Roger Ebert Walked Out of Mediterraneo, Dismissing It as 'Utterly Without Redeeming Merit'
Renowned critic Roger Ebert walked out of Mediterraneo, Salvatores’ WWII-set comedy-drama that won the 1992 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, calling it 'utterly without redeeming merit'—the only film he publicly said he couldn’t sit through, a claim often discussed alongside later reflections on his walkouts.
