What’s Aged the Worst?
A young man obsessed with being rich; Coughlin's bet on an old Foreman-Norton fight; Bonnie's aerobics; Uncle Pat's walk-away advice; the violent doorman; the penthouse climax; blousy shirts; two rich-girl love interests
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- A young person obsessed with being rich is a theme that feels weird now.
- Coughlin loses $50 on a George Foreman-Ken Norton fight said to have happened in 1973, 15 years earlier.
- Bonnie doing aerobics in a leotard in front of a tiny TV reflects an 83-to-88 movie trope.
- Uncle Pat's advice, after Cruise learns his Jamaica fling is pregnant, to walk away from the whole thing has Neil McCauley vibes.
- The unfriendly, violent doorman in Jordan's building has weird energy for a Park Avenue building.
- The penthouse climax, punching out the doorman and butler and the "it didn't have to be this way" line, is ridiculous but loved.
- The big, baggy blousy shirts, especially in Jamaica, are an 80s thing.
- Both female leads being rich girls with disapproving dads is called a flaw; they basically have the same story.