Picking Nits
Julie not being told about the switch sooner; police malpractice; Martin jumping on a taxi; Julie missing obvious clues
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- All nits are Julie-related: why not tell her sooner that Mike was Marcus and Marcus was Mike? The subplot plays like a weird French comedy but makes no sense.
- The misunderstanding is an homage to Three's Company, but the film is better if it ends 20 minutes earlier and lets Mike and Julie have sexual tension.
- Police malpractice: entering the house with no warrant and shooting a fleeing dealer in the back without reading Miranda rights; Martin jumping on a taxi should have gotten him killed.
- Julie sees photos of Mike throughout his life and he can't find his own light switch, yet she is only 40% there.
- Why was Julie rooming with a call girl? A high-end Miami call girl wouldn't need a roommate; counterpoints say Julie is a broke out-of-work photographer staying with her friend, with calls to protect sex workers.
- Julie wears the same clothes with no makeup for six days and still looks great; the counter is that she was chased out with no time to pack and grabbed her dogs.