North is a 1994 motion picture directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dan Aykroyd and Reba McEntire. The story is based on the novel North by Alan Zweibel, who also wrote the screenplay and has a minor role in the film.

North received generally negative reviews, and flopped at the box office, earning about US$7 million for an estimated budget of US$40 million blank">http://imdb.com/title/tt0110687/business; the film was a multiple nominee at the 1994 Golden Raspberry Awards.

Film critic _Roger Ebert seemed especially baffled by North, noting that Wood and especially Reiner had both previously made much better films. Ebert awarded North a rare "zero-stars" rating, and even ten years later it remains on his list of most hated films. His review included the now-famous statement:

An abridged version of the review became the title of a 2000 compilation of some of Ebert's negative reviews. Other critics have shown their dislike for the film, including the late Gene Siskel, who called it the worst film of the year.

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him. Written by Peter Huiskes