Siskel & Ebert review (1997): Absolute Power, That Darn Cat, Fools Rush In & Johns 

Lol Gene is actually angry that they couldn't get a performance out of the cat in That Darn cat. I love the critical repartee between these two, who are such an odd couple themselves but make a perfect pair in the world of film review!

Have to agree with Gene on Absolute Power, mainly because I saw it in the theatre when it came out and I can barely remember what happened.

I almost forgot there was a brief time in the late 90's and early 2000's when Mathew Perry was really trying to become a movie star.

More times than not, Ebert was on the right side of the argument on films they disagreed on. But I think Siskel was 2 for 2 here. Neither Absolute Power or Fools Rush In was very good.

Absolute power is almost a rerun of No Way Out where Gene Hackman is the Defense Secretary who kills a woman and Costner knows he is guilty.

This was about the time when I was watching anything with Christina Ricci since I so enjoyed her Wednesday Addams. She was starting to become the queen of indie films, but she also appeared in silly fluff like That Darn Cat, and she absolutely couldn't save the film. The original with Hayley Mills was SO much better - and it wasn't a great film to start with!

I'm interested in what Siskel had to say about the cat at 7:05, before he was interrupted by Ebert.

Absolute Power was a based on a book and this film alters the outcome of the story. I believe Clint and EG Marshall's characters were killed in the book and that's probably why you can't believe either of them living in this film.

Absolute Power was entertaining for a watch thru, but Gene’s review of it was far more accurate than Rogers.

18:19 - so untrue. Sling Blade was an enormous hit, earning back 28x its production budget.

We all knew a Jerry Lundegaard growing up in the Twin Cities. "What da heck ya mean?!?"

Absolute Power 1. Dour acting by the principals except Laura Linney 2. Clint Eastwood in his "superman"/"Dirty Harry" character 3. Plot excursions are abound resulting in implausibility for the sake of feeding audiences' expectations and judgments 4. Compromised ending as compared to the David Baldacci novel 5. The main plot echoes the similar 1997 release "Murder At 1600" starring Wesley Snipes... Both are critical and box-office flops

Absolute Power did have an absurd plot.

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Siskel gave it a one finger up.

Absolute Power is a good movie.

Saw this episode when I was in college... 24 years ago 🤔🤔🤔

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Absolute Power became a TRUE story - called Donald Trump In Russia.

Siskel was particularly hard to like in this episode. He was feeling himself way too much.