The Critic Roundtable (Johnsonverse)

The Critic Roundtable is an American film review show that has aired since September 13, 2009. A spinoff of At the Movies with Roeper & Phillips, it features a roundtable composed of five movie critics (Christy Lemire, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Ben Mankiewicz, A. O. Scott, and Jonathan Rosenbaum) reviewing and rating movies using a number system in which films are rated by the number of critics that like or dislike it.

Executive produced by film critic Roger Ebert until his 2013 death and his wife Chaz, alongside Tim Johnson since 2010, the series was created by film director Timothy Hill, who wanted a film review series showing a roundtable of critics, inspired by a Siskel & Ebert episode produced after the death of Gene Siskel, showing Ebert and four other critics paying tribute to the late Stanley Kubrick and reviewing his final film, Eyes Wide Shut.

Review style
Five critics sit around a table in a lobby-style set. They discuss the film and express their opinions, occasionally arguing about their opinion. The series also recommends home video releases.

Out of Five
The series uses a numerical system in which films are rated by the number of critics that like the film.