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She's the One

Is There a Better Title for This Movie?

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Irish Goodbye; Irish Curse; She’s the One retained.

Franny’s Down Cycle is added as an intentionally indie-sounding alternative.

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  • She’s the One is defended as a good existing title.
  • Irish Goodbye and Irish Curse are proposed, with Irish Goodbye strongly preferred.
  • Franny’s Down Cycle is proposed as another title.
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

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Francis refusing sex with Renee; Maxine’s underwritten role.

The first is mocked as implausible, while the movie’s failure to use Maxine or Leslie Mann fully is treated as a structural weakness.

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  • Francis refusing sex with Renee is selected as implausible.
  • The movie’s thin use of Maxine is criticized.
  • Jennifer Aniston’s movie career is debated as a product of poor choices and crowded competition, while her eventual hits are acknowledged.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

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Maxine’s jealousy and France subplot; shallow psychology; gender perspective.

Mickey’s misogynistic attacks are criticized but defended as hurt lashing-out rather than a stable worldview.

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  • Maxine’s jealousy and possible move to France are criticized as underdeveloped.
  • The film is criticized for lacking psychological depth and richer subtext.
  • The male perspective and potential misogyny are raised as objections.
  • Mickey’s cruel comments to Heather are defended as situational hurt and humiliation rather than his treatment of everyone.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

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Amanda Peet is the movie’s hottest woman; Burns could have been Noah Baumbach with a stronger co-writer.

The first prompts career-wide appreciation; the second is agreed and tied to Burns’s reluctance to explore darker behavior.

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  • Amanda Peet is selected as the hottest woman in the movie.
  • Her directness, intelligence, and willingness to commit to roles are praised.
  • If Edward Burns had hired a stronger co-writer, he could have occupied Noah Baumbach’s space.
  • Burns’s comfortable worldview and reluctance to show uglier behavior are offered as the limitation.
  • The response is “I think you’re right” and agrees Burns had that opportunity.
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Casting What-Ifs

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Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Heather Graham, Amanda Peet, Anne Heche, Lauryn Hill, and Jennifer Garner auditioned; the Wallflowers were sought.

Amanda Peet’s accent performance and Burns’s relationship with Tom Petty are retained.

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  • Burns reports auditioning Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Heather Graham, Amanda Peet, Anne Heche, Lauryn Hill, and Jennifer Garner for the two lead roles.
  • Jennifer Lopez as Heather is considered intriguing.
  • Amanda Peet reportedly arrived in character with teased hair, gum, and a Long Island accent despite her Columbia background.
  • The filmmakers reportedly sought the Wallflowers’ 6th Avenue Heartache before using Tom Petty.
  • Burns’s early assumption that Hollywood success would always feel this easy is reported and treated as poignant.
  • Burns learning from Saving Private Ryan is raised and answered from his book.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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Mike McGlone; Robert Weil; Malachy McCourt.

McGlone is the leading choice, with two veteran New York character actors also proposed.

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  • Mike McGlone is selected as someone viewers may recognize without knowing his name.
  • Robert Weil is proposed through Moonstruck and Saturday Night Fever.
  • Malachy McCourt is proposed through Brewster’s Millions and his literary family.
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Recasting Couch

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Talia Shire as the sisters’ mother; Leslie Mann in Maxine’s role.

Susan Sarandon, Kathleen Turner, and Diane Keaton are considered but judged too large, mismatched, or destabilizing.

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  • Leslie Mann taking Maxine’s role is proposed.
  • Susan Sarandon is proposed and rejected as too prominent immediately after her Oscar.
  • Kathleen Turner and Diane Keaton are proposed and questioned.
  • Talia Shire is proposed and receives the strongest interest.
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Apex Mountain

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Edward Burns, Maxine Bahns, Mike McGlone, and mid-1990s Long Island.

Amanda Peet, Cameron Diaz, John Mahoney, and Long Island history are debated separately.

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Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene?

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Yes: Islanders game, par-three golf, or pickup basketball.

The brothers are imagined as mediocre golfers or opponents in basketball.

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  • The movie is judged to need a random sports scene.
  • An Islanders game is proposed.
  • A nine-hole par-three golf outing is proposed.
  • Pickup basketball with the brothers on opposite teams is proposed.
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

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Whether Burns needed to star; when Francis began sleeping with Heather; whether Burns is a good actor; whether the movie loves women.

The panel keeps these unresolved while supplying competing cases.

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  • Whether Edward Burns needed to star in his own films is questioned.
  • Writing parts for other movie stars is proposed as an alternate career route.
  • When Francis began sleeping with Heather is questioned, and making it the final act is proposed.
  • Whether Edward Burns is a good actor is debated; his screen presence is praised while his self-direction is said to limit his flaws.
  • Working more often with other directors is proposed as a test of his range.
  • Whether Burns erred by not continuing with McGlone is questioned.
  • Whether the movie loves or hates women is kept open because it grants agency while using a male viewpoint.
  • The title’s failure to identify who “the one” is becomes part of the uncertainty.
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