--- title: "7 Bad movie Quotes By Roger Ebert" description: "7 Bad movie quotes by Roger Ebert. Plus more from Roger Ebert and more Bad movie sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/roger-ebert-655_bad_my-motto-no-good-movie-is-depressing-all_130900.jpg" --- > [My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/my-motto-no-good-movie-is-depressing-all-bad-movies-are-depressing/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/roger-ebert-655_bad_my-motto-no-good-movie-is-depressing-all_130900.jpg) > [Some movies run off the rails. This one is like the train crash in The Fugitive. I watched it in mounting gloom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/some-movies-run-off-the-rails-this-one-is-like-the-train-crash-in-the/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/roger-ebert-655_bad-movie_some-movies-run-off-the-rails-this-one-i_182578.jpg) > [No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/no-good-movie-is-too-long-and-no-bad-movie-is-short-enough/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/roger-ebert-655_bad-movie_no-good-movie-is-too-long-and-no-bad-mov_1447863.jpg) > [Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/mad-dog-time-is-the-first-movie-i-have-seen-that-does-not-improve-on/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/roger-ebert-655_bad-movie_mad-dog-time-is-the-first-movie-i-have-s_1667392.jpg) > [It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-s-hard-to-explain-the-fun-to-be-found-in-seeing-the-right-kind-of/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/roger-ebert-655_bad-movie_it-s-hard-to-explain-the-fun-to-be-found_2232094.jpg) > [In the world of bad movies, 'Death to Smoochy' is a towering achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/in-the-world-of-bad-movies-death-to-smoochy-is-a-towering-achievement/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/roger-ebert-655_achievement_in-the-world-of-bad-movies-death-to-smoo_2634660.jpg) > [In thinking about 'depressing movies,' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/in-thinking-about-depressing-movies-many-people-don-t-realize-that/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/roger-ebert-655_bad-movie_in-thinking-about-depressing-movies-many_3175717.jpg) ## Other authors on Bad movie ## More by Roger Ebert > [It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-goes-to-show-you-how-we-in-the-press-so-often-miss-the-big-stories/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-is-an-interesting-law-of-romance-that-a-truly-strong-woman-will/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-am-beneath-everything-else-a-fan-i-was-fixed-in-this-mode-as-a/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [“We’d had a revelation. This was the direction American movies should take: into idiosyncratic characters, into dialogue with an ear for the vulgar and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-d-had-a-revelation-this-was-the-direction-american-movies-should/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [“Most courtroom movies feel it necessary to end with a clear-cut verdict. But 12 Angry Men never states whether the defendant is innocent or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/most-courtroom-movies-feel-it-necessary-to-end-with-a-clear-cut/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/what-every-human-being-should-do-is-eat-a-vegetarian-diet-based-on/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-value-the-kind-of-prayer-when-you-stand-at-the-edge-of-the-sea-or/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [“One of my delights in these books, on the other hand, has been to include movies not often cited as “great”—some because they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/one-of-my-delights-in-these-books-on-the-other-hand-has-been-to/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/a-movie-isn-t-good-or-bad-based-on-its-politics-it-s-usually-good-or/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-is-human-nature-to-look-away-from-illness-we-don-t-enjoy-a/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [ Gene \[Siskel\] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/gene-siskel-often-mentioned-something-fran-ois-truffaut-once-told-him/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/a-movie-is-not-about-what-it-is-about-it-is-about-how-it-is-about-it/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/james-cameron-s-films-have-always-been-distinguished-by-ground/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/friends-don-t-let-jackasses-drink-and-drive/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with two stars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/i-think-we-have-to-get-beyond-the-idea-that-we-have-to-categorize/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-movie/roger-ebert/#itemlist", "name": "7 Bad movie Quotes By Roger Ebert", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. 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