They try to compare "North" with a failed version of Mel Brooks. But obviously it is a thoroughly failed homage to Rob Reiner's father Carl Reiner! Rob tried to imitate his style in, for example, The Jerk and The Man with Two Brains.
i had the unfortunate experience of seeing that film in the theaters. i was 13 years old and wow... what a shithole. that was one of the worst films i had ever seen in the theaters. it hasn't aged well and i'm not surprised that kanye named his child after that film fucking film. however, i still love that review roger ebert created.
I hate that I only really got to know who Siskel and Ebert were after they passed away. I love watching these compilations and reviews. RIP to two amazing cinephiles and souls
I'm glad to have been a fan since the early 1990s but appreciate being able to watch their older reviews and enjoy them all again. Its really like getting a complete rundown of 1974-1999, nearly a quarter century of the best (and worst) film had to offer.
@@sciencenate I know. I sure was worked up about that particular characteristic of their early shows. Seem to recall I was responding to someone else and my reply must have skipped over. Not sure why it was so important to get that point across- but if you watched their very first program together on PBS (Sneak Previews?) their mutual antagonism was prominent in how they interacted- especially when they disagreed strongly about a movie. Strangely, i can remember the moment when I discovered the show existed- saw a promo for the weekend line-up, think it was on Sundays, 7;30- maybe 9:30- or 11:30pm? Tried to adjust my teenage schedule to see it. Only some weeks successful. Could have been on Friday nights when it started- anticipating the weekend.
@@justincoleman3805 Did you make her float away on a big chunk of ice with a kitchen chair on it? (At least it might make for some company for poor Abe Vigoda)
Naked Dana Delany can never be worst of anything! As of November 7, 1994, you'll see her along with Iman, Lorraine O'Brien and Marg Helgenberger in a series of print ads and television commercials for Hanes Silk Reflections Sheer Hosiery Collection. Its lovely tagline from November 7, 1985 thru today was "Nude with attitude." Narrated by Miss Kelly Bishop of the Chorus Line and Gilmore Girls fame.
I found my diary from 1994 and it included mention of movies I saw that year. That brought me to this video. Fortunately I saw none of these dogs. And, I have no memory of most of them.
I watched "North" a couple of months ago. It wasn't even bad on a "so bad, it's good" level. It was just flat out bad. It got worse as it progressed. I couldn't believe it. Rob Reiner is a talented man, but this movie is draws. Lol.
I did not realize it until I just looked it up but North was adapted from a book which has ok reviews. Same screenwriter as author Alan Zweibel who actually has done a lot of funny stuff. Reiner obviously had too much faith in Zweibel to adapt his book to the big screen.
Reiner said he wanted to make a small fable after Misery and A Few Good Men and everyone got mad at him because North wasn’t an important enough movie. Not the case Rob. What made people mad is you made nothing but good films some of which are classics before this and were unable to see how North wouldn’t work but chose to make it anyway. It was never going to really work and you were too talented to realize that. That is what made people mad.
@@spencerhensley5495 I was right. Nobody wants to work on this long awaited troubled production like "North" at Columbia in the first place because it was never going to work and you were too talented to realize that. That is what made people mad.
@@distinguishedflyer True, although they didn't do a double trashing of MDT. Guess they decided to put another bad film in there: Little Indian, Big City.
@@sha11235 True - in both 1992 & 1996 they agreed on the year's worst movie (Frozen Assets & Mad Dog Time), but they flipped a coin to decide who got to pick that film and who had to pick another one. In both instances Siskel won, so Ebert chose Shining Through (1992) & Little Indian, Big City (1996) instead. The only year - besides 1994 - where they agreed on the same film and both named it on the show was 1980 (I Spit on Your Grave).
I just read that review from your recommendation above and was not disappointed, perfect review of a terrible film. Ebert was a masterful writer, something sometimes overlooked due to his TV fame.
These are my choices for the worst movies of 1994. 1). It's Pat - unfunny comedy 2). North - unfunny comedy 3). Car 54, where are you? - unfunny comedy 4). Clifford - unfunny comedy 5). Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow - movie sequel that ruined the series 6). Beverly Hills Cop III - movie sequel that ruined the series 7). Milk Money - unfunny comedy 8). Mixed Nuts - unfunny comedy 9). Exit to Eden - unfunny comedy 10). Major League II - movie sequel that ruined the series Honorable Mention 11). Blank Check - not safe for kids
@@ricardocantoral7672 It came from Orion Pictures, the same studio that had back to back Best Picture Oscar winners- Dances with Wolves and Silence of the Lambs. A lot of their mid 90's movies had a significantly delayed release due to bankruptcy.
The cartoon satire THE CRITIC postulated the following: If a movie title has a number GREATER THAN 2 after the title, it will likely suck Midas mufflers. I agree, altho I DID like the 3rd Austin Powers movie.
@@olaoluwaafolayan6554 No, literally Seagal is the worst actor of all time, #1. Van Damme isn't even in the bottom 100, there are thousands of actors Go watch Time Cop!
They did not say this at any point, but Clifford was actually on the shelf for three years due to Orion's financial difficulties. They should've kept it there forever.
I worked at the theater in 1994-95 that would have Forrest Gump, Lion King, True Lies, Speed, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, The Mask, and many other great movies. Exit to Eden wasn't one of them.
@@fromthehaven94 More of a reason Films such as North, Trading Mom and Being Human got forgotten easily Christopher in 1994. If those 1994 films full of quality get out there, no one needs to waste their time on stereotypes in North or the boring sludge of Being Human
To be honest with you, Ronald, "Exit to Eden" was briefly banned in Canada. But Garry Marshall and his crew were shooting the entire film with three various locations: California, Hawaii and Louisiana to make all the right decisions, I guess shooting "Exit to Eden" just as beautiful as it should be.
That movie got an R rating from start so it would never make money. It is a very bad movie with a stupid script. Only good things were a couple of nude scenes yes. Probably the only reason to search it up now. But you don´t need to see the entire lousy movie to see those short nude scenes.
Siskel & Ebert try to compare "North" with a failed version of Mel Brooks. But obviously it is a thoroughly failed homage to Rob Reiner's father Carl Reiner! Rob tried to imitate his style in, for example, The Jerk and The Man with Two Brains, and failed miserably.
@@PeterMayer Because he hasn't directed another feature after The Guardian, that's why. So he's doing a lot of commentary tracks and provides healthy introductions of all projects such as The Fugitive. His company, Chicago Pacific Entertainment was based on the Disney lot in Burbank, California.
Remember this Mark, 1994 saw releases of The Shawshank Redemption, The Lion King, Mask and The Little Rascals. North and Clifford couldnt stop the year from being good
Clifford actually was on the shelf for three years due to Orion's financial difficulties so it was originally supposed to come out in 1991. That's why that's the copyright year on it. They should've kept it locked in a vault like Frogmen.
While Metro Goldwyn Mayer owns most of the Orion television/feature film library in 1997 it was very clear that Warner Home Video distributed many titles on video, laserdisc, DVD and blu-ray under Time Warner from 1998 - present.
My only problem with watching these "worst of" shows is that they remind me of some embarrassing moments. I made the mistake of going to see Rapa Nui and am embarrassed all over again.
@@sahej6939 The film really sucked. The dialogue was ridiculous, the subject matter uninteresting, the story made no sense, the acting 2nd rate and the characters not at all enjoyable. I went because my gf at the time wanted to see it. We both walked out of the cinema embarrassed.
This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my whole entire life. "Rapa Nui" was created by the same folks who did 1985's "Fandango": filmmaker Kevin Reynolds and producers Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson & Barrie M. Osborne. This was a TIG production and distributed by Warner Bros. in 1994.
Watching these annual worst lists in succession (for the most part!) makes you realize the direction some actors careers were going at that time. Also, this again proves how crappy movies just disappear from public knowledge regardless of age. There are 80’s and 90’s films people go on and on about, still. You never hear anyone saying, last night we watched Being Human. or their favorite movie is Trading Mom. Silent Tongue?? What the- I’ve never heard of any of these!! River Phoenix is an icon, but good grief!! What was that?? Of course, this was my last year in college, I’m sure I had a lot going on then. To this day, I have never seen North. It just looks stupid and truly insulting. Ugh. How do these movies get made?
Yeah I am working from home and have been watching all their worst of the year shows. Good times. Most of them do just disappear, but a few are still pretty popular. Like they had Robin Hood Men in Tights on one of their worst lists, yet that is a movie a ton of people my age love. Also they have Tommy Boy and Happy Gilmore on their lists and of course those are both very popular by people of a certain age, but not surprisingly hated by them and other critics.
I'd be curious to hear you elaborate on how a movie you've never seen "looks insulting." I think you've just let Eberts infamous review tell you how to feel about it.
It also had the unfortunate distinction of being a comedy that wasn’t particularly funny. I happen to like the film, but that’s due mostly to how it’s production design captures the look and feel of mid-20th century American culture in the midwest. Aside from that, it doesn’t effectively channel the comic ingenuity of Jean Shepherds source material.
@@stoogefest16No I noticed that as well. I got bored and finally read all of his books during lockdown. In God We Trust was hilarious. The others are kinda meh. And out of all his movies and TV shows, only A Christmas Story was side-splitting cut busting hilarious. Ollie Hopnoodles Haven of Bliss was just OK.
As a youngster I was excited for Cowgirls get the blues, but so disappointed. I’ve never heard of silent tongue. This is completely accurate Years Worst! amazingly Segal is living in Russia now on that Russian oil money! Egotistical Vanity is accurate 🎉cops and robbersons and Clifford are absolutely terrible!!! I was shocked it was Tcm!
Funny that 2 of the worse films of 1994 center around using shopping for new parents as gimmicks for children films. Clearly this is an idea that shouldnt be resurrected.
I'd give ANYTHING to see their review of Fifty Shades of Grey. Because that movie really is a throwback to the kinda SHIT they'd make in the 90s for horny audiences like Exit to Eden.
Michael Caine liked the house he bought after Jaws 4. He must have loved the mansion or Island he probably bought after On deadly ground. I rather rewatch Jaws 4, thats how bad On deadly ground is.
Clifford and The Favor were the worst movies which Orion ever made. In fact, they're been shelved around 1990 or 1991 and completed together in 1991 or 1992 and got an 1992 copyright date at the end. They were box-office bombs and didn't made money. Other troubled movies such as Rupa Nui, Milk Money, Exit to Eden, Wagons East, On Deadly Ground, City Slickers II, Cops and Robbersons, Silent Tongue, Get the Blues, North and Trading Mom were all bombed badly at the box-office. It also ruined the cast and crew whose careers were all been blacklisted in Hollywood but some others were survived for the fullest including Grammy-Award winner Reba McEntire.
Interesting to see the stinkers in an otherwise great, great year for films. Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Lion King, Clerks to name a few, maybe the greatest year for films in my lifetime.
Wagon's East is one of my favorite movies! I still get emotional at the end over it being John Candy's last film. I just loved that actor! Exit to Eden was horrible.
@@markelijio6012 My List Worst of 1994 is, 1. The Air Up There. 2. Cabin Boy. 3. House Party 2. 4. Body Snatchers. 5. Blue Chips. (Although the scene when Nick Nolte's Character keeps walking out and walking inside the locker room and swearing, is just so funny). 6. 8 Seconds. 7. Monkey Trouble. 8. Major League 2. 9. Serial Mom. 10. The Crow. 11. Beverly Hills Cop 3. 12. Speed. 13. Getting Even with Dad. 14. Wolf. 15. True Lies. 16. The Client. 17. It Could Happen to You. 18. The Mask. 19. AIRHEADS. 20. Police Academy Mission to Moscow. 21. Quiz Show. 22. The River Wild. 23. Interview with the Vampire: the Vampire Chronicles. 24. Star Trek Generations. 25. Cobb. 26. Dumb and Dumber. 27. Legends of the Fall. 28. Street Fighter. 29. The Madness of King George.
@@kellymiller1891 Obviously, The Client, True Lies, The Madness of King George, Dumb & Dumber, Quiz Show, Interview with the Vampire, The River Wild, Wolf, The Crow, Speed, Airheads, The Air Up There, 8 Seconds, It Could Happen to You, Star Trek Generations, Major League 2 and Legends of the Fall were very fun movies while Cobb, Blue Chips, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, Serial Mom, Monkey Trouble, Cabin Boy, Street Fighter, Getting Even with Dad and Body Snatchers were now becoming cult hits and New Line's House Party 3 & Paramount's Beverly Hills Cop 3 did pretty well. But of course, that's my brightest opinion.
I really like it a lot also but Martin Short himself said it was too weird for the room in 94 when it debuted. I think it was too weird seeing him go from Three Amigos and Father of the Bride as grownup roles to a 40 year old playing a ten year old. It probably came across as awkward and unbelievable in 94. But because Shorts other works have enough of a following I think it has grown to be more loved with time and it certainly has. Elizabeth Taylor, David Letterman, Nicolas Cage, Nancy Meyers Harold Ramis and even Steven Spielberg are some of the famous names in Hollywood who apparently loved the movie and Short said he is often asked about it when people see him in public and Mary Steenburgen has said the same thing. It just needed time to build an audience and eventually did.
I can see "North" being retold in a sweet little children's book about a boy who wishes he had different parents but finds that out of all the WONDERFUL different couples he meets that his own parents are the best for him.
Funny enough that 2 themes of bad films of 1994 for Roger and Gene were confusing films featuring natives such as Silent Tongue or family films trying to use shopping for parents as their gimmick such as North
After the rousing success of "Made in America" with Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg at Warners, Emmy Award winning filmmaker Richard Benjamin has directed the cult comedy, "Milk Money" with Ed Harris and Melanie Griffith. Released in the fall of 1994 by Paramount Studios. It was from the creators who gave us "The Money Pit."
@@sha11235 This cult film was owned by Paramount Domestic Television, a Viacom Company when it was now aired on Paramount Plus since July 2004 while Trifecta Entertainment & Media continues to aired this on Movies!, THIS, WNYW, WWOR, WPIX, WGN, WLNY among others since June 2006.
Rapa Nui bird egg race was accurate, complete with the egg secured inside a reed basket tied to his forehead. Sorry history seems so crazy but it is true.
Made in 1990 and shelved for 2 years due to Orion's financial difficulties. Nobody didn't see the movie. After most of the film's problems such as writing which Steven Kampmann & William Porter were fired off from the film because of the indie production company, MBST Organization and its co-owners Larry Brezner and David & Norman Steinberg were also walked off from the set. So Orion was re-folded into Columbia Pictures under Sony Pictures Entertainment since 1988 and partnered with Seagram's Universal Pictures along with Regency Enterprises, Le Studio Canal Plus, Alcor Films and Polar Entertainment to help bring Clifford to the big screen. Assembled by the director, producers, writers and other key artists behind 1989's Who's Harry Crumb.
I loved watching this when I was younger. Kind of makes me feel sad foe how things ended for them. Unfortunately I guess that happens to everyone, including me.
@@TheTristianNetwork They didn't see it. And one they should've included was Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, which they originally said would be on this show.
Sometimes studios KNOW they have a BOMB on their hands but they are obligated (on some level) to release it...so it gets released to play 5 theaters on the North American continent and quietly dies/fades away. I knew some friends that saw NORTH -- one lady (in her late 30s or so) said, "If I was 12 I might've liked it."
"My Summer Story" was released in the fall of 1994, produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Pictures. It was a sequel to the 1983 cult hit, "A Christmas Story." Filmmaker Bob Clark and his longtime collaborators were returning back for the sequel. Charles Grodin & Mary Steenburgen were headed an excellent cast in this family sequel to "A Christmas Story" that becomes an cult following for generations to come.
I kinda like Rapa Nui. I didn;t sit through the whole thing, only saw part of it on television. So many movies, only seen a part of them. In fact, some of my FAVORITE movies, I’ve never seen the beginning of the movie. . .
Evem Cowgirls GEt the Blues was a Novel before it became a Movie. It inspired me to become a Novelist. It was so bad that I knew that I could write a better book than what his name did.
Kind of surprising that both picked North only because in previous worst of shows they always did a coin flip and whoever won got to pick the years worst film if they both agreed it was such. I think Gene probably gave Roger a pass because he knew deep down inside Ebert hated it more than he did and wanted to give him another chance to vent about its awfulness. I personally don’t think it’s as bad as it’s reputation suggests but some scenes like the Hawaii and Alaska one they highlight are very tasteless unfunny and offensive. Before this whenever you saw A Rob Reiner film during the opening credits you could expect very high quality entertainment as every movie he made was great. But after North with maybe one or two exceptions we pretty much can expect that it will be both a critical and box office bomb. Reiner went from being on the level of Steven Spielberg to now being a director that makes low quality direct to video or streaming types of movies.
This time around they just did the same film and after that they decided it would better for just one critic to do it so the other critic could pick another bomb to dump on.
Does anyone have the best of '94 episode. The Mask, Pulp Ficton, Shawshank, Quiz Show, Ed Wood, Gump, Speed, Lion King, Natural Born Killers, lot of great movies in 1994.
"Above the Rim" was great fun! This low-budget sports picture with an excellent cast and crew was released in 1994 and it was from the creators of TV's Emmy nominated long running sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" with Will Smith for NBC Universal: Benny Medina and Jeff Pollack whose first picture this was. Shot on location in New York City. Produced and Released by New Line Cinema, a Time Warner Company.
For "Exit to Eden" (1994), Emmy Award winner Ellen Mirojnick who was the film's costume designer for Garry Marshall's cult adaptation at Universal Studios. She did an awesome job for designed many costumes such as lingerie and other wardrobe stuff for the cast like Dana Delany, Iman and Rosie O'Donnell.
Since 1994, Emmy/Tony winning legend Rosie O'Donnell has been associated with Hanes Hosiery, makers of Hanes/L'eggs Hosiery and Hanes Her Way Legwear. Today, she lives in California, New York and Florida with her five wonderful children. Because no matter what else anybody prefers, the Lady Prefers Hanes: A Whole New Feeling (November 7, 1985-present).
Same with me too. I got so angry with that movie, I even hit my head with a book repeatedly hard like a spastic. I don't know why I wanted to watch North even though Siskel & Ebert and The Nostalgia Critic's reviews pretty much showed us everything that was wrong with the movie. Maybe I wanted to experience what the Angry Video Game Nerd referred to as "high-stress, anger-inducing masochism".
Go back and watch any movie Rob Reiner made before North instead. I am sure some may need rewatched and are a far better use of time than watching North. Rewatch Spinal Tap.
I'm trying to figure out the logic of "On Deadly Ground." If I have this right, then "reversing the valves" means that if you blow up an oil refinery, it won't cause an oil leak. So where does the oil go? If it would normally go to the sea, I guess it goes to the sky? But then... Wait... My head hurts.
Trading Mom is not even funny - it is horrifying. Kids basically will their mother out of existence and try to replace her with a new one before they end up in foster care. It is cool to see a young Schuyler Fisk show up for about two minutes.
I watched it some months ago, and it just came across as just an obnoxious "bad little kid" movie and nothing more than that. I just didn't think it was all that funny.
Sisley & Ebert didn’t see “It’s Pat: The Movie”. If they had, it would have definitely made this list. It may have even beaten “North” for worst movie of 1994.
Ahh I remember that Uma Thurman movie. I was about 23 when it was out and all the “cool” people showed you how cool they were by putting it on the VCR to see if you were cool. I think I was forced thru a half dozen viewings of that dreary movie while feeling like I was being judged on how cool I was. Ugh, it was terrible. They were all so giddy…..ohhh look, she has long thumbs and is hitchhiking….SQUELL!!!! Isn’t it the coolest.
Funny that Gus Van Sant directed Drugstore Cowboy a good film and for his 2nd film centred around a theme of western in Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, it’s a book adaption that fails
That was in college with Donnie Darko. I said once that movie was up it's own ass and Terminator was a better story of traveling across time for the woman you love.
Did Major League II, Jimmy Hollywood, Serial Mom, Baby's Day Out, Blank Check, and Richie Rich make the list of Siskel & Ebert's worst films of 1994 or did they get snubbed?
