I’ve listened on and off but missed the story on They Live. Your anti American is showing. America is the nation that allows for great movies to discuss topics. You turned me off for good. Sad for you if you think like this.

Light, frothy, superficial by design. Often that makes for an entertaining background babble for yard work, and then other times…like the They Live (1988) episode, which throws in references to David Icke and Marx (actually no outside to ideology is more Louis Althusser), but blithely ignores the obvious Trump, Epstein and QAnon context which has so reframed the pernicious role of conspiracy theory in our 2025 world. Diplomatic avoidance no doubt, but maybe they should just stick to “funner” topics.

I used to listen to this podcast religiously but in recent episodes they have highlighted men (Brad Pitt, Sacha Baron Cohen, etc) who are well known for the harm they have caused (i.e. physical abuse, harassment, racism) and they just don’t address it. If anything, they celebrate these men and play dumb or just ignore the history of abuses. You can have a movie podcast that celebrates movies and still holds abusers responsible for their actions. But by not doing that, I am left doubting the integrity of their reviews and of themselves.

I enjoy listening to their podcast. They are informative, respectful, and have a great sense of humor. The only negative aspect is the ads. It will interrupt in the middle of their thought, and it is so jarring that it takes away from the pleasurable experience I was enjoying. I purposely won’t listen to them when I am trying to relax. The ads made me jump in fear because they were so loud and out of place. One solution is to put the ads at the beginning of the podcast.

Usually a fan but really disappointed they’d spotlight Borat. Borat is just a continuation of the brown face minstrel act Cohen started with Ali G.

I love these thoughtful, thought-provoking conversations. Thank you, Amy and Paul, for your work on these podcasts. Also, thanks for the soothing format and wonderful guests. I have always wanted to do the "greatest of" lists so I am starting at the beginning of the show and I may make this my Monday night film club. One question: How would we rewrite the AFI list using the Bechdel test AND what criteria shall we use to add in more films that are written, directed and lead by women?

I love movies and so this is a perfect podcast. Paul and Amy do a wonderful job diving deep and offering their thoughts on great movies. I love when they have differing takes and can offer unique takes on pop culture and the influence of cinema on the canon. Can’t stop listening :)

If you like or love movies this is a great podcast! I’m always learning something new from Amy and Paul. I think they’re both very passionate, insightful, and are chock a block full of interesting stories. The only issue I have is with the recent gambling plugs which are ruining people’s lives and target/prey upon the young and impulsive it’s a vile business I just hope Paul knows about how bad a business those gambling apps are running before lending his talents to something so ruinous for really vulnerable people.

A D actor that thinks he know film, pure garbage

I could listen to them talk about paint drying! Sometimes it doesn’t even matter the movie, the research, dialogue, and on air chemistry is just there! Forever a fan of anything you all do!

I love movies. I love podcasts. A podcast about great movies? Perfect.

Paul and Amy do a great job reviewing these movies. Solid reviews with great additional information. Five stars!

A critic and actor bring creaky interesting perspective. There earlier AFI episodes are worth the price of admission.

I really enjoy hearing Paul and Amy talk about movies, and learning more about how the movie was made, the reception at the time, and its impact on culture. I appreciate their thoughtfulness in the threads they tie from one week to the next and creating mini movie series. I don’t always agree with their takes but that makes it interesting! They’ve inspired my husband and I to watch through the AFI 100 list.

This has become one of my top 5 fav pods, out of many. Some commenters are missing the boat here. Amy, a AAA film critic, and Paul, an actor/producer/director good enough to be on Veep and spar w Conan, both bring great industry insights and play off each other beautifully. Paul is so smart, thoughtful and honest and love his solid takes. Love Amy’s take on movies and life, and that great laugh! If you want clinical tear-downs go somewhere else. But these two know film, and the industry. Hearing Amy’s take on getting to appreciate David Lynch was beautiful. The usage of movie clips is very good. Diehard episode was great. Good stuff!

Lolol yes….Paul is the problem….you’re sexist if you think otherwise. I see how none of these reviews are helpful, so I thought I’d post. Great show, I love Paul and Amy, the show is a good time.

This podcast would be awesome if Amy could find joy in anything at all

Honestly the commentary is not insightful or interesting. Many times they just say blatantly wrong stuff as fact. It makes sense that Amy is a “film critic” with some of the irrelevant opinions she spouts on here.

I want to like this podcast so much because I love movies & I can tell Paul does too but I don’t understand how they can talk for an hour without actually saying anything interesting about the movies they cover 😂🙈

I’ve listened to this from the beginning and aside from Amy’s irritating mispronunciations, I like it. But when I take a break from it, it’s always because I’m tired of Paul’s lecturing. There are times when I get to uncomfortable listening to Paul hector Amy about his POV. I don’t always agree with Amy (though she is right about Spielberg’s War of the Worlds) but she at least listens (perhaps too much) to Paul.

Started listening to this podcast because of Paul but I can’t stand Amy. Comes off incredibly pretentious. If it was just her, no one would listen to this podcast.

Paul Scheer’s ridiculous comments are beyond frustrating - all he does is argue for HIS version of films as opposed to critiquing them as they are - you’re supposed to be talking about whether a film is successful or not on its own terms - listen to the Carrie episode and you’ll see what I mean. He doesn’t seem to understand that no one cares whether he, personally, likes it or not. She’s annoying but he wrecks the show.

Used to really enjoy and listened to for years. But recently with success comes the snarkiness and self importance, which I can no longer abide. Both Scheer and Nicholson are capable critics and talk about movies with real insight but there’s a false self regard in their own wit and talent as podcasters (mostly from Nicholson that has made it so I rarely listen anymore. This happens sometimes. I jumped off the podcast Filmspotting well before it ended for similar reasons. They suddenly proclaimed themselves too brilliant and cool for their own audience. See ya

Tried to make it through two podcasts (“Interstellar” and “Sweet Smell of Success.”). Hosts would rather talk about themselves instead of any substance regarding the film. Feel free to fast forward through the first 15 minutes, regardless of episode.

The hosts are pleasant to listen to and don’t drawl into monotone. The content is interesting with a balance of facts, background, insights, and opinions.

It makes me uncomfortable to hear criticism of Amy’s voice. A voice is not something that can be changed. We rarely hear complaints on male voices. That said, she can really get into the weeds with many obscure takes. It gets tedious. Love Paul. His knowledge is clear and his takes seem more balanced to me.

I can’t decide who sounds more juvenile with the constant use of the word like. Nauseating.

I’ve listened to this podcast for a long time, and I will continue to listen. It’s entertaining. But that’s all it is. The interstellar episode really cemented how unserious they can be. They are not serious about watching these films and talking about them thoroughly. The clear example where they were like well look at least the characters acknowledge that they don’t know, proceed to play clip, but then cut off clip where the very next lines explain how they actually do understand and is an integral part of the plot. Just embarrassing. It’s not about liking a movie or not, that’s criticism. But to blatantly show that they aren’t even paying attention to these movies or trying to understand them even slightly deeper than the most superficial level is rough. It’s one episode a week, put the least bit of time and effort into it.

Supposedly discussing the best films of all time, but I don’t see The Great Muppet Caper anywhere…

Listening to the Home Alone episode, and it turns out that Amy is an Uncle Frank sympathizer. Disturbing, though it helps give context to the general attitude and demeanor of most of her commentary.

Entertaining to listen to depending on the episode and how Amy feels about the film. She can make some episodes tedious to get through. However, Paul is seemingly able to recognize this and save it with his quick humor and moving the conversation else where. Loved listening to his opinions on Hellraiser! Totally agreed. Most of the horror episodes are pretty good. Enjoyed The Thing and Halloween a good bit.

I love Amy’s takes. I don’t always agree with them, but I really enjoyed Oddity the rapport she has with Paul. I especially love the movies they pick and can learn something new about a film I’ve seen dozens of times. One of my fave podcasts!

The idea that Kubrick cared less about technical prowess than acting betrays a sort of stunning ignorance about his process. Read the bit about Spielberg confessing he felt Jack went over the top on The Shining. Read Kubrick’s response (it has to do with Cagney.) “Real is good. Interesting is better”. It’s called Dream Story, weird that not once was that fact factored into the discussion of the performances. This pod is fun but not super brainy.

I’ve listened since episode one. This podcast provided me an incentive to expand my film knowledge and try new things while also celebrating what I’d already seen and loved. After the afi was done any and Paul, who are great, continued to push and review movies like Chungking express and strip to the moon while also exploring crowd pleasers. That has changed in the past two years and I can’t take it any more. There are never any surprises in their movie choices. They’re Hollywood and they’re from the past 30 years and that’s it. I hate giving up and I don’t hate the movies they pick but they are no longer pushing my knowledge as a film fan in new directions. My suspicion is it’s to get better numbers than what the 400 blows provide but idk. It’s not for me. Have fun reviewing point break.

i enjoy most of the movies they pick and the episodes are fairly entertaining, there’s just so much back and forth and arguing. i don’t mind listening to differing opinions between the hosts, but their bickering will go on and on for good chunks of the episode.

I enjoy listening to Paul. He’s always upbeat and entertaining, regardless if I agree with his takes on certain films. Amy is truly aggravating to listen to. Her voice sounds put on, and she comes off extremely pretentious. Maybe they should replace her with someone who’s fun to listen to and have fun convos with Paul.

Paul is great, he’s our ‘everyman’, and I love his takes on movies. While Amy is our movie historian/reviewer/critic and she deserves respect despite how some hateful trolls claim her political ideas are driving her opinions, but since everything is politics... whatever. When this new breed of outright fascist/RINO conservatives (who probably voted for the adjudicated R’ist, Russian Asset, Traitor) start pointing to SJW’s & wokeness I have to wonder if they can even see how their embracing of fascism is the thoroughly un-American activity it is. This Podcast still deserves ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️’s. And the petty Trolls can go to X for takes on their favorite Kevin Sorbo propaganda Movies and leave these American treasures alone. Great Movies and great analysis. And we really need this now that the fool has his hands back in the Mac & Cheese.

The way Amy talks is so grating, I almost turned it off after 10 minutes. I pushed through and have enjoyed several episodes, but I just got halfway through the Shrek episode and had to bail. The arguing was AWFUL, and seriously takes up most of the episode. And it was over what should be called a “kids film”! Get a grip!!

The podcast is fun for sure, but it’s getting a bit much when Amy has to crowbar in her political views and hate for a certain political party. We get it. Move on already. You can hear how uncomfortable Paul is getting with it. Paul does a great job keeping things on track but it’s getting harder to be a fan of the show.

The Office Space episode was surreal to listen to while I was at work. I wonder if the coastal elites are proud of the podcasts their children are occupying themselves with until that inheritance check comes in.

I love this podcast and I have been listening for a little over a year now. That being said I could really do without Amy‘s pretentious rants. The hating can get a little arduous. Thank you Paul for being there to be cool and open minded because otherwise I probably wouldn’t tune in. Good stuff otherwise.

I think these hosts genuinely have bad taste and what’s worse is that they can’t even back up their horrid takes in good faith. It feels like listening to people in high school.

I listen to a lot of movie podcasts, and this is one of my very faves. I love the rapport between Paul and Amy. I love that, between them both, they bring both movie loving passion and film critique expertise. I love the BTS movie tidbits I learn, and the context they place their discussions in. There are several movies I’ve sought out so I can listen to the episode. (I WOULD pay for an ad-free version!)

Remember when these guys used to be funny?

The lady says “like” as frequently as a grade schooler.

Really love the podcast and hosts. The repetitiveness of the ads in episodes makes it challenging to listen. Ads are ok, I get it, but hearing the same ones over and over again in the same episode is annoying…

I miss when they used to do the AFI list. The movie selection lately has turned me off. I’m not sure what this podcast is anymore — love Paul and Amy though! They’re insight is always fun, and their chemistry is great!

Awful

Paul is really good. Amy seems disconnected from reality. Also, I listen at 2x speed but if I was listening at 1x speed I would be driven mad by Amy’s voice…the reviewers are right…

Really want to like this pod but often find it exhausting and dragged out by a consistent attitude of negativity/dislike of the films they watch. Every episode, I’m just waiting for the moment Amy shares her obscure critiques. Also, Amy… do you like/enjoy any of the movies you and Paul review? If you do like one, can you at least fake excitement/joy from it. Basically, I feel like Paul is a fun and outgoing critic/reviewer of movies who finds joy in the films, with fair criticisms, and good perspectives. Amy, on the other hand, feels like she majored in 14th Century French poetry (with a minor in 1900’s Italian silent films) and somehow ended up a film critic with little ability to relate to widely enjoyed popular, modern films. Paul, love you and your crew on HDTGM, but this seems beneath your style. Amy, maybe consider drinking some wine while watching a movie you review, chill out, stop looking for deep, negative sub-texts in movie plots that aren’t there. This pod is unfortunately a GRIND to get through. It needs to be more fun, less analytical, requires more energy and each episode trimmed in regards to length. Hope you both find the right recipe because there’s potential here. Good luck!