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Would Roger Ebert Have Liked This Movie

Bill Simmons asks an AI (ChatGPT/Claude) what Roger Ebert would have thought of the movie; hosts react.

Would Roger Ebert Have Liked This Movie has run in 6 episodes. The most recent 6 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘Obsession’Bill Simmons

Instead of asking about Ebert, Bill asked Claude to write a fake review of 'Obsession' in his own voice, calling it a 'full Simmons reversal' praising the film as the best horror movie of the year; he seems half-amused, half-unsettled by AI mimicking him.

‘Obsession’Joanna Robinson

Says she would have made the same 'Lifetime movie' joke about the title, confirming the AI captured Simmons' voice accurately.

‘The Nice Guys’Bill Simmons

Three and a half stars - Ebert would have loved Gosling and liked these goofy genre movies

‘The Nice Guys’Chris Ryan

Three stars - would have thought it was pretty convoluted

‘Sicario’Bill Simmons

ChatGPT said Ebert would probably have given it three and a half to four stars, noting that Ebert valued films that wrestled with ethical complexity and loved intelligent thrillers with political weight

‘Hereditary’Chris Ryan

Asked if the AI was used to predict what Ebert would say about Melissa George.

‘John Wick’Chris Ryan

He would have liked it but found it mind-numbing and a little thin, wanting more character development for Helen

‘Shot Caller’Bill Simmons

Uses ChatGPT's prediction that Ebert would give Shot Caller 3-3.5 stars, appreciating character development and themes but critiquing sensationalized elements

‘Shot Caller’Chris Ryan

3 stars out of 4 (thinks 3.5 would be too high)

Episode	Host	Answer
‘Obsession’	Bill Simmons	Instead of asking about Ebert, Bill asked Claude to write a fake review of 'Obsession' in his own voice, calling it a 'full Simmons reversal' praising the film as the best horror movie of the year; he seems half-amused, half-unsettled by AI mimicking him.
‘Obsession’	Joanna Robinson	Says she would have made the same 'Lifetime movie' joke about the title, confirming the AI captured Simmons' voice accurately.
‘The Nice Guys’	Bill Simmons	Three and a half stars - Ebert would have loved Gosling and liked these goofy genre movies
‘The Nice Guys’	Chris Ryan	Three stars - would have thought it was pretty convoluted
‘Sicario’	Bill Simmons	ChatGPT said Ebert would probably have given it three and a half to four stars, noting that Ebert valued films that wrestled with ethical complexity and loved intelligent thrillers with political weight
‘Hereditary’	Chris Ryan	Asked if the AI was used to predict what Ebert would say about Melissa George.
‘John Wick’	Chris Ryan	He would have liked it but found it mind-numbing and a little thin, wanting more character development for Helen
‘Shot Caller’	Bill Simmons	Uses ChatGPT's prediction that Ebert would give Shot Caller 3-3.5 stars, appreciating character development and themes but critiquing sensationalized elements
‘Shot Caller’	Chris Ryan	3 stars out of 4 (thinks 3.5 would be too high)

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