Why was Roger Ebert considered one of the greatest film critics?

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There have been many film critics in the world, but no one seems as influential as Roger Ebert. If you check the wikipedia page of any movie, it's very likely that, in the reception section, they would have mentioned "what was Roger Ebert's reception to this movie". If you just google any movie, on the right hand side of the page they show a brief snapshot, where again it is highly likely that you will see Roger Ebert's score for the movie...

Originally asked by Ankit on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Roger Ebert was the all-time best-known, most successful movie critic in cinema history. He reached more movie fans via television and print than any other critic. He became the first movie critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1975. He was also the first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006. Ebert was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013 (from cancer). His reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the US and abroad. He teamed up with Gene Siskel, film critic for the Chicago Tribune (a fierce rival of the Sun-Times), to create the show "Sneak Previews" on public television. It was famous for the...

Full answer by tcrosley: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/41644 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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