There is an art to writing well about something bad, and Ebert is a master. Inspired by
Deuce Bigalow: European Giglo (the only instance that phrase will be ever used) Ebert collects some of his lowest reviews. The collection starts with the aforementioned Rob Schneider movie, which receives special attention as Schneider called out another movie critic, in a letter sent to the media, for his negative review and not having any award credentials. Pulitzer prize-winning Ebert takes it on himself to bash Schneider around the head with his gold coin for the travesty that is the sequel to
Deuce Bigalow. The next featured review is for
Chaos, a horror movie I've heard of that took Ebert to task for his negative review.
Ebert is willing to change his mind, which he did with
Brown Bunny. Seeing it at Cannes he wrote it was worse than watching his own colonoscopy, but after meeting a year later with the director/star and seeing a new cut, he offers a more positive review.
Of course there are some great lines - for
Catwoman:
The director, whose name is Pitof, was probably issued with two names at birth and would be wise to use the other one on his next project.
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