What’s Aged the Best?
Vegas desperation; Demi Moore; return home; forgiveness; title; David with the dog; Jeremy
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- Going to Vegas as a desperate solution has aged well: unemployment, recession and failed home sales establish motivation, followed by the initial gambling high and collapse.
- Demi Moore’s appearance and star presence are selected as having aged well.
- Movie depictions of wealthy people’s parties are praised for their glamorous settings and guests, although the specific parties here draw a dissenting reaction.
- Diana’s uneasy return after the night with Gage is effective, although David’s subsequent lipstick-smearing sexual behavior is described as gross and bizarre.
- The line distinguishing forgiveness from forgetting is praised.
- The title is selected as having aged well.
- Giving David the dog after the separation creates sympathy for him when his other behavior makes him difficult to like.
- Jeremy’s uncomfortable jokes function as an audience surrogate and provide an underrated contribution.