Roger Ebert

Resurrect Dead: Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

A review written by Roger Ebert for Resurrect Dead.

Roger Ebert’s approach to his review for Resurrect Dead is conversational, making the review friendly and approachable to its readers. He starts off with “It's possible you've stepped on a Toynbee Tile yourself,” drawing the reader in, then he further elaborated on what a Toynbee tile is and the locations they were found at. Throughout the review, he asks a lot of questions that engage the reader in the film such as “Now what action or beliefs do the Tiles suggest?” while he recounts the main points of the documentary without disclosing the ending. Ebert’s writing style builds up excitement for the documentary and uses positive diction such as calling Resurrect Dead a “quirky and persistent documentary” to get readers to watch the documentary. Ebert also says the documentary “is interesting not because of the explanation, but because of the investigation,” indicating that it is a detective, mystery type documentary.