Siskel & Ebert Classics 4/15/89 - Field of Dreams, Say Anything

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Jam-packed mid-April episode also includes DEAD CALM, WINTER PEOPLE and the Tony Danza bomb SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL. As a reminder, if you're looking for the latest home video reviews -- from Blu-Rays of classic catalog titles to the latest releases -- be sure to check out my own review site at www.andyfilm.com

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@johnjohn37371 7 ай бұрын

I am flabbergasted that neither mentioned Field of Dreams ultimately being about fathers and sons...and reconciliation...

@user-hk8yg1pb6t 11 ай бұрын

This episode encapsulates everything that made Siskel and Ebert so compelling. They could praise small cinematic miracles like "Say Anything" and absolutely destroy tripe like "She's Out Of Control" in a ten minute span.

@tammymism 3 жыл бұрын

"And when I saw _She's Out of Control_ I became so depressed I actually thought about quitting my job as a film critic." 😄

@curly_wyn 2 жыл бұрын

Until he saw Say Anything! 🖤

@Jbaxter85 Жыл бұрын

Don't give up your day job.

@thekingofmovies193 Жыл бұрын

R.I.P Siskel, Ebert, Ray Liotta, and Burt Lancaster.

@65g4 Жыл бұрын

I really loved Field Of Dreams i saw the film soon after my father died and was very moved.

@ReverendMuncle Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I love Say Anything. It'll always be in my top10 but I didn't know it was so well respected by these gentlemen

@BubblegumCrash332 8 ай бұрын

Imagine being the director of She's Out of Control and watching this .

@jonathanhathaway7796 Жыл бұрын

I'm with Roger on Field Of Dreams, excellent and magical.

@hazelanderson1479 Жыл бұрын

I know absolutely nothing about baseball, but I do so love Field Of Dreams.

@lanagorgeous9485 Жыл бұрын

Boy did Gene miss it on Field of Dreams, one of the best movies ever!

@clintstewart5545 11 ай бұрын

ever lol, I found it boring , I guess for americans who like boring baseball

@hypnotistraywilliams 10 ай бұрын

@@clintstewart5545 We just like good movies, not foreign garbage.

@TsukiumisGuy 10 ай бұрын

Gene had a hard time with movies like FIELD OF DEAMS. He really had a hard time with films that touched your emotions.

@clintstewart5545 10 ай бұрын

@@hypnotistraywilliams like there isn't plenty american garbage , it's like you not been watching cinema for the past few years or all the rock movies adam sandler etc lol the arrogance it's always astonishing

@Jamthecoolerator 9 ай бұрын

Field of Dreams is most definitely NOT one of the best movies ever. Boomer nostalgia at its most pompous.

@louisaparker 2 жыл бұрын

Say Anything and Field of Dreams - I just happened to watch these two movies. How convenient to have them reviewed together 30 years ago.

@jedijones 3 жыл бұрын

This is a really wonderful episode that encapsulates everything good about the show and also highlights a strong pre-summer period at the movies in 1989. Here we have a strong disagreement among the critics, citing of a movie rule that was broken, reviews of what would become known as one of the best and worst movies of the year, and at least two movies still remembered as significant if not classics today. We also have movies with some up-and-coming stars who would get much bigger later and movies with some stars who were on their way down.

@rvegas81 2 жыл бұрын

It still kills that they didn’t invite Kelly McGuiness for the top gun sequel.

@jedijones 2 жыл бұрын

@@rvegas81 I think it's all about her looks now. But the story would've worked better with Pete reuniting with someone we already knew, not a new girl. Even more shameful they killed Meg Ryan off. They should've easily been able to work in a small appearance with her. Or at least leave it open for her to appear in part 3.

@clutchkman 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, they went off on that Tony Danza movie lmao

@markdaniels7174 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen it a few times. It’s awful!

@billscannell93 2 жыл бұрын

@@markdaniels7174 Then why on earth did you watch it more than once? Haha

@DoncoEntAgain Жыл бұрын

This is an all-time classic episode. Siskel's existential crisis after seeing She's Out of Control is one of the most memorable moments the show ever had. He was dead wrong about Field of Dreams, though. It seems like he didn't like the movie simply because it wasn't Bull Durham, even though it was trying to be a completely different movie.

@Maya-bu2rf 5 ай бұрын

And his hero was Ty Cobb? From what I have read Ty was not a nice person guy and had a huge ego

@70gabino 2 жыл бұрын

Say Anything is an amazing film that has aged very well. I never minded the silly, raunchy teen flicks because they can be quite funny, but SA is such a realistic view of the way young people act in situations of love, heartbreak and anxiety.

@SaintMartins 3 жыл бұрын

I related to Say Anything. It starts off with the characters graduating from High School & so did i that year in 1989. I did see it in a theater in Seattle where it was also filmed. I remember writer/Director Cameron Crowe said back then that Say Anything was his apology to teenagers for writing Fast Times.

@curly_wyn 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

2 classics in the same week.

@notsure1277 3 жыл бұрын

Most people had enough sense to avoid Tony Danza in any film.

@shanecochran2491 Жыл бұрын

ill town with Michael Rappaport is a good movie with him

@terryjackson324 Жыл бұрын

Yeah!!

@lw3646 3 жыл бұрын

Say Anything. Best teen drama ever?

@davidvonbehren474 3 жыл бұрын

AMAZING! Thank you for posting brother!

@dudemanjack98 3 жыл бұрын

2 ends of the spectrum this episode 2 movies at 11% on Rotten Tomatoes & 3 movies at 83% or higher on RT

@billscannell93 2 жыл бұрын

She's Out of Control must have been a REAL stinker. Siskel said it was one the worst experiences of his career and made him contemplate quitting his job, and Ebert talked about it being "less than nothing" that "robbed life" from him. "A wrong" done to them, "which could never be righted." Wowee.

@bigjohn08865 2 жыл бұрын

IT makes you wonder was the movie that bad or were they being that hyperbolic?

@johnnyskinwalker4095 10 ай бұрын

I mean he said this about good movies as well lol

@n.w.1803 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Cusack whips out names from the then-new idea of kickboxing*, and goes on to have Benny Urquidez play opposite him in, 'Gross Pointe Blank.' Just something surprisingly authentic about that. *And he was right. That MMA thing really took off. If only he was more of a grappler/Judo guy..

@danielstack4158 2 жыл бұрын

I think Cusack actually took up kickboxing for many years after this, great way to stay in shape.

@quietearthMT78 2 жыл бұрын

So it's two thumbs up for "She's out of control" then? 🤣

@craigwilson3532 2 жыл бұрын

I like that this show introuces me to movies I never heard of like winter people

@billscannell93 2 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons it is still fun to watch today!

@jedijones 3 жыл бұрын

LOL, the Cole rule. I never heard that one.

@craigwilson3532 2 жыл бұрын

I love it lol

@rustybarrel516 Жыл бұрын

Not to be confused with Cole’s Law (i.e., finely chopped cabbage with dressing)

@joshdude2621 11 ай бұрын

its so crazy that she actually told her dad that lol

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

The order they review movies is always interesting. Usually the lead movie is the one that's considered the week's Big Release. Here forgotten Winter People gets the nod over future classics Field Of Dreams and Say Anything. There's another one where Die Hard is like the last movie they review.

@wheelmanstan Жыл бұрын

3 great films, would be great if there were a popular show like this telling us which new netflix films are worth a damn

@pi6835 3 жыл бұрын

I love Russell, but Winter People was a bomb. I did laugh at Siskel’s exasperation with it, relating it to Ivanhoe lol

@CHRISCONTEPSS 6 ай бұрын

OMG! Gene, this movie is NOT ABOUT Baseball! Baseball is just a vehicle for the story.

@scottjulie27 3 ай бұрын

Siskel and Ebert getting pissed off about "She's Out of Control", to me, just makes the movie even funnier. Especially the Beach sequence where Tony Danza is looking at everyone in a close up slow motion. :))) The film is not that bad.

@branagain Жыл бұрын

Field of Dreams and Say Anything would make Elbert’s yearly best list, but this episode is all about She’s Out of Control.

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

Not considered major releases at first. Costner wasn't quite a superstar yet--this movie made him one--and this was a quaint baseball fantasy. Say Anything---Cameron Crowe had never directed a hit movie, John Cusack and Ione Skye were not big stars at the time.

@branagain Жыл бұрын

@@BookClubDisaster I think Costner was a superstar because this was a year after Untouchables.

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

@@branagain Even thought that movie was a hit I don't remember it really turning Costner into a household name or anything. Maybe because Connery and De Niro really have the much meatier roles in that.

@user-rh2io7gm1l 8 ай бұрын

@@BookClubDisaster Kevin Costner was already an established star by the time of _Field of Dreams_ (1989), which continued his winning streak at the box office. _The Untouchables_ (1987) was a blockbuster and put him on the map. That same year, _No Way Out_ (1987) was a modest success. The following year, _Bill Durham_ (1988) was another smash hit. He was the main lead in all films.

@BookClubDisaster 8 ай бұрын

@@user-rh2io7gm1l I'd argue he was overshadowed by Connery and De Niro in Untouchables. As you say, No Way Out was only a minor hit. Even Bull Durham only made $50 million. A decent amount back then but not really a blockbuster. I still say he wasn't a major A lister until this movie.

@FeverDog420 10 ай бұрын

Damn, Rog eviscerates WINTER PEOPLE. I kind of want to see it now. But not really; life's too short.

@standoughope 11 ай бұрын

If you film it, critics will come to sh*t on it

@ASaltyDogg 3 жыл бұрын

only movie i remember ever walking out on was the astronauts wife. prolly a lot more i should have though lol

@sleong 3 жыл бұрын

Field of Dreams was a good movie

@fy90s 3 ай бұрын

I like Shes Outta Control... watched it as a kid tho...

@Shambles99 10 ай бұрын

Say Anything is a classic. I can recite most of it

@Shambles99 2 ай бұрын

"Lloyd Dobler...alrite"

@AC-mt9mg 2 ай бұрын

OMG was Gene Siskel the tin man who needed a heart? HOW CAN YOU NOT GET FIELD OF DREAMS???

@johnsaikaly 23 күн бұрын

How did Gene Sisco get so far off base on field of dreams which is considered an icon of movies one of the best ever written and acted looking at it now it’s hard to imagine

@jimmccarley8280 Жыл бұрын

FOD is the greatest movie of all times for people that have a heart....evidently, some people do not...

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

It's not the best movie on this episode for people who have a heart. That's Say Anything.

@FeverDog420 2 жыл бұрын

The TOP GUN sequel opening the same week as Ray Liotta's death? Synchronicity.

@FeverDog420 10 ай бұрын

There's some ass pan-and-scanning in WINTER PEOPLE and full-frame shittery in DEAD CALM. DVD was a godsend to cineastes.

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

The Cole Rule is epic.

@jamesgoss1860 Жыл бұрын

Odd that Siskel and Ebert both focus on the baseball aspect of the story as if that's what it's about, rather than the story of a man reconciling with his father, with baseball merely as a backdrop. If it's just a baseball movie, then Rocky is just a boxing movie.

@jeffc2460 10 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking! How could they’ve missed that? 🤷‍♂️

@mollymccary9166 7 ай бұрын

I wonder if that was intentional…as a means of not giving too much away?

@jeffc2460 7 ай бұрын

@@mollymccary9166 yeah, maybe so. Good point

@billballoo7881 5 ай бұрын

HUGE WHIFF GENE!!!

@FeverDog420 10 ай бұрын

The young actress who plays Danza's daughter isn't terrible.

@TsukiumisGuy 8 ай бұрын

Ami Dolenz played the daughter and was the real life daughter of Micky Dolenz of the Monkees.

@pandaeyes42 2 жыл бұрын

What the hell was going on with Kelly Mc Gillis' accent?!?

@deafheaven99 Жыл бұрын

Wow; how did they both get this so wrong? This film was not really about baseball at all.

@jordanparker5949 8 ай бұрын

Field of Dreams was too ambitious?!?! Wow Gene, I wish he could see all the reactors crying on YT watching it. One of the great endings in movie history.

@citygirl5705 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, if Gene didn't get choked up when Costner said "Hey, dad. You wanna have a catch?"...... there's something wrong with him. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.

@FeverDog420 10 ай бұрын

Seven bucks in New York City!

@untexan 11 ай бұрын

I can kind of see Gene’s point on Field of Dreams. I enjoy the nerve-jangling drama and the creeping dread of the playoffs, but I don’t like baseball for the reasons this film does. I don’t care about that schmaltzy ritual of dads passing the game down to their sons. My hometown didn’t have an MLB team until I was already in college, so that wasn’t even possible for me. Field of Dreams is certainly not a bad movie but you have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy it. It isn’t for everyone.

@gregbromberg5427 Жыл бұрын

As history goes, Siskel’s review on Field Of Dreams was so bad. He simply didn’t get it.

@brettming9015 3 жыл бұрын

Gene was way off on field of dreams. Bull Durham is good but field of dreams is great

@craigwilson3532 2 жыл бұрын

Yea I'll take FOD anyday

@markcornish2519 10 ай бұрын

Siskel probably hated frank Capra films too!

@krissmith1957 4 ай бұрын

Gene always misses on movies . It’s like he isn’t watching the same movies

@CMinorOp67 Жыл бұрын

Gosh…soooo…I actually liked “She’s Out of Control” when I was a kid.😬 Prob still would today. Only movies I recall walking out on, at the theatre: “The Birdcage” and ‘97’s “Godzilla” (when they started shooting the monster who was just trying to protect her babies.)

@canuck_gamer3359 2 жыл бұрын

For the second time in as many days I've watched a video in which Gene badly misses in a way that I cannot fathom. How a man who was a professional film critic could possibly have watched Field of Dreams and then went on TV and not recommended it is just beyond embarrassing. Sorry Gene but you really missed the boat here!

@warriormanmaxx8991 Жыл бұрын

@Canuck_Gamer33 - Good Grief! Gene Siskel is not around to read your rant on Field Of Dreams. You like Field Of Dreams = all that matters.

@kurtboyer299 Жыл бұрын

@@warriormanmaxx8991It's valid to criticize FOD's plot/characters as unrealistic & unbelievable. My rationale is the movie's events all occur in a YA short story, and Terrance Mann wrote it.

@clintstewart5545 11 ай бұрын

well opinions I didn't like that movie either

@1719456 9 ай бұрын

Apparently Gene has no soul, if this film didn't do it for him!

@rucksackzen Жыл бұрын

Siskel was just dead wrong about “Field of Dreams.”

@Wesleech Жыл бұрын

Trying to hard? There's barley a plot. Damn it Siskel.

@stephensimington479 Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Gene to hate on FOD and he did not disappoint 😢

@Jbaxter85 2 жыл бұрын

Field of Dreams 👍🌟🌟🌟 Dead Calm 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 Say Anything 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 Winter People 👎🌟🌟 She's out of control 👎🌟

@mahatmagandhi7588 2 жыл бұрын

I feel the jeans with a great movie I’m sorry gene I think you’re way off

@billscannell93 2 жыл бұрын

Siskel sometimes had a strange tendency to dislike excellent movies, even a few that have become classics. He didn't like Field of Dreams, The Big Lebowski, Casino, The Silence of the Lambs...

@henn863 Жыл бұрын

He didnt like Apocalypse Now which is baffling to me.

@jefffawcett Жыл бұрын

Siskel was a moron. He was sanctimonious and full of himself and the amount of absolute whiffs he has on movie reviews is mind-boggling. His ideal movie is a couple of people chatting with each other for two hours, and nothing happens

@TsukiumisGuy 8 ай бұрын

Siskel didn't connect with films that touched the heart.

@jlobiafra 6 ай бұрын

Taxi driver

@rhyancoleman6462 6 ай бұрын

Two Thumbs Up WAY Down for She's Out of Control the teen comedy that we both agree is one of the worst experiences of our professional lives.

@phillafella 3 жыл бұрын

Say Anything 3.5/4 👍 Field of Dreams 3/4 👍 She's Out of Control 1/4 👎

@Jbaxter85 2 жыл бұрын

What about Dead Calm?

@phillafella 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jbaxter85 Haven't seen that one, nor Winter People. So I couldn't give them ratings.

@thomasbabilon9146 3 жыл бұрын

My reviews: out of 5 1 " Winter People " 2 out of 5 👎 2 " Say Anything " 3 out of 5 👍 3 " Field of Dreams " 4.5 out of 5 👍 4 " She's out of Control " 1.5 out of 5 👎 5 " Dead Calm " 4 out of 5 👍

@chadcrudup2088 3 жыл бұрын

Why so generous on "She's Out of Control"?

@jedijones 3 жыл бұрын

Say Anything deserves more.

@notsure1277 3 жыл бұрын

It was not surprising that Siskel preferred Bull Durham to FoD. Bull Durham was a chick flick disguised as a baseball movie. Sarandon got people to pay to watch her lecture grown men on her ideas of how to act.

@zt1053 2 жыл бұрын

Major League is a much better baseball movie.

@billnolte8644 Жыл бұрын

Gene's take on Field of Dreams may lose any credibility forever.

@clintstewart5545 11 ай бұрын

dont like the film either

@billnolte8644 11 ай бұрын

@@clintstewart5545 yours is also shot. 😉

@clintstewart5545 11 ай бұрын

@@billnolte8644 just subjectivity that's all, I could also say then you have a terrible opinion in movies for liking something so sappy , and silly

@citygirl5705 7 ай бұрын

Among his worst reviews are thumbs down for Lethal Weapon 2, Predator, Point Break, Aliens.

@jlobiafra 6 ай бұрын

@@citygirl5705those movies are acceptable but gene not liking Taxi driver is unforgivable

@FeverDog420 6 ай бұрын

A dreary story about boring people who live in a wretched neck of the woods and are ruled by ignorance and prejudice.

@FeverDog420 6 ай бұрын

WINTER PEOPLE is dreary, uninspired, cold and grim.

@FeverDog420 6 ай бұрын

This movie just absolutely has no inspiration, no new ideas, and is just a real grind.

@johnnyskinwalker4095 10 ай бұрын

She's Out of Control is the perfect movie that shows up on your TV when you're a teenager full of hormones. It's stupid, you find the girl hot, there's a story in the midst of it and you probably don't watch it all. Back in the day they released so many movies in theater when really a lot of them were made for TV. Most of them probably all bombed. lol

@spriles Жыл бұрын

Siskel is right about Field of Dreams.

@billscannell93 2 жыл бұрын

Siskel had a weird habit of not liking great films. Field of Dreams?! And then there were Casino and Silence of the Lambs, just to name a few. Oh, and The Big Lebowski.

@rustybarrel516 Жыл бұрын

Cop and a Half? 😎

@ronaldh8446 3 ай бұрын

Gene missed the mark on several notable movies. But his negative review for Field Of Dreams may take the top spot. Possibly challenged by his one for Apocalypse Now.

@jonwmeyer11 9 күн бұрын

Siskel never likes anything lol

@richardblizzard7252 25 күн бұрын

She’s out of control was brilliant. Just kidding total dreck from beginning to end.

@alexandredesmonts35 15 күн бұрын

I don't think these 2 gentlemen could believe what is happening on netflix production for last 5 years if they were alive...in terms of woke bullsh.and stupidity

@drumtum 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously?! A movie he didn´t like would make Gene to retire as a movie critics. I don´t get that. Sounds both stupid and very unprofessional on a movie like this.

@jacobadams5924 3 жыл бұрын

What? She's Out of Control? Have you tried watching it?

@jacobadams5924 3 жыл бұрын

"A movie that did a wrong to us that will NEVER be righted"--their solidarity here is heartwarming

@danielstack4158 2 жыл бұрын

You missed the point, it was sarcasm. Those types of comments made these two the best film critics ever. I am a Chicago guy though so maybe I'm biased. RIP Gene and Roger.

@evilsWa 3 ай бұрын

"Kevin Costner has visions of baseball glory" is a weird description for Field of Dreams.

@danorthsidemang3834 3 жыл бұрын

Field of Dreams is so pathetically overrated, just like The Natural. The Bad News Bears is the greatest baseball and sports film of all time.

@notsure1277 3 жыл бұрын

You have to be joking. No adult could possibly think that.

@bijibadness 3 жыл бұрын

okay. if you say so.

@PowerGlove79 3 жыл бұрын

The Sandlot would like to have a chat with you

@danielstack4158 2 жыл бұрын

@@notsure1277 I literally had a co-worker say to me today "This may be an unpopular opinion, but Field of Dreams is not that great. It's overrated." I think a small amount of people don't get that wrapped up in it or they maybe even had a shitty upbringing by their father or maybe dad wasn't around so it doesn't strike the chord it does with many of us.

@bigjohn08865 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with THE NATURAL. While I enjoyed the ascetics of watching an old time baseball game the story is cornball and Robert Redford looked way too old for the role. Once you see the Simpsons make fun of the bat made out of a tree struck by lightning it is difficult to take it seriously as a plot point.

@smooches1368 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely HATE baseball. There is nothing more a waste of time on a hot afternoon than baseball. I will not watch this piece of garbage. There is nothing sacred about baseball.

@dynamicvoltage9765 6 ай бұрын

I don't think Gene Siskel has a soul. You can watch the pattern of his reviews...anything that has any kind of magic behind it is a film he doesn't like