The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
Albert Brooks yelling "You go to hell" in the apartment showdown; Paul, the executive played by a newscaster
In the discussion (4)
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- The award is hard because the movie is so understated: people dial it up but it never feels like overacting, and any Holly Hunter crying scene would only qualify because of the way it has been memefied since. — Chris Ryan
- One host does not feel there is any overacting in the movie, offering only Brooks's 'you go to hell' as she walks out. — Sean Fennessey
- The showdown yelling is defended as an accurate reflection of losing your shit without being articulate, then slowing down and getting your lines together, as Aaron paces outside assembling the devil theory; it is compared to Saul Rubenek (as transcribed), and the 'get out of my house now, you go to hell' clip is played.
- One candidate is Paul, the executive in charge of everything, played by a newscaster rather than a real actor, who does not match Nicholson in their scene; he is nonetheless part of the single funniest line, offering help to a laid-off man who replies that he hopes he will die soon.