Movie critic Roger Ebert gave Benji the Hunted four stars (out of four) as well as a "Thumbs Up." Gene Siskel gave the film a "Thumbs Down," criticizing Ebert for liking the film more than Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket.
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The film is notable for the fact Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert disagreed on the film, with Siskel criticizing Ebert for giving a "thumbs up" rating to this film but not Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.
Despite the negative reviews, Roger Ebert of Ebert & Roeper and the Chicago Sun Times gave Catch That Kid "thumbs up", stating that it is as much fun as Spy Kids, Kim Possible and more fun than Agent Cody Banks.
Rupert Hine received the thumbs-up, a top-notcher whose curriculum vitae already boasted the satisfied client signatures of such as Kevin Ayers (Confessions of Dr. Dream, 1972); Yvonne Elliman (Food of Love, 1973); Dave Greenslade (Cactus Choir, 1976); Quantum Jump (Quantum Jump, 1976; Barracuda, 1977) and Cafe Jacques (Round the Back, 1977; International, 1978).
Ben Cisneros of The 9513 gave it a "thumbs down", saying that "It has a weird melody and the whole first verse is sung to only a piano…It has the 'faux-broadway, sensitive ballad' feel that South Park uses when making fun of a Les Mis style musical".
In 2010, Foiles appeared several times on The Angry Joe Show, a video game program hosted by Joe Vargas for That Guy with the Glasses and its sister website Blistered Thumbs.
Gene Siskel also disliked the film, thus leading to it obtaining two thumbs down on Siskel & Ebert; later on their worst of show for the year of release, he commented that the other option is to play a video game instead, rather than try to mix both of them together (since the latter will not work).
Marshall picked up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown, a moment said to be a perfect end to the Bears' season (at home) and others say the snow was "Papa Bear" George Halas giving his thumbs-up to the team.
Oedekerk is best known for his collaborations with actor Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyac (particularly the Ace Ventura franchise), his series of "Thumbmation" shorts and his film Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002).
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Oedekerk also gained popularity with his series of "Thumbmation" shorts: Thumb Wars, Bat Thumb, The Godthumb, Frankenthumb, The Blair Thumb and Thumbtanic.
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, a syndrome characterized by unusual facial traits and broad thumbs and toes.
Chieftain Mews also "sings" (actually just reading the lyrics) a humorous cover of "No Surprises" at the end of the DVD, and makes a brief cameo in the 2007 Thumbs Down webcast.
The latter view was popularized by a widely reproduced painting by the 19th-century artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose Pollice Verso (usually known in English as "Thumbs Down") depicts a triumphant gladiator looking up into the stands for the verdict of the crowd.