Mm, but Ebert is now decades into the past, isn't he. I think critics are generally aligning better with audience understanding. It's ironic that Ebert misunde

Mm, but Ebert is now decades into the past, isn't he. I think critics are generally aligning better with audience understanding. It's ironic that Ebert misunderstood a film like Fast Times, considering he co-wrote a film with bloomin' Russ Meyer isn't it! I will have to look up those reviews (as a Brit I was not routinely exposed to Ebert; for us it was Barry Norman). I don't expect film critics to like every movie, and I do expect them to engage in criticism of films they like, for example of weak parts of dialogue, of spoiled shots, etc. Unpopular opinion: Blue Velvet is a bad film.