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TIL Roger Ebert hated the 1994 movie "North" so much, it led to a book titled "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie." Screenwriter Alan Zweibel claims people frequently quote Ebert's zero-star movie review to him and his son (who inspired North), and he keeps a copy of it in his wallet

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