At age 11 my dad took me to see Being There. I think he really enjoyed us sharing a film that was meaningful and thought provoking. I’m grateful for all the great films he picked for us to watch.

It's interesting for them to note that they alone seemed to like American Gigolo (when it was released). Back then there were only a dozen prominent film critics widely read, and they were aware of each other's work. And maybe another two dozen lesser critics popular in their local cities.

I think The Fog has aged well for a C- rated B Film with a low budget

The Fog was great. I think they failed to mention that it was the pirates who killed not the fog itself.

"Being There" is a great film, but boy, they really were unfair to "Fatso," a very funny, moving film that is something of a cult classic. It bombed with critics, and Anne Bancroft never wrote or directed again. She did a superb job, and Dom DeLuise's performance was tour de force.

I like The Fog. A really good low budget horror movie.

Loved “Being There.”

They were so wrong about the Fog. It had atmosphere aplenty. A movie where you weren't hit over the head with gore and violence, but had suspense that built slowly.

Siskel actually walked out of that Jonestown film. Wow!

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I’m surprised they liked “American Gigilo”. I liked it too, but it’s not really a great film. Gere is kind of perfect in the role but there’s a vacuity at the center of his performance that is at once an appropriate acting decision and yet somehow a mistaken choice. But he and the movie are stylish as hell.

The Fog is my all time favorite horror movie. Very atmospheric and the first scary movie that I watched beginning to end.

The Fog was great!

Mmm... Adrienne Barbeau AND Jamie Lee Curtis!!!

Love Dog of The Week!! Sooo Happy that I was able to see this When it reached New York City this was long gone

Always amused to hear Gene trash the Sunn Classics films (well deserved), considering he didn't live to see anything made by The Asylum.... 🤣

I am big fan of Fatso. It’s funny, over-the-top in a good way and endearing. Critics always over-analyze a movie like Fatso. Just watch and enjoy. Incidentally, I am a big fan of Bancroft. Her performance as the U.S. Senator in G.I. Jane was outstanding. In fact, all the leads in that Ridley Scott movie did a great job.

Both wrong about The Fog.

Richard Gere's walk in American Gigolo was ...EVERYTHING

I couldn't disagree more with their assessment of The Fog. I think it is better than Halloween and is my favourite John Carpenter film. Whenever they review a horror film they are hung up on whether it is scary or not. It is sort of an inane argument, especially for anyone a certain age. As children we are more easily scared but as adults we know how certain types of films work and how they are manipulating us, some more effectively than others. But I think The Fog has a creepy atmosphere and several good characters, especially Hal Holbrook as the priest who finds the diary which records the sins of their ancestors. The titular fog is not the villain of the story. I often wonder if they actually pay attention to the films they are watching. It's not a perfect film but I rank it among my ten favourite horror films.

Totally agree with them with regards to American Gigolo. Really great film. Hard to believe it was dissed when it came out.

Neil Simon was to the '60s and '70s what Tyler Perry was to the '90s and '00s, the key difference being that critics never pretended like Perry was a good writer. Simon was exalted way beyond his talent, except by Siskel & Ebert, who rarely if ever gave his film adaptations a thumbs up.

It’s amazing how long the scenes are back then I know they had to kill time

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Being there one if my favorite movies of all time baaaadasss

Peter Sellers was brilliant. Here's the outtakes used during the closing credits for "Being There." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNmBkqadvKjJgn0.html

I couldn't disagree more with their criticism of "Fatso." I really felt sad for the protagonist and laughed at him at the same time.

Hal Ashby was outstanding in the 70s. 80s came and just fizzled. Dunno what happened to him but just sad that he was never the same again!

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American Gigolo was my ish.

Hal Ashby : Harold and Maude

The Bermuda Triangle "mystery" is one of the biggest fairy tales ever sold to the American public.

They completely misfired on Fatso. That's a very sweet little movie with some great performances and genuinely funny moments.

I loved Fatso!

Was the fog knocking on the door?

You ate the Ony!!

I loved Fatso. You guys are snobs.

Oh well I am alone in disliking Being There. I find it boring and Sellers dull too. How did Melvyn Douglas win an Oscar for it? He was much better in The Seduction of Joe Tynan.

American G is another film --like Meatballs--propelled to the top of the box office by the power of it's hit Disco song--Call Me--and the main problem was the casting of Ms. Hutton. She is simply too cold to pull off the sultry, vulnerable woman role that Kathleen Turner had nailed in Body Heat. Yes, this is another film that would have been improved by recasting Ms. Hutton with Ms. Turner. Richard Gere and Turner on screen would have been electric. In this film he is confident and casual about his good looks, and only Ms Turner--of the actresses working in films at that time--could have pulled off the role opposite of him. In those innocent scenes where we see Ms. Hutton trying to be something other than a cold and calculating woman, Ms. Turner would have soared. What a missed opportunity.

I'm surprised Roger didn't like fatso. It was very funny

they seriously did not understand horror at all. And they HATED horror. Almost all reviews about horror can be dismissed as bias & genuine hatred for horror films.

I like American Gigolo, but yhe The Fog was stupid and boring.

This is a lousey review of The Fog. They missed it completely. I think they showed they were still stuck in the fog of being up each others outdated jaxies. Luckily the movie has outlived their total lack of grasp on excellent cinema.