What’s Aged the Best?
Divorce loyalties; Century City Mall; Los Angeles; performances; Scarlet Letter and pole-dancing jokes; slang
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- Jacob’s account of his parents explains his behavior and why Cal reminds him of someone, praised as an effective interlocking script rather than forced exposition.
- Choosing sides after a couple’s divorce ages well and prompts a proposed game-show idea.
- Westfield Century City Mall is strongly praised as aged best, alongside the film’s Valley/Los Angeles setting; the attraction ranking is not a complete top-ten list.
- Jonah Bobo’s performance, Bacon’s romantic-antagonist skill, the Scarlet Letter complaint and the pole-dancing line are aged-best choices.
- The use of cuckold and bang and the small jokes age well, while saying nobody uses cuckold anymore ages poorly.