Nitpick: Meredith fails to ensure the phone is disconnected, though unfamiliar early mobile technology is offered as a possible excuse.
The conveniently preserved recording and the holder's delay in delivering it are major nitpicks; the hosts also mock Meredith openly stating her scheme on exercise equipment. Jokes about the recording holder's private behavior remain speculation.
The entire legal process unfolding within a week is implausibly fast, and the parties continuing to work together and share an elevator during the dispute is questioned.
Tom's enthusiasm for reinstatement and a hundred-thousand-dollar settlement is questioned; the hosts would demand millions or additional merger stock.
Unanswerable questions ask whether Malaysian CD-ROM manufacturing improved and whether the older executive's son became a technology billionaire or benefited from Apple stock.
Meredith is imagined recovering quickly, becoming a vice-presidential nominee or billionaire, or buying the company; a sequel centered on her is compared with Sex and the City.
Next-day scenarios include Meredith becoming a New Mexico senator, Tom divorcing or leaving technology work under his wife's ultimatum, moving to Ohio, a Napa wine binge, and a retaliatory trip for his wife. The marriage outcome is disputed.
Gives ten out of ten for entertainment with many notes, calling the film a cultural case study worthy of sociology discussion. — Craig Horlbeck
Notes Sam Levinson's age when his father made the film, prompting speculation that seeing it as a child influenced him; the viewing and influence are conjectural. — Craig Horlbeck
Enjoyed with Liz it but paused repeatedly over the plot. The recording and incriminating files arrive through convenient phone calls after substantial buildup, found dramatically weak. — Craig Horlbeck
Praises the office aesthetic, including bulky computers and clutter, as especially appealing amid 1990s nostalgia. — Craig Horlbeck
