Siskel & Ebert (TV Series)

My Father the Hero/Ace Ventura: Pet Detective/Romeo Is Bleeding/Gunmen/Tombstone (1994)

Roger Ebert: Self - Host

Quotes 

• Gene Siskel - Host : "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", and y'know, February has just begun, but you're gonna be hearing a lot about "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" from me next January on our "worst" show. This is an appallingly bad movie. Jim Carrey, the star and co-writer of this mess, is SO obnoxious, he makes Jim Varney and his Ernest character seem as brilliant as Chaplin's Little Tramp.

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  Gene Siskel - Host : I guess you could say that Jim Carrey from TV's "In Living Color" really isn't to blame, he's trying to be funny. It's the people who hired him that should be blamed. So take your complaints to producer/financer James G. Robinson of Morgan Creek Films. "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective": Shockingly bad.

  Roger Ebert - Host : Y'know, uh, I'm kinda grateful for this film, because uh... occasionally people say-

  [chuckles] 

  Gene Siskel - Host : What's the worst...

  Roger Ebert - Host : "Have you seen any really bad movies lately?"

  Gene Siskel - Host : What's the worst...

  Roger Ebert - Host : Y'know, you're trying to say, "I have several candidates, and I can't decide among them." But now I've got one, I won't have to think about it. I can just say "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective". This movie is, y'know, the character is SO obnoxious. And I've seen...

  Gene Siskel - Host : Ernest! I mean, I thought Ernest was the standard in being obnoxious. THIS guy...

  Roger Ebert - Host : Y'know, I've seen the actor on television, he can play a lot of different characters. He's very talented, and he could probably play a character that I would enjoy in a movie I would enjoy. He has not done either one of those things this time.