Roger Ebert's Last Movie Review Was A Thumbs-up

TODAY Entertainment, NBC News
Tue, 04/09/2013 - 4:00pm

Fittingly, Roger Ebert's last movie review was of a film he thoroughly enjoyed. The esteemed critic died Thursday at age 70, and his longtime employer, the Chicago Sun-Times published his final review in Sunday's paper. Appropriately enough for the critic who so loved film, it was a good one -- three-and-a-half stars.Ebert's final review is of "To the Wonder," a romantic drama from director Terren...

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