What’s Aged the Best?
Ned Ryerson; the $1,000 piano lesson; Phil trying to save the homeless man; the premise and redemption arc
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- Andy McDowell's performance is offered as aged best: she cannot overpower Bill Murray and has to be sweet, almost a prop.
- Strong disagreement: the character felt too pristine, toasting world peace, not a prize and annoying, though it is no reflection on Andy McDowell herself. — Issa Rae
- One remark says it felt like a female character written by a man; another view is that the character was intentionally pristine, and "I think you're both right".
- One voice finds her hot; the reply "Is she, though?" cites her 80s hair.
- The Ned Ryerson introduction is quoted; "needle-nosed Ned, Ned the head" is among the most memorized words, and the actor is called a that guy.
- The $1,000 first piano lesson, with the teacher shoving the kid out the door and the slow walk, is a favorite.
- Phil trying to save the homeless man day after day is loved; Michael Shannon's first-movie cameo is noticed as overacting and deferred to a later category.
- The entire premise of waking up to the same day, timely now as the Atlantic noted, and the redemption arc are called the best part.
- After the break, the criticism of Andy McDowell is revisited: a pristine, boring love interest suits a bored Phil who talks himself into her, but a smarmy Pittsburgh weatherman falling for such a dull lady is doubted; whether she is intentionally uninteresting is left at possibly.