The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
“Free ain’t easy; free is real”
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- The line is stated and accepted as the life lesson.
Categories & segments
Best Double Feature
When We Were Kings and Malcolm X
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- When We Were Kings is selected first.
- Malcolm X is independently selected.
Who Won the Movie?
Michael Mann (over time); immediate vote split among Mann, Jamie Foxx, and Will Smith
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- The first choice is Michael Mann because his visual style drives rewatches.
- Jamie Foxx is proposed for his performance and the career springboard it provided.
- A final view gives the contemporary moment to Will Smith but the lasting win to Mann.
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- Ebert gave the film two stars and described it as a yuppie horror story in which the villain attacks the owners’ building.
- The panel accepts his complaint that Keaton spends too much of the early film behind a closed door.
Most Rewatchable Scene
The hotel-room investigation
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- The opening encounter with Mrs. Griswold is nominated for its startling entrance.
- The renovation leading into the awkward rental interview is nominated.
- Carter separately manipulating Drake and Patty during the rental pitch is nominated.
- Drake’s casual racism while discussing a prospective tenant is named as a favorite comic scene.
- Carter gaining access and immediately changing the locks is nominated.
- Carter smoking in the dark garage and revealing the razor blades is nominated.
- The cockroach attack and Drake crawling beneath the apartment are nominated, with praise for Matthew Modine taking live cockroaches to the face.
- Carter’s flowers, preemptive police call, and successful provocation of Drake are nominated; the hosts debate how Carter would have forced an attack if Drake resisted.
- Patty’s reaction to the destroyed apartment is praised as Melanie Griffith’s best work.
- Patty following Carter and invading his hotel room is selected as the best and most rewatchable scene.
- The final fight, nail-gun callback, and Carter’s fall are discussed, though the ending is criticized as badly staged.
What’s Aged the Best?
Patty’s earlier recognition of danger and smarter response; the tenant-from-hell premise; Carter’s incriminating scrapbook
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- Patty recognizing the danger sooner and handling it more intelligently than Drake is praised.
- The tenant-from-hell premise and the villain’s incriminating scrapbook remain effective thriller devices.
The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot
Drake mailing a letter while Carter’s curtain opens behind him is nominated. The falling ice cube and the rotating doorway shot are additional choices.
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- Drake mailing a letter while Carter’s curtain opens behind him is nominated.
- The falling ice cube and the rotating doorway shot are additional choices.
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- Carter Hayes is proposed before the panel searches the supporting cast for stranger names.
The Den of Thieves Benihana Award for Scene-Stealing Location
The Victorian house
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- The Victorian house is praised as a memorable San Francisco location even though its neighborhood and value prompt debate.
Is There a Better Title for This Movie?
Broken Lease and Eviction Quest
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- The Tenant is rejected as already taken; Broken Lease and Eviction Quest are proposed.
Jesse Eisenberg “That’s good. You should be proud of that right there. Don’t worry if you don’t make it any further” Award for Best Line Reading
Carter’s dry correction after Drake calls Patty his wife
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- The dry correction from ‘wife’ to ‘girlfriend’ is selected.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Carter’s final death scene
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- Carter’s final death scene is selected as the weakest element.
- A more forceful lawyer is suggested as an improvement.
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