Dirty Rotten Scoundrels/Tequila Sunrise/Twins/My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" Dirty Rotten Scoundrels/Tequila Sunrise/Twins/My Stepmother Is an Alien (original title)

Siskel and Ebert review Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Tequila Sunrise, _Twins (1988/I)_ and My Stepmother Is an Alien and recommend Stay Hungry and Wise Guys on video.

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Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert

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Episode cast overview:
Gene Siskel	...	Himself - Host
Roger Ebert	...	Himself - Host

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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review four new movies and recommend two videos. A split vote on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels about two comic confidence tricksters. Both agree the plot is predictable when it is pretending to be surprising, but Ebert thinks the two leads, Michael Caine and Steve Martin, are funny enough that they overcome this weakness. Siskel thinks they're funny individually but don't really mesh as as a team. Another split vote for the stylish modern film noir, Tequila Sunrise. Ebert thought the plot was too confusing; Siskel thought it held up long enough to be worth recommending. Two thumbs up for _Twins (1988/I)_ , a comedy with Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger as unlikely brothers. The movie nearly falters in the last two-thirds with a standard movie chase, but recovers well enough to be worth seeing. A split vote on the sci-fi comedy, My Stepmother Is an Alien. Both liked Kim Basinger's wacky performance, but Ebert thought the movie as a whole was uninspired, ...

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Talk-Show

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Release Date:

1988 (USA)

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