Is Ebert’s Memory Failing?

UPDATE: It turns out that he was thinking of a scene from “Rick,” a film that was out a couple of years ago, with Bill Pullman. Spooky. And, as a matter of fact, Ebert’s review has now been corrected, and the mistakes are gone.

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Roger Ebert’s review of “In Good Company” is very very strange indeed.

(Kudos to Steven Greydanus for catching this bizarro review.)

First of all, he says,

It’s about a corporate culture that tries to be evil and fails.

I’ve seen the movie, and I have no idea what this means.

Secondly, he recounts this scene:

“You’re kind of a bizarrely honest guy,” Carter tells Dan, who replies: “No, just around you.”

Wrong. That conversation happens between Carter and Dan’s daughter, Alex.

But then, the third problem, and it’s a whopper!

There is a bizarre episode where Carter takes Dan out drinking, in a club where patrons can observe each other via closed-circuit TV, and then hurries back to his office to join an X-rated chat room.

This scene DOES NOT OCCUR in the film. And nothing even remotely resembling it takes place.