Roger Ebert Hated This Oscar-Winning War Movie So Much That He Walked Out Of It
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Key Points:
- Roger Ebert, a renowned film critic, famously walked out of the 1991 Italian war comedy-drama "Mediterraneo," calling it "utterly without redeeming merit," despite its Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film.
- "Mediterraneo," directed by Gabriele Salvatores, follows Italian soldiers stranded on a Greek island during WWII who integrate with the locals, but Ebert found the film repulsive and was unable to sit through it.
- Although Ebert criticized many films harshly throughout his career, including Clint Eastwood's gangster movie and the sci-fi film "Stargate," none provoked him as much as "Mediterraneo."
- In a 1996 interview, Ebert claimed
