What’s Aged the Best?
Careers, friendship, Boston voices and comic detail endure.
In the discussion (6)
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- Jail pickup coffee, Will explaining jokes, sharp art criticism and the four friends’ complementary personalities are praised.
- The lasting Damon/Affleck partnership and Williams’s dramatic legacy are strengthened by the film; Coppola’s connection reportedly helped secure him.
- The exuberant Oscar speech and the film’s impact on Boston-accent popularity are recalled.
- Friendship, cardigans and Chucky’s tracksuits are favorites; a reported costume disagreement led to rushed Reebok replacements.
- All four friends’ later success and Affleck’s uninhibited DVD commentary are celebrated.
- Plimpton’s therapy scene, the opening bar insult and Lambeau’s inappropriate flirtation/math-is-erotic moments are memorable comic details.