the most thoroughly hateful movies in recent years. A movie that makes me cringe even when I'm sitting here thinking about it." He later added, "I hated this movie as much as any movie we have ever reviewed in the 19 years we've been doing this show. I hated it because of the premise, which seems shockingly cold-hearted, and because this premise is being suggested to kids 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 think you gotta hold Rob Reiner's feet to the fire here. I mean, he's the guy in charge . . . he's saying this is entertainment . . . it's deplorable. There isn't a gag that works. You couldn't write worse jokes if I told 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 Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper, would later go on to list North as one of the 40 worst movies he's ever seen, stating: "Of all the films on this list, North may be the most difficult to watch from start to finish. I've tried twice and failed. Do yourself a favor and don't even bother. Life is too short." Box office The film grossed only $7 million in the United States and Canada and $12.2 million worldwide, making it one of the worst-performing films of the year given its large budget. Year-end lists #1 Worst – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times #1 Worst – Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune Top 10 worst (alphabetical order, not ranked) – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Top 10 worst (not ranked) – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel Dishonorable mention – Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News Dishonorable mention – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph Awards and nominations See also List of films considered the worst References External links 1994 films 1990s adventure comedy-drama films 1990s children's adventure films 1990s children's fantasy films 1990s fantasy comedy-drama films American adventure comedy-drama films American children's adventure films American children's fantasy films American fantasy comedy-drama