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Death Wish 3
    Death Wish 3 may be the first movie where the director and both costars have publicly denounced elements of the film. Director Winner has said he doesn't approve of the film's philosophy of taking the law into one's own hands. Bronson has been quoted as saying the film is too violent for his taste.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Blue City
    A bad script. Bad casting. What`s left? How about the guilty party you can spot within minutes? Add a complete lack of suspense to that list and it ensures that Blue City will be on this critic`s list of the year`s worst movies.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
    There is little suspense in the film; the identity of the killer is heavily foreshadowed early on with a baroque music cue and a couple of menacing glances. And the false endings, which have become standard in this genre ever since "Carrie," reach laughable proportions here, because, yes, there will be a sixth film in the series next year. Have a nice day. [25 March 1985, p.C5]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 16 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Shanghai Surprise
    A shockingly bad film because of its total misuse of two talented performers, Sean Penn and Madonna. [5 Sept 1986, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 13 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
    The result is a weak "Carrie" versus Jason finale after Jason has impaled about eight young people, mostly women. The filmmakers have mastered the blood but not the tedium of all of the predictable killings. Nor have they eliminated the "hate-women" subtext to the entire series of films. [20 May 1988, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 13 Metascore
    • 0 Gene Siskel
    Ski Patrol
    A most unfunny comedy about hijinks on the slopes, featuring a short ski patrol leader, a flatulent dog, assorted cutups and a stereotypical black patrol member who sings and dances a lot more than he skis. [19 Jan 1990, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 12 Metascore
    • 63 Gene Siskel
    Cocktail
    Tom Cruise does with bartending pretty much what he did with a pool cue in "The Color of Money." In other words, he shows skill at a con game while being less successful with the woman in his life. [29 Jul 1988, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 10 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Transylvania 6-5000
    DeLuca is not a director. And he isn`t much of a solo writer either. Maybe 1 percent of his gags work.
    • 10 Metascore
    • 25 Gene Siskel
    Johnny Be Good
    A dim-witted teen comedy and romance about an ace high school football player who has to fight off college recruiters as well as the father of the girl he's dating. Neither part of the film works, save for a few throwaway gags about recruiting. [25 March 1988, p.A]
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