North Review

No one has seen the movie North. But everyone has seen the Siskel and Ebert review of North. You know what I mean: the review in which Siskel calls the movie "First Class Junk" and Ebert said, "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it." I wanted to see it based on that review. And I am going to answer the one question I thought of before I sat down and watched it: Does it suck as bad as they say? Well, yes and no. Yes, it has possibly the most cliched plot of all time. Yes, it has horrifyingly stereotypical caricatures of races such as Hawaiian saying that there are only 12 letters in their alphabet and eskimos sending their elderly out on the frozen waters to die. And yes, the comedy doesn't work. Ever. But it wasn't unbearably terrible. I was never bored watching the film, believe it or not. It was interesting watching this kid going to different places to see his new parents. Although the film is very bad, and without a doubt the worst movie of the career of every person involved (although Jason Alexander WAS in the unbearable Bye Bye Birdie TV remake), it might possibly be worth seeing just to see what Siskel and Ebert were crapping on those years ago.

North - 3.5/10