Roger Ebert Good Quotations

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

Many really good films allow us to empathize with other lives.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics.

All good art is about something deeper than it admits.

3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.