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had earlier mentioned Buck's obesity to North, saying "he could eat more in one day than anyone else could eat in a whole month"). Gabby, a sharpshooting cowboy (also the man in the Easter Bunny suit), presents North with a souvenir from his act—a silver dollar with a bullet hole shot through its center—and notes that North is unhappy with the Texes because he wishes to be appreciated for who he is, not made into someone else, advising him to move on.
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North is delivered to his house prior to the deadline, but as he runs toward his parents, Winchell's assassin Al takes aim. As he squeezes the trigger, North awakens in the now-empty mall. The Easter Bunny takes him home, where his parents, who have been worried during his absence, greet him warmly.
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as children's entertainment, and because everybody in the movie was vulgar and stupid, and because the jokes weren't funny, and because most of the characters were obnoxious, and because of the phony attempt to add a little pseudo-hip philosophy with the Bruce Willis character." Siskel added, "I
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you to write worse jokes. The ethnic stereotyping is appalling . . . it's embarrassing . . . you feel unclean as you're sitting there. It's junk. First-class junk!" and finished his statement with "Any subject could be done well; this is just trash, Roger." Ebert's future co-host on
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was "one of the worst movies ever made." Ebert stressed that he "hated this movie" and also suggested the film was so poorly written that even the best child actor would look bad in it, and viewed it as "some sort of lapse" on Reiner's part. Ebert awarded
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Arthur Belt to file the papers. The announcement greatly shocks his parents, leaving them unresponsive when Judge Buckle grants his petition, giving him one summer to find new parents or go to an orphanage.
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real parents are put in a museum display. His quest has inspired children worldwide to leave their parents and hire Arthur and
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received a rating of 14% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. The site's critics' consensus reads, "Laden with schmaltz and largely bereft of evident narrative purpose,
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Klady, Leonard (July 18–24, 1994). "Film Reviews: North".
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2183:Stinker Award for Worst Picture
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1863:. Siskel And Ebert Movie Reviews
1776:. Siskel And Ebert Movie Reviews
1723:I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie
1561:Turan, Kenneth (July 22, 1994).
1455:Gabbi Shaw (February 27, 2017).
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903:I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie
743:one of the worst films ever made
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1736:Zweibel, Alan (April 9, 2013).
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1438:"World's Champs & Chumps".
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3067:Films scored by Marc Shaiman
3062:1990s English-language films
2095:"OJ, odd couples are razzed"
1395:"Rank snags 'North,' 'Rita'"
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605:Matthew McCurley as Winchell
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1970:"Versed in the worst"
1937:San Jose Mercury News
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3182:Easter Bunny in film
3142:Films shot in Hawaii
3132:Films shot in Alaska
2440:I Know Who Killed Me
1338:List of Easter films
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3102:Films set in Alaska
3097:Films set in Africa
2709:Freddy Got Fingered
2629:Nothing but Trouble
2543:Tarzan, the Ape Man
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2274:Nothing But Trouble
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1292:Image Entertainment
1288:New Line Home Video
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2812:This Is Spinal Tap
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