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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Rewatchables

Larry Butler and Roy's failures as a husband and father are the main weak links.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:17:50Read transcript
  • Larry Butler is criticized as under-realized in an otherwise carefully cast film.
  • Roy is attacked as a husband and father for abandoning three children and his wife.
  • The panel also considers whether alien contact creates an obsession that makes Roy's decision unavoidable.