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The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson

Lessons warn against underestimating dangerous attractive aliens and treating an immediate demand for a baby as too good to be true; women are not to be used is also offered.

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  • Lessons warn against underestimating dangerous attractive aliens and treating an immediate demand for a baby as too good to be true; women are not to be used is also offered.
Species The Rewatchables

Best Double Feature

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Under the Skin
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Mimic
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Amanda and the Alien
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Approx. transcript time · 01:27:37Read transcript
  • Under the Skin and Mimic are distinct double-feature choices.
  • Amanda and the Alien is offered as a low-budget cable-film pairing involving an alien learning about its body and sexuality.
  • Under the Skin is reaffirmed and distinguished as a beautiful art film.
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Producer review

The invited response calls the film not good but extremely enjoyable, respects the premise, and regards its nudity as justified rather than gratuitous.

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  • The invited response calls the film not good but extremely enjoyable, respects the premise, and regards its nudity as justified rather than gratuitous.
It's Complicated The Rewatchables
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It's Complicated

The Amanda Dobbins Award for Best Piece of Real Estate

Jane’s house

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Approx. transcript time · 00:09:36Read transcript
  • Meyers interiors favor high ceilings, open sight lines, neutral colors, wood, and lived-in knickknacks.
  • Jane’s beautiful kitchen nevertheless lacks storage and space, defending her desire to expand it.
  • Jane’s house is the clear real-estate choice.
  • The children’s bungalow is also admired.
  • The house’s real Thousand Oaks location is surprising.
It's Complicated The Rewatchables
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Picking Nits

Household plausibility; Harley’s secrecy; video chat; body double; croissant preparation

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Approx. transcript time · 00:11:27Read transcript
  • The bakery owner’s luxurious Santa Barbara house seems difficult to afford; her divorce from a lawyer and successful bakery offer possible explanations.
  • The unrealistic house is defended as wish fulfillment, comparable to impossible John Wick action.
  • A modern version could make Jane a wealthy bakery mogul with social-media reach and worldwide sales.
  • Open shelving looks good but creates dust, maintenance and storage problems.
  • The large vegetable garden would require frequent workers and protection from wildlife.
  • The original divorce and Jake’s decision to marry Agness seem puzzling given his chemistry with Jane.
  • Agness’s own affair and Pedro not being Jake’s son make audiences less sympathetic to her and less troubled by Jake leaving.
  • Harley would probably tell his fiancée immediately about the hotel encounter; disagreement concerns whether he would relish gossip or disclose it sensitively.
  • Jake ought to notice the open video-chat screen before exposing himself.
  • The hairless body double is visibly inconsistent with Baldwin’s body hair.
  • Chocolate croissants are usually square, unlike the rolled pastries here.
  • Croissant dough normally requires advance preparation rather than immediate late-night baking.
  • Already-prepared dough could explain the short preparation time.
  • The dough seems handled too much, which might toughen it; this is qualified as nonexpert opinion.
It's Complicated The Rewatchables
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Adam’s characterization; the smiling youngest son; Baldwin’s later baggage

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  • The adult children are implausibly jobless, available, and eager to climb into bed together.
  • Baldwin’s briefly mentioned presence and Adam’s loser-like characterization; Bill Murray is proposed as Adam, then questioned because Jane might need to care for him.
  • The youngest son’s constant grin seems unnerving rather than natural.
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Recasting Couch

Sam Shepard, Tommy Lee Jones or Tom Hanks as Adam; Adam Brody as Harley; early Chris Pratt as a child

Flex pick · Mina Kimes

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  • Nicholson or Harrison Ford might make viewers demand a romantic reunion, unlike Baldwin’s charming but unsuitable Jake.
  • Sam Shepard is favored for Adam’s sensitive charisma; Dennis Quaid and Cruise are rejected.
  • Tommy Lee Jones could play a blue-collar contractor; Dustin Hoffman offers a Kramer vs. Kramer callback but is judged too odd and insufficiently competitive romantically.
  • Recasting was the flex already used. — Mina Kimes
  • Michael Douglas is floated as Adam, with concern that his sexual charisma would overpower the role.
  • Hanks is proposed as Adam and encouraged to take supporting romantic-comedy roles again.
  • An early-career, funny Chris Pratt could improve one child role, although adding another NBC sitcom star might overload the cast.
  • Adam Brody replacing Krasinski gains agreement; the earlier, charming Krasinski is nevertheless preferred.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Reported budget and gross; retained accidental kiss; nude double; New York filming

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  • A reported $75 million budget returned $219 million .
  • An unplanned kiss during Jane’s phone call caused a line mistake that was retained.
  • Baldwin reportedly used a nude double; much of the movie used New York interiors, with Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara-area exteriors.
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