The fans dish on Dann Gire

"Please grow up and open your mind a little."

- A Schaumburg 15-year-old

"I sent (your review) to a group of nuns who are praying for you."

- A Barrington woman

"Our circulation staff asked me today whether you always dress and behave so weird. I assured them that sometimes you dress normal."

- A Mount Prospect Library employee

"You don't really have any idea of what a good movie is. Do yourself a favor and go back to family values and morals class 101."

- Anonymous letter writer

"Thank you for standing up for women ... when you were willing to speak out about the gender bashing, you were speaking for millions of women."

- A Des Plaines reader

"I began pondering how this Dann Gire idiot could review or see any movie ... with his head stuck so far up his (bumpkin)!"

- A reader

"I admire your work very much. I enjoy it. Perhaps it could be better."

- A Rolling Meadows man

"History will show Mr. Gire to be a pathetic little man bent on not educating the public, but on being overly critical, vitriolic and nasty."

- A Schaumburg reader

"You're the greatest film critic in the world. Next to Roger Ebert."

- A Carpentersville man

"Your professionalism is superb! You bow to no one."

- Anonymous reader

"You'd better check yourself in somewhere."

- Anonymous caller

"You're more entertaining than the comic section!"

- A Schaumburg reader